Settling of San Juan County, Utah, ca. 1947.

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Settling of San Juan County, Utah, ca. 1947.

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This typescript describes the process that Mormon pioneers went through in order to settle San Juan County. Particular attention is paid to the creation of the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail and the roles that Charles Hall, Silas Sanford Smith, and Jens Nielson (1820-1906) played in the Mormon emigration. Also detailed are the experiences of the Mormon pioneers as they endured the hardships of frontier travel.

1 typescript.28 cm.9 pages.

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Hall, Charles A. (Charles Alfred), 1920-

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Charles V. Hall was born in Ash Flat, Arkansas, in 1923. He recieved his B.S. (1950) and M.S. (1953) from the University of Arkansas and his Ph.D. from Kansas State University (1960). Before coming to Iowa State, Hall worked as a technical research assistant (1950-1953) at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station at the University of Arkansas and was a member of the Kansas State University Department of Horticure (1953 to 1974). During his time at Kansas State Unive...

Nielson, Jens, 1820-1906

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Smith, Silas Sanford, 1830-1910

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Mormon colonizer. From the description of Diary, 1879-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699252 From the guide to the Silas Sanford Smith diary, 1879-1880, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Utah pioneer, legislator, militia officer, colonizer, and Mormon Church leader. From the description of Letters, 1860-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480112 From the guide to the Silas Sanford Smith letters, 1860-1891, (L. Tom Perry Special Coll...

Nielson, Beatrice Perkins.

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San Juan County, Utah is part of the Colorado Plateau and was named after the San Juan River. It was not until 1879 that a full-scale settlement of the county took place. Mormon scouts were sent into the area to determine if a road could be built that would provide easy access for future settlers. As a result of their reports, the Mormon Church called approximately 250 Mormon pioneers to leave Escalante, Utah in the fall of 1879 to settle San Juan County. Along the way they engineered the Hole-i...