Oral history interview with John DeKevon Alsop, 1951.

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Oral history interview with John DeKevon Alsop, 1951.

Oral history interview of John D. Alsop (age 71) conducted by Juanita Brooks at Zion National Park in 1951.

Audio cassette (ca. 60 min.)

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Alsop, John DeKevon

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John DeKevon Alsop was a son of Tom Alsop, a Wyoming pioneer rancher. The Alsop ranch was founded in 1874 and was located 15 miles northwest of Laramie. John DeKevon Alsop's mother sold the Alsop Ranch in the early 1900s and moved the family to Utah. From the description of Oral history interview with John DeKevon Alsop, 1951. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 77561155 John D. Alsop was elected to the Connecticut State Legislature in 1946...

Brooks, Juanita, 1898-1989

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Juanita Brooks was born in 1898 in the Mormon village of Bunkerville, Nevada. She married Ernest Pulsipher on 10 October 1919 in St. George, Utah. He died of cancer fifteen months later, leaving Juanita a widow with a four-month-old son. Following the death of her husband, Juanita decided to go to college. She was employed in several capacities as she worked her way through school, first at Dixie Junior College in St. George, Utah, and then at Brigham Young University. Following graduation, she ...