Lot Smith papers 1856-1892

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Lot Smith papers 1856-1892

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%20SC%20293

300 items; (371 p.)(0.40 linear ft.)

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Smith, Lot

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Lot Smith (1830-1892) was member of the Mormon Battalion and led a colonization mission in northern Arizona. Lot Smith was born in 1830 in Oswego County, New York, to William O. Smith and Rhoda Hough Smith. He marched to California in 1846-7 as the youngest member of the Mormon Battalion. In 1857, he led a militia force against Johnson’s army. In 1876, he led a colonization mission in northern Arizona. The online Utah History Encyclopedia says, “During his last years, re...