Autobiography of Michael Standley : Logan City, Utah, 1938 Oct 5.

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Autobiography of Michael Standley : Logan City, Utah, 1938 Oct 5.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82957117

Bound typed carbon copy autobiography of Michael Standley "as related by him from memory in January, 1933 at the age of 83 1/2 years." The autobiography describes Standley's move with his family as a child from his birthplace in a Mormon community near Kanesville, Iowa, to Utah in 1852; his work on family dairy and hay farms in Bountiful, Hyrum, Lewiston, and Logan, Utah; the establishment of family saw mills, cheese factory, and general merchandise store; his work on canal, telegraph, and road construction crews; his marriages and children; and his activities as an Elder in the Mormon Church.

1 v. (43 p.) ; 29 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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