Life of George Lake, Mormon, a diary written by himself, 1888

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Title Life of George Lake, Mormon, a diary written by himself, 1888
Creator Lake, George, 1838-1898
Date 1888; 1917; 1958
Temporal Coverage 1888; 1917; 1958
Spatial Coverage Joseph City (Ariz.); Navajo County (Ariz.); Arizona; Little Colorado River Valley (N.M. and Ariz.)
Subject Lake, George, 1838-1898; Polygamy; Latter Day Saints--Arizona--Biography; Joseph City (Ariz.)--History; Joseph (Ariz.)--Biography; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Arizona--History; Latter Day Saints churches--Arizona--History
Description Typed transcript (31 pages) of an autobiography of George Lake in 1888 and transcribed by Claude Nelson McMillan in 1958; and a shorter sketch by George Lake, transcribed by Sarah T. Brimhall Foley on Dec. 16, 1917. The longer account includes details of George Lake's mission to England and his participation in the settlement of the Little Colorado River area. He was head of the company that founded Obed and later lived in Mexico.
Collection Number and Name Ms0034 Oral Histories of Mormon Settlement in Arizona
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6x7798z
Setname uum_msa
ID 1726369
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x7798z
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