Overland Journeys to the Western United States
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Transcription of the Averett Family ledger book
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231046316]
Identifier: MSS 1303
Scope and Contents
Narrative of the history of members of the Averett family, including conversion, activities in Far West and Nauvoo, emigration westward, and settlement and activities in Utah Territory. The transcription was entrusted to P.T. Reilly.
Dates:
1972
A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305432]
Identifier: MSS SC 792
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Although intended to be a biographical sketch of Lois Bushman, manuscript includes a great deal of information about her husband, John, and the author as well. Covers the conversion of Lois's family to the Mormon Church in 1844; their trek across the plains to Utah; their subsequent move to establish Mormon settlements in eastern Arizona in 1876; and life on the Utah and Arizona frontier.
Dates:
1937