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Spanish Fork (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

George H. Brimhall professional papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231027431]
Identifier: UA 72
Scope and Contents

Contains speeches, literary compositions, an autobiography, class notes and notebooks on philosophy of education, notes from speeches, an 1879 account of student tuition to the Young Men's Academy at Spanish Fork, Utah, and records of tuition accounts when Brimhall served as district superintendent of Utah County schools.

Dates: 1872-1926

John Lowe Butler autobiographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 390
Scope and Contents

Collection includes three typewritten versions of the autobiography of John Lowe Butler. The autobiographies describe Butler's conversion to the Latter-day Saint Church, building Nauvoo, Illinois, officiating in the temple, experiences as Joseph Smith's bodyguard, the martyrdom of Smith, the expulsion from Nauvoo, the journey to Utah, the colonization of Spanish Fork, Utah, the Utah War and genealogical information of the Butler family, family wills and patriarchal blessings.

Dates: 1957-1970

Thomas Day autobiographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334069]
Identifier: MSS 1109
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography and a photocopy of the item. Also included is a typescript of an autobiography. The handwritten manuscript is a running account similar to a diary but is seldom broken down into daily entries. Day writes about joining the Mormon Church in England and his migration to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and later to Utah. He lived in Salt Lake Valley, Spanish Fork, and Circle Valley, Utah. He participated in the Salmon River Mission for the Mormon Church in Idaho.

Dates: 1844-1881

Einar Erickson autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230231935]
Identifier: MSS 700
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Erickson describes his early life in Iceland, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah, his return to Iceland as an Mormon missionary, and his life in Spanish Fork and in Cleveland, Utah. Also included is a lengthy poem in Icelandic.

Dates: approximately 1917

Silas Hillman autobiography and financial records

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 61
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography of Hillman describing his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his later experiences. He writes about the persecutions and problems the Mormons faced in Kirtland, Ohio, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois. He also writes about encounters with Ute Indians during the 1850s following his migration to Utah. Also included are family financial records. Collection includes photocopy of materials.

Dates: 1866-1875

George A. Hicks history of Spanish Fork

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487493]
Identifier: MSS 284
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of Spanish Fork, Utah, which was signed by the author. The history concentrates on the era of the 1850s and tells about early schools, the arrival of settlers from Palmyra, Utah, problems with grasshoppers, and the war with the Ute Indians called the "Walker War."

Dates: 1913

The life of William Robertson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314251]
Identifier: MSS SC 1683
Scope and Contents

Typescript of the biographies of William Robertson and his wife, Eliza Woodyett Robertson, who lived in Spanish Fork, Utah. Robertson was a Scottish convert to the Mormon Church who emigrated to Utah and became a major in the militia.

Dates: approximately 1905

Robert McKell autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318278]
Identifier: MSS SC 1972
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typescript. McKell tells about his life in Scotland, his conversion to the Mormon Church, his family, and his journey to Utah. McKell completed his account roughly to the year 1850. Emma Jane Brockbank added a few paragraphs telling about McKell's life after that time.

Dates: 1900

Charles Monk letters and financial receipts

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 166
Scope and Contents

Letters written primarily from Spanish Fork, Utah, to relatives in St. Johns, Arizona. Monk describes farm life and relates the legal problems of Mormons practicing polygamy. One letter dated August 27, 1888 describes Monk's life in a Utah prison for polygamy.

Dates: 1885-1909

Paterson family genealogies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314038]
Identifier: MSS SC 1687
Scope and Contents

Typescript of genealogies of the Paterson, Warner, and related families. Samuel Paterson was the Scottish ancestor of converts to the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1950