Scope and Contents "To The Last Frontier," the autobiography of Lucy Hannah White Flake. The White family became converts of the Mormon church in 1844 and came to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850. Their first home was in Lehi. In October 1853 they were called to Cedar City with others to help strengthen the settlement. The Flake family were converts in Mississippi. They went to Nauvoo just before the martyrdom. James M. Flake, a man of wealth, immediately returned to Mississippi and contributed generously to the...

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This is a short autobiography of Ida Frances Hunt. Included is a description of the trek to Arizona in 1876. Her family was accompanied by the Bushmans who they joined in St. George on their way to Arizona. They finally settled in Snowflake, Arizona, where her father, John Hunt, was appointed bishop. 20 pages.

Scope and Contents "The Trip to Arizona in 1877," by May Hunt Larson is a short autobiographical sketch with some diary notes. She tells of their decision to settle near Fort Wingate where Brothers Luther C. Burnham, Earnest A. Tietgen, and Ben Boyce are special missionaries to the Indians. She describes the southern emigrants arrival in Arizona; the smallpox brought in by the southerners; and the purchase of the Stinson Ranch by William J. Flake. John Hunt was chosen bishop, and Jesse N. Smith became...

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"This is Your Life," a bound volume, is a recorded copy of a program in honor of Wesley and Lillian Ann Palmer held at a Sunday evening session in 1961 of the Maricopa Stake Conference conducted by the Mutual Improvement Association. The program, patterned after a television show titled "This is Your Life," includes reminiscenses of friends and relatives. 13 pages.