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Franklin (Idaho) -- History

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Subject Source: Lcnaf

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W. C. Parkinson diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3134
Scope and Contents Photocopies of microfilm copies of a handwritten diary. Parkinson wrote about his life as a Mormon in Franklin, Idaho. He told about working in Franklin's bookstore, going into the canyons to cut lumber, and working on a farm. He also wrote about the death of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days, and floating logs down the Logan River to be used in the construction of the Mormon temple in Logan, Utah. He married Ellen Nash and served on a mission...
Dates: 1877-1881