Alton C. Melville home movies, Reel 36: Lions Convention, Cove Fort, Millard County, Utah

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Title Alton C. Melville home movies, Reel 36: Lions Convention, Cove Fort, Millard County, Utah
Creator Melville, Alton Crane
Publisher Digitized and published by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1950-06-01
Date Digital 2013
Spatial Coverage Cove Fort, Millard County, Utah, United States
Subject Cove Fort Historic Site (Utah); Fortification; Pioneers
Keywords Home movies; Buildings; Cars; Roads; Historic Sites; Forts; Lions Convention; Rocks; First settlers; Persons
Description Home movie showing Lions Convention in Old Cove Fort which was used as a stop over point between Filmore, the first state capital, and Beaver, sixty miles to the south. This stopping point was used frequently by early settlers and was built in 1867. Cove Fort was founded in 1867 by Ira Hinckley at the request of Brigham Young. The movie also showing people traveling and a large group of people including two unidentified men examining rocks. Length: 4 minutes, 40 seconds
Collection Number and Name A0590 Alton Crane Melville family home movies
Format video/mp4
Extent 04:40
Rights Holder For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv73236
Conversion Specifications Digitized from 8mm film to MOV file master then converted to MP4 streaming format by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6zh0gc3
Collection Name Alton Crane Melville home movies
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Setname uum_hmcr
ID 1248775
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zh0gc3
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