Baker, Pearl Biddlecome

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1907-08-05

Death 1992-12-19

Biographical notes:

Pearl Biddlecome Baker (1907-1992) researched and published a book about about the history of Robber's Roost titled, The Wild Bunch of Robbers Roost.

Pearl Biddlecome Baker was born 5 August 1907 in Ferron, Utah. In 1909 her family moved to a ranch that included the notorious Robber's Roost in Southeastern Utah. Pearl and her husband bought this ranch after her father died in 1929, but her husband died soon after. She ran the ranch alone until she remarried in 1934. In 1939 Pearl sold the ranch to her sister and brother-in-law and moved to Oregon. She moved to White Canyon, Utah in 1949 and taught school. In 1955 and 1956, she ran the White Canyon post office and trading post. Because of familiarity with Southeastern Utah and the ranch, Pearl felt drawn to research and publish a book about the history of Robber's Roost. The Wild Bunch of Robbers Roost was published in 1989. Pearl died in Price, Utah in 1992.

From the guide to the Oral history interview with Pearl Baker, 1971 July 9, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)