Oral history interview with William Riley Hurst. 1976.

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Oral history interview with William Riley Hurst. 1976.

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The oral history transcript of William Riley Hurst, interviewed by James DeMar Redd for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program Southeastern Utah Project. The subject is Reminiscences of Life in Blanding, Utah. Conducted on 14 September 1971. William discusses his birth in Old Mexico, early life in Blanding, gold mining on the Colorado River, sheep herding and Indian encounters. Bound manuscript, 36 pages, index included.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Redd, James DeMar,

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Hurst, William Riley, 1908-2000

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William Riley Hurst (1908-2000) served an LDS mission to the central United States. William Riley Hurst was born the seventh of thirteen children on 5 September 1908 in Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico to George Arthur Hurst and Mary Maria Terry. His family moved from Old Mexico to Blanding, Utah in 1910. In 1930 William served an LDS mission to the central United States. He married Carol Bayles on 5 April 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah. William died 5 February 2000 in Blanding, ...