Articles pertaining to Bishop William Bowker Preston and the town of Preston, Wyoming [manuscript], 1957.

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Articles pertaining to Bishop William Bowker Preston and the town of Preston, Wyoming [manuscript], 1957.

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The collection consists of articles from "The Preston Citizen," "The Star Valley Independent" and the "Congressional Record" all pertaining to the Mormon Bishop William Bowker Preston, a native of Bedford, Va., and the founding of Bedford, Wyoming.

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Preston, William Bowker, 1830-1908

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William Bowker Preston, 1830-1908, fourth presiding bishop of the Mormon Church, was born in Virginia. In 1852, Preston joined the California gold rush. He settled in Yolo County, California where he met and married Harriet Thatcher in 1858. In 1859 he joined the Hezikiah Thatcher family in settling Cache Valley--located on the Utah-Idaho border. Preston eventually became a prominent Utah businessman, politician and LDS church leader. From the description of William Bowker Preston pa...