| Title |
Saint Johns purchase |
| Alternative Title |
Ms34_005_024 |
| Creator |
Coleman, Evans (David Evans), 1873-1954 |
| Contributor |
Tanner, George S. |
| Date |
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Temporal Coverage |
1930s-1940s |
| Spatial Coverage |
Saint Johns (Ariz.); Apache County (Ariz.); Arizona; Little Colorado River Valley (N.M. and Ariz.) |
| Subject |
Saint Johns (Ariz.)--History; Latter Day Saints--Arizona--Saint Johns; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Arizona--History; Latter Day Saints churches--Arizona--History |
| Description |
Typescript history by Evans Coleman describing the purchase of Saint Johns, Arizona, in 1879 by Ammon Tenney, and his dispute with Benjamin Platt, an early settler. Also a biographical sketch of Benjamin Platt; a short description of "Land transactions in the eighties," and "an historic deed clipped from the St. Johns Observer," an account by G. A. McCarter about the purchase of St. Johns from Solomon Barth. |
| Collection Number and Name |
Ms0034 Oral Histories of Mormon Settlement in Arizona |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6tn3cf1 |
| Setname |
uum_msa |
| ID |
1725694 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tn3cf1 |
