Journal of the Salmon River mission, 1855-1857.

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Journal of the Salmon River mission, 1855-1857.

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Copy of Benjamin Franklin Cummings' account of his time with the Salmon River mission from 1855 to 1857. Begins with the formation of the mission group and their departure from Ogden, Utah, and includes references to interactions with Nez PerceĢ Indians, the building of the settlement at Salmon River, Cummings' meetings with Brigham Young, and his periodic trips back to Ogden and Salt Lake City. Includes one illustration of a sunset.

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Second president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Certificate, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630973 American religious leader, second president of the Mormon Church, first governor of the Territory of Utah, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. From the description of Cash ledger books, 1862-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480196 From the description of Cash ledger books 1862-1877 ...

Cummings, Benjamin Franklin.

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Benjamin Franklin Cummings was born in Vergennes, Vermont, on September 17, 1816. After living in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, he traveled to Utah in the early 1850s. He participated in the Mormon mission to Salmon River (in present day Idaho), which lasted from 1855 until 1858. He briefly settled in Kansas before moving to Johnson County, Missouri. He died while undergoing an operation in Kansas City on May 6, 1873. From the description of Journal of the Salmon River mission, 1855-18...