Scope and Contents To his brother and sister, September 3, 1859, from Green River. En route to Great Salt Lake in a large company consisting of four wagons and three hundred souls. He hopes they will lay down their prejudices and search for the truth. The wagon train is within 365 miles of their destination. To Brigham Young, June 2, 1876, from Sunset Crossing, Arizona. Describes the problems of building the dam....

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To Thomas W. Brookbank from John A. Widtsoe, James E. Talmage, Ezra Taft Benson, and William A. Morton. Four letters written in the 1920s congratulating Brookbank on his writings.

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To James S. Brown from his father Daniel Brown, 1854 and 1866.

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To and from Horton D. Haight and Brigham Young, 1873, describing the Arizona country.

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To the editor of the Deseret News, October 8, 1880, giving instructions to people who plan to go to Arizona Territory.

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To Anthon H. Lund, February 1901, defending the accomplishments of the missionaries to the Little Colorado in Arizona.

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To Brigham Young, March 7, 1873, describing the country of the Little Colorado in Arizona.

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To John W. Young, May 20, 1886, from St. Joseph, Arizona, telling of his mission there, having been called by President John Taylor.

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Extracts dating from 1876-1904, dealing mainly with church finances. 6 pages.

Scope and Contents Two different typescripts of the original Solomon diary exist. One was done by Mary Lou Warner DeWitt and one by Elizabeth Shumway. The DeWitt edition begins May 2, 1873, and ends August 31, 1874, supplementing the Shumway edition which begins June 16, 1873, and ends August 22, 1874. Both show different interpretations of the diary entries. Mrs. P. T. Reilly has typed an addendum to the typescript of the Shumway version including the diary entries that begin May 2, 1873-June 16, 1873, and...

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Extracts, 1879. These entries relate a trip from Arizona to Utah to work in the temple. 3 pages.

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This folder contains genealogy sheets with brief biographical information on the following men: John Law Blythe, Thomas Walter Brookbank, John Porter and Mary Ann Bryant Porter, James Parkinson, Samuel Shepherd, Moses Beckett Steele, Jewell Tanner Woodward.

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A publication, Hi-Light, regarding the Jesse Nelson Perkins, Sr., Family Organization. Included in this bound volume is volume 1, numbers 1-4 and volume 2, number 1. A table of contents is included in every issue of the publication.

Scope and Contents Reminiscences of the Pleasant Valley War: The Hackknife group; cattle rustling; and horse stealing. 5 pages. "A United Order in Arizona." 6 pages. "Mormon Settlements in Navajo Country." 6 pages. "Settlement of the Little Colorado Country," by Samuel Ladd. 6 pages. Minutes of Springville Ward Meeting, January 30, 1876. 2...

Scope and Contents "Little Colorado River Settlements," a master's thesis by Kenneth E. Porter. This thesis was completed at Arizona State University at Tempe, Arizona, in 1965. In the preface, Mr. Porter states that the thesis covers the first four settlements established by the Mormon church: Brigham City, Joseph City, Obed, and Sunset. This mission to northern Arizona was under the direction of Lot Smith, George Lake, William C. Allen, and Jesse O. Ballenger. Included in the thesis are the following...