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Tooele (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

W. H. Lee letter to David McKenzie

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287322]
Identifier: Vault MSS 210
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Feb. 1873, and addressed to David McKenzie. The item was written from the "Assessor and Collector's Office Tooele City." Lee writes to David McKenzie for taxes on the "Richvile Mill" owned by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1873 February 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / W. H. Lee letter to David McKenzie

Robert Orr papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 814
Scope and Contents

Handwritten poems, minutes of a meeting of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a biography of Zina D. H. Young, a wife of the second president of the Church, Brigham Young. The poems were written at the death of Brigham Young in 1877. The Relief Society minutes relate to a meeting held in the 64th District school house on 7 Nov. 1893 in an unknown location.

Dates: 1877-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Orr papers

Utah Militia military appointment

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312321]
Identifier: MSS SC 1387
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a certificate signed by Brigham Young electing James B. Walker to the office of Captain, Company B., Tooele Military District Infantry Battalion.

Dates: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Utah Militia military appointment

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