Oliver Boardman Huntington journals, 1842-1900.

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Oliver Boardman Huntington journals, 1842-1900.

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Member of a prominent Mormon family, Huntington wrote up his journals in "historical style," with much information concerning his father William, brothers Dimick and William, and sisters Zina and Prescindia. Describes experiences from 1835 with the Mormons in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; missionary tour of 1843 to the Eastern States; life in Nauvoo on terms of intimacy with Joseph Smith's family, 1844-1845; mission to England, 1846-1847; migration to Utah, 1848; and return east next spring; return to Utah from New York State; life in Salt Lake City and Springville, 1852-1862. Journeys to Carson Valley in 1854 and 1857 by routes south of the Humboldt River; the Elk Mountain Mission of 1855 to southeastern Utah; exploration of the Deep Creek area, and the handcart relief, 1856; colonizing in Washington County in Southern Utah, 1862-1864; life afterward at Springville as farmer, beekeeper, and school teacher, with reminiscences concerning Joseph Smith and the early history of the Church.

3 fds. : typescript.

Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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