Scope and Contents Typescript (21 pages) essay by George S. Tanner about the Sunset United Order and the committee charged with settling accounts with settlers who left.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Mormon settlements in Arizona collection (1857-1986) is a collection of primary sources relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' colonization efforts along the Little Colorado River and the surrounding area. Included in the collection are diaries, journals, autobiographies, biographies, correspondence, and histories covering the earliest settlements of 1876 (Brigham City, Joseph City, Obed, and Sunset) to present-day communities. There are brief accounts of early...

Scope and Contents Locy: Volume 1 | Locy: Voume 2 [transcripts] Andrew Locy Rogers, the son of Thomas and Aurelia Spencer Rogers, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 19, 1854. He grew up in Farmington, Utah. In 1876 he settled on the Little Colorado River in Arizona. He married Clara Maria Gleason in 1879. Ten children...

Scope and Contents This volume, a xerox copy of the original, is the missionary journal of Andrew Locy Rogers. Although the cover sheet in the bound volume indicates that it is the journal of Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr., there is no doubt that it is, in fact, the journal of his father. Similar incidents appear both in the journal and in the autobiographical sketch of Andrew Locy Rogers. The format of the journal is similar to the previous journal, i.e., an irregular account of incidents and observations. The journal...

Scope and Contents This is an autobiographical accunt, written by Andrew Locy Rogers, entitled "Life Sketch of Andrew Locy Rogers." According to a subtitle, this account was written in Salt Lake City, Utah, in December 1937, when the author was eighty-three years old. From an introductory statement it is obvious that the sketch was written for his family in order to leave a record of his life but also to relate incidents for spiritual development. This copy was a gift of Thora R. Lambert....

Scope and Contents This book contains the writings of Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr., and his second wife, Rebecca Smith Rogers. Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr.'s, writings consist of a journal kept between September 1900 and April 1901. This period covers a trip from Snowflake to Pleasant Grove, Utah, his enrollment in the Brigham Young Academy, and the first part of his trip across the United States prior to sailing for Europe on a mission for the Mormon church. After the journal of Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr., his wife Rbecca...

Scope and Contents "Dawn and Sunset," by Andrew W. Allen. A short history of the Sunset United Order which relates the problems encountered raising certain crops and the experiments until adjustment could be made to climate, water, etc. The supply of honey came from a large oak tree burned in a forest fire and after twenty-six gallons of honey were extracted this swarm of bees and others became the constant supplier of this "royal luxury." Turkeys, antelope, and bear supplied much of their meat. Allen tells of...

Scope and Contents A history of the Sunset United Order by Israel Call. A statement of his affiliation with the United Order in Sunset; the length of time he belonged; and the property he was issued in 1884 when he withdrew from the Order.

Scope and Contents A copy of the handwritten minutes and a typescript made by George S. Tanner are avalilable in this collection. These are the minutes of a special committee appointed in August 1886 to 1888 to review and disburse the property of the Sunset United Order after the Order was disbanded. Chosen for the committee were John Bushman, F. G. Nielsen, H. R. Burk, T. W. Brookbank, and David K. Udall. John Bushman was elected chairman of the committee; Thomas W. Brookbank was to act as temporary chairman....