Box 5
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Blythe, John Law, and Family
File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Three short handwritten biographies by Pearl Elizabeth Mitchel Boyce of the following: John Law Blythe, Margaret Mitchell Blythe (wife of John Law Blythe), and Elizabeth Ann Blythe (daughter of John and Margaret Blythe). Included is an autobiographical sketch of Pearl Elizabeth Mitchell Boyce (daughter of Elizabeth Ann Blythe and Thomas Huston Mitchell).
Dates:
1857-1986
Young, John R.
File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
To Brigham Young from Kanab, Utah, 1874. Describes the incident in which three Navajos were killed and the attempts at reconciliation with the Navajo Indians. Gives a very good picture of MoenKopi and the Oraibi village.
Dates:
1857-1986
Amundsen, Andrew
File — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
A typescript copy by George Tanner of Andrew Amundsen's journal of a mission to the San Francisco Mountains beginning March 1873 and ending June 27, 1873. Amundsen describes the trip to the San Francisco Mountains. They reached MoenKopi May 1. Jacob Hamblin and two others (not named) went to the Indian village and returned the next day accompanied by Tuba and other Indians from the village. Amundsen gives a description of the Oraibi and Navajo Indians. He says of the Navajo, "They...
Dates:
1857-1986
Blythe, John Law, 1829-1893
File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1858-1863. The Journal to March 21, 1860, is during the time Blythe is living in California attending his mining claims, a tannery business, and other work. There is no indication of how or when he arrived in California. In January 1861, after nearly a year, he resumes his diary. A sampling of entries follows:
January 1, 1861: Attended dedication of Thirteenth Ward--W. Woodruff, Brigham Young, and...
Dates:
1829-1893
Blythe, John Law, 1829-1893
File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Journal, January 1, 1867-July 24, 1869. In this Journal Blythe records the Sanpete and Piede Indian Expedition. It begins April 20, 1867.
April 22, 1867: Traveled as far as Crismon Mill. Captain Orson Miles in charge of company. Traveled to American Fork, Payson, Salt Creek, Gunnison, Chicken Creek.
April 27, 1867: Arrived at Fort Gunnison. Houses are covered with mud roofs. Lieutenant General...
Dates:
1857-1986
Blythe, John Law, 1829-1893
File — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1874. This short diary (24 pages) was begun February 6, 1874, and ended May 21, 1874. It records the trip and mission of a group called by Brigham Young to establish a mission at MoenKopi. The mission was led by John L. Blythe. William H. Solomon was the clerk and historian.
February 6, 1874: Blythe, his wife and boy, William H. Solomon, and Oliver Andersen were missionaries called to go to Arizona....
Dates:
1857-1986
Blythe, John Law, 1829-1893
File — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Journal, Mission to Scotland (1878-1880). John L. Blythe left Scotland in 1847 and arrived in Pennsylvania in July. He emigrated to California in 1850 and came with his wife, Margaret Mitchell Blythe, to Utah in 1860. He joined the Mormon church in 1857. Blythe's call to the mission in Scotland was a personal desire to find members of his family (Blythe and Law) and his wife Margaret Mitchell Blythe's family still living in Scotland and convert them to Mormonism. Much of the journal is devoted...
Dates:
1857-1986
Brown, James S.
File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1875-1877. A report of the calling of James S. Brown and his company for the Arizona settlement. He tells of the preparations for the trip. 31 pages.
December 3, 1875: Arrived at MoenKopi and began scouting for a suitable place to settle. They decided a mission should be established at MoenKopi.
December 7, 1875: Some at work cutting timber for their house. Haskell and Hatch set out for...
Dates:
1857-1986
LeSuueur, James Warren
File — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents
Born in Montpelier, Idaho, May 31, 1878, James LeSueur and his family moved to Mesa, Arizona, and remained there about a year when they decided to return to Idaho. They stopped over in St. Johns where his father obtained work on the railroad working for John W. Young. With the 400 dollars he earned, his father started his own business, a store. LeSueur mentions the conflict between the Mexicans and whites. LeSueur attended Brigham Young University, filled a mission, invested in ACMI stock,...
Dates:
1857-1986
Barth, Solomon
File — Box: 5, Folder: 11
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents
This is a short sketch taken from the Arizona Republican in 1928. Solomon Barth established the settlement of St. Johns and deeded much of the land holdings to the Mormon settlers. 1 page.
Dates:
1857-1986