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A History Of The Mormon Settlement Of Central California With Emphasis On New Hope And San Francisco, 1846-1847, And Modesto, 1920-1954, Kenneth Wayne Baldridge
A History Of The Mormon Settlement Of Central California With Emphasis On New Hope And San Francisco, 1846-1847, And Modesto, 1920-1954, Kenneth Wayne Baldridge
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Mormon contributions to California history are generally well known. Most school children have heard of the march of the Mormon Battalion. The name of Samuel Brannan is known to almost any student interested in this area. The more inquisitive scholar is familiar with the voyage of the BROOKLYN and subsequent relations of the Mormons to the history of San Francisco. The mention of New Hope, however, brings puzzled looks to the faces of most people, including Mormons today living within twenty miles of the area.
The Mormon movement to California was part of a general exodus by the Church of …