Records of the Alunite branch of the Mormon Church. 1917-1920.

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Records of the Alunite branch of the Mormon Church. 1917-1920.

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Consists of minutes of meetings, membership lists, record of births, baptisms and confirmations for the Alunite branch of the Mormon Church, Piute County, Utah. Alunite was a company town for the Mineral Products Corporation. The branch was affiliated with the Marysvale, Utah ward of the Mormon church.

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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371819

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Mineral Products Corporation (Utah)

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Hales, Hial B.

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Christensen, John F.

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Alunite branch.

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The records of the LDS branch at Alunite, Utah are of particular interest for the light they shed on the functioning of a Mormon congregation in a mining town. This is especially true since Alunite just south of Marysvale, is a ghost town today. Alunite flourished during the First World War only to be subsequently abandoned. The branch records cover the period 1917-1920, the heyday of the town. The congregation was a branch of the Marysvale ward, four and a half miles aw...