American Fork (Utah) -- History
Found in 258 Collections and/or Records:
Sketch of the life of Richard Steele
This item is a photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Richard Steele was born in 1818 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. He migrated to the United States in 1842. Steele lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, met the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, and migrated to Utah in 1851. He settled in American Fork in 1852 and died in 1881.
History of Mary Ann Smith Steggell
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Ann Smith was born in 1848 in England. Her family soon joned the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She came to Utah in 1868 and married Jonathan Steggell in that same year. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died there in 1933.
Biography of Jonathan F. Steggle
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Jonathan F. Steggle was born in American Fork, Utah, in 1869. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and married Mary Letitia Clements in 1890. They had 13 children.
Biography of Mary L. Clements Steggle
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Letitia Clements was born in 1868 in American Fork, Utah. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and married John F. Steggle in 1890. She had 13 children and died in 1952.
Story of Forest City and mining in American Fork Canyon
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. Timpson writes about Forest City and mining in American Fork, Utah.
Story of the American Fork lake resort
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. Timpson writes about the resort on Utah Lake near American Fork, Utah. She also tells about a number of drownings that took place there.
Story of the Tyng mine in American Fork Canyon
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. Martin writes about the Tyng mine in American Fork Canyon near American Fork, Utah.
Peter Stubbs autobiography
Typewritten autobiography. Stubbs joined the Mormon Church in 1840, worked as a baker in England, migrated to Utah in 1853, witnessed a grasshopper plague in American Fork, Utah, and experienced an Indian attack at a fort in 1855 near Moab, Utah.
Biographical sketch of A. K. Thornton
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography by an unknown author. A. K. Thornton was born in England in 1847. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. They settled in American Fork in 1854. Thornton hauled supplies to Montana, was involved in a number of businesses, and married Elizabeth Miller in 1868. They had 9 sons and daughters.
Susan Morris Buckwalter Turner biography
Photocopy of a typed biography of Susan Morris Buckwalter Turner, English convert to the Mormon Church, who settled in American Fork, Utah.