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Mormon settlement in Arizona ; a record of peaceful conquest of the desert
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On the old Mormon trail from Salt Lake City to the Mormon settlements in Arizona and Chihuahua, Mexico
Visual Materials
This set of photographs by Frederick Monsen focuses on Native Americans of the Southwest in mostly candid views taken in Pueblo communities, approx. 1886-1911. Photographs include portraits, ceremonies, dances, pueblos, livestock and scenes of daily activities. A smaller portion of the collection consists of landscapes, cliff-dwellings, ruins, gold miners, wagons and scenes of pioneer life in the West. Some photographs were made by Monsen while he was with U.S. Geological Surveys (including the Brown-Stanton survey of 1889), and others during his own photography trips. The majority of Native Americans pictured are Hopi and Navajo, but there are also Paiute, Apache, and Pueblo Indians. There are a few views of Mojave Indians of Southern California, and natives of Baja, Mexico. There are several views of Indian children, shown with and without clothes, in their daily activities. Scenes of non-Indian Western life include men in covered wagons on trails, gold prospectors and stagecoaches. There are many artistic landscape views of canyons, buttes and mesas; Death Valley; salt beds; ancient ruins; cactus and other desert plants. Unusual subjects of note are three photographs of skeletons in the deserts of Arizona and one view of the covered bodies of prospectors being carried on burros. The prints are all signed by Monsen and have typed or handwritten captions on the back, written by Monsen.
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The influence of the Mormon people in the settlement of Clark County: photocopy
Manuscripts
This is a photostat copy of the thesis of Francis H. Leavitt, titled, "The influence of the Mormon people in the settlement of Clark County." Unbound and 183 pages in length, the text is faint but readable and includes handwritten and typewritten transcriptions where the text is illegible or missing. It covers roughly the time period from 1826 to 1921.
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![The Dellenbaugh Papers Vol.1-7: Exploration and settlement records of the Mormon Church [microform]: 1929](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4DZ76WN%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
The Dellenbaugh Papers Vol.1-7: Exploration and settlement records of the Mormon Church [microform]: 1929
Manuscripts
Microfilm of research material collected by Frederick Dellenbaugh when he was acting as a witness in United States vs. Utah (1929), a Supreme Court case centering on the ownership and riparian rights of the Green, Colorado, and San Juan riverbeds (the case was decided in favor of Utah in 1931). The material is identified as "Collection C -- The Dellenbaugh Papers Vols.1-7. Exploration and Settlement Records of the Mormon Church." The typed documents consist of excerpts of letters, newspaper and journal articles, pioneer reminiscences, and other manuscripts related to Mormon settlement of the Southwest. The material is identified as Complainant's Exhibits 620-626, and the seven volumes are identified as follows: 1. General Notes -- Exploration of Southern Nevada -- Beale's Wagon Road -- The Camel Experiment -- Callsville (Call's Landing-Colorado River) -- Mexican Traders from Village of Chama, N.M. to Salt Lake City, 1853 -- Moab Region (Journey there, 1853, Cliff Dweller Ruins described) -- Mancos War 1880 [frames 1-16]. 2. Exploration -- Southern Nevada-Colorado River -- Las Vegas Mission, 1855-1856 [frames 17-41]. 3. Elk Mountain Mission History, 1855 -- Settlement of Moab [frames 42-60]. 4. Exploration of Southern Nevada -- St. George Stake, 1851-1866 -- Lower Virgin River -- Lower Colorado River -- Call's Landing -- Hardy's Landing -- Jacob Hamblin to Hopi Towns [frames 61-76]. 5. Settlement of Kanab Region -- Southern Utah -- Kanab Stake, 1865-1874 -- Pipe Springs -- Jacob Hamblin to Hopi Towns [frames 77-113]. 6.Expedition to the Colorado River, 1864-1865 -- Call's Landing -- Journal History, January-June 1865 [frames 114-121]. 7. Settlement of San Juan Region -- Bluff 1879-1884 -- San Juan Stake [frames 122-163].
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