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A Biographical Study Of Leonard John Nuttall, Private Secretary To Presidents John Taylor And Wilford Woodruff, Clarence G. Jensen
A Biographical Study Of Leonard John Nuttall, Private Secretary To Presidents John Taylor And Wilford Woodruff, Clarence G. Jensen
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The purpose of this study was to provide a biography of Leonard John Nuttall. Special emphasis has been given to his contributions to Church and civic affairs.
A History Of The Latter-Day Settlement Of Star Valley, Wyoming, Ray Mccord Hall
A History Of The Latter-Day Settlement Of Star Valley, Wyoming, Ray Mccord Hall
Theses and Dissertations
The Latter-day Saints were good colonizers, possibly because they were repeatedly forced by persecution to seek new homes in the wilderness. Having established themselves in Salt Lake Valley (1847), they began almost immediately to expand their domain. Their Prophet, Brigham Young, sent groups of Mormons to colonize the surrounding valleys, and within a few years there were many Mormon settlements beyond the bounds of Salt Lake Valley. Bear Lake Valley in southeastern Idaho and northern Utah was one of these early settlements.
Star Valley--thus named by Moses Thatcher, an Apostle in the Church who thought it was a "star among …