Correspondence, January - March 1969

Correspondence to and from Juanita Brooks for January through March 1969.

Box 303 st. Gec~ge, Utah Januaq 10. 19. 9 , ., J e 1er17 and Dr. rt.tck .-fright OU toge· r ld alk to yo pers na.lly,, ·. u:t it s r· s i.s to ccupie • t a few in .I 1 1st. I w ruier if you realize the seriousness of. the crime of entering eking possession of a hon:.e ti t oes not belong to you., fficers, of the lft'A will tell you t,,is oarrios heavy penal~. ;; nd 2nd. bein . n lied to .:e• Jo , when I called you on Decer ber l8 th bout your in -· house-. . ou eould so easil: · have told ti truth et hP our .o ffense ould not have been so .g re.a t . 3- '.BtJ th'-"'1 tire I c al.le la t., I hrd -eviden " to bave r:a e real, tl-ouble for you. "ou &11ould be s jart, nou ou c lUd not have " and out of · .7t . ace alr~st daily wi thou.t being se n. th r t up early an stay up ., tel. 1t!.~1e11 I went in to c'lea.'l'l the nl ee up on ~i dnesday lA-st, I found lenty .v idenee to ut into the hand-s or an officer f the law. ·ou ha . ctade a fire in the f-lre p1aee eVidently sev ral ti:-.es., , or e place was as full of ashes as it ould i old. Your fire at the / w :t,e ar's Eve n a tyn r:-.u st N'.e been a reel big o.ne to have bpurnt the ;, i te brick like it did. .,. st lucky -~1 t the pl.nee _~ae not bur11ed down. ( Th"t fire .lac ad n eft el.e~ th- r 5th- You, Riclf,,eVi · Jntly 11:2..de i t, T ~t NK :Y:LD.JJD1'.'!S lt \ ;S Hl't U ~·JE L:.'·; . lJO-- bttt• · · ·.e the ~stairs bath roe., 20.t into t1~ ~~ng hall • bow ls onto the floor-a hla~ stin!,-ir,"' r tr::ie.d to et to _· and 0 JP~ _d hi[ p ~ I s n · hree hcurs elo.n.ning th · popcorn out r th.e , e r. ptying sheet, .n &?enerally ·trying to put thing!:! in place,. "But ! refused to tack1, . the pile 1n the closet.•, ·,od .J.d el.e ill Brco s put · yestard~ . forenc.o n !':)~" and en didn,.. t ge t 11 th t¥aui ·o ·t f t.. exds ., 1 Now, .10 ,~CT t.::· place the blime of this on the I ,ian boy., e was only i.t, ~nd so d.oes every b dy else. , nd i.f you tJ'iirt 7ot1 have done s n.ethi.n~ srtart . cut..e·1. lau'l>'b ~ll ycu wan to a ut it. Bu ' . for 1te , a.ft.R-'r putting ore · n , •,50. ,i nto a ne rug, nd fixing up & • lace nice.• · it d ~s no · sece ,.. tench lilt€-) a ,jok • t,r,T <4 •• . ,. t sr>·aw £,or you# a.nd yotl know If' you have a.ny-thing you'd like to s :r o rre , ny tel h ne nu,; her is J - 275·2 . . r, TO FROM st . SOttOTONE OF SAlT LAKE OlY 20 E. BROADWAY STREET SALT LAKE CllY, UTAH T I. 364-9878 SUBJECT: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOLD+ .) f ./ er . heve t o de it thic / { DATE GRAYARC CO., INC., BROOKLYN 32 , N. Y. PERSON ADDRESSED RETURN THIS COPY TO SENDER Box 303, St. George , Ut ah, 8u770 January 14, 1969 D/ ". J., C. Warenski 1060 East Flrst South Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Dear Dr. Warenski; Thank you for your letter of' January 8. I h ave not been in Salt Lake City f or tr~ore th an two rr,onths -,xow,:- -at I --t1 ink- r- ould o have- called -anywa:, • - <f forget that I a1n wearing a pessa:r:n I jus t go on about rry business lt UQh more unconsciou.s of it than I am of rny dentures. case I may be able to ge t away this week-end, in which/I shall call your office and hope t o see you. I know one man who has plastic heart valves and another with a plastic larynx, both of which t4re more complicated than this little deal. Bo I have assumed that I too have found a permanent solution. I certainly do NOT expect to have an operat ion, so long as the corre:f :tion is as good as it is not-t. I look f orward to seeing you. Sincerely, Juanita Br ooks J. C. Warenski, M. D. L. C. Warenski, M. D. OBSTETRICS AND GYN ECOLOGY 1060 EAST FIRST' S OUTH SAL T LAKE CITY. UTAH 8 4 102 355-62 19 January 8, 1969 Mrs. William Brooks P.O. Box 303 St. George, Utah Dear Mrs. Brooks: I am concerned that you have not been back since we inserted the vaginal pessary late last sunnner. If you wish to attempt the use of .a pessary as an alternative to vaginal repair operation, it is necessary that you be examined periodically to ascertain that the pessary is not causing vaginal ulceration. In general, I think it is preferable for one as vigorous as yourself to have definitive surgical correction of the problem. However, if you wish, we certainly can attempt to manage the problem otherwise but it is essential ~hat I see you at approximately two month intervals initially to be certain that the pessary is being tolerated without complication. ( JW:jd Box 303, St. George, tah ,., Janu ry lh, 1969 Forest Ranger at Pipe Springs via Fredonia, Arizona A careless person, I am. You told rre your nQ,me several t i I es, but it's I think you gave me a ca rdJ if you did, I negleot ~d to put it in the comp rt 1ent where it belongs. gone now. But I 've been doing a little digging into this nHoney-moon Trailu of mine, and I find that I was wrong on the exi. t from St. George . ide a 'Ihe pil grims to Arizona went south on 9th Eas t, crossed the Virgin River bridg.e , f~cblowed the r, .• Trumbull road south a short distance or erh ps turned east as soon as they crossed the stream. Anyway they went1 via the Fort Pea.ree spring and pond,, and the Bench L ke, followed u r a rne r Valley, Scaled the Hurricane somewhere along 1. ts rugged front, fro whence they went on to the and ended up at .Gould's Spring on top, othe rs thBt are :arked out on the road. I think the general line s were set in 1 People of Cedar City and Parowan and all points north cros sed up the r V ley o_r .Rabbit Valley? ) th cut i.n the ILount i s doT n which ( · s it C pt Frerr-o nt ca e in 18.54, and struck the Arijona ioad. 1hose living in Zion Canyon-- P6cketfille 1 V'irgin, Dunc::in• s Retr eat; Rockville, and Springdile--would take the wood road up out of Rockville. By 1860: the H~mblin 18.59 trip. course &~cl li~tte~ luck, but followed the gene r a l/ of the 1he ge·nerc 1 mi grati on into Arizona did no t begin until sever al ya a r s after the fe,eath of Brigha m Young in 1877, though sever al exploring parties had been sent e arlie r. Well, I think I ca.n find a Diary I'll ke ep checking on these early trips. if I can ge t into Sal t Lake City for a few days. i nter~sted i I 1us t w nt you to know that I this ac curate and right. , Si nciA·e g oodI v-rls r !9-S · 1 " i'i~/ft(;ol j t I:~ .. Juanita Brooks !/ 1 h aving whatever l f..,;//,/{_..••~~-r ,./ •~> we say about Box 303, 84770 1Yanuary st. Geor ge , U ah l h, 1969 3; JOp. i. t•-y dear Peg, Tsn 1 t it s trange that when we f eel m-ost deeply we find no words ~dequ.ate ? I've hr d rcy own privat,e little Janiorial Semce here- • ie"r:berlng Reggie I s l i ttl e chuckle -~1hen he wa.:> plea.s-ed 1 the twinkle in his blue eyes, his bubbling good humor. M'o st of al.l, his eagerness to work for in:proved condittons for t he S_ani.sh-Arriericans, the JeX'ican... 1~ e ricansi ttle I n ~iaus--PitlY and ul the underprivilegedJ rerrien~bering also h is enthusiasm for this wonderf ul old-new home which he was to de so u ch about. i: '! hen over night he is gone. How ch aracteristic that he should giYe his body to the ¥.ediaal school l In a way the i dea repels me,. feeling that perhaps the young interns will no·t handle it with the reverence it deserves. Perhaps this i s a ch ildish thought, since one way or anothe r it mus t r eturn to a1.r r-tnd du.st, ar.d ce rtainly without the spi.ri t which $1"1:lma,ted i t 1 it is neve r more. I on ' t ow h w to philosophize on all this I c jn _t go A.l ong e tirely w-i th the t e achings of my own Churcn, and yet I do fe @., l that the true identi ty--~he pe r sonality, ti.11.e s oul, the knowledge-cannot be ent'lr ely diss j_pated,. and t h t in so . e rcysterlous way we are eternal, whether to pass on to . nother sphe re or to return, centuries hence, in a new fo r m to t h:ts. Greater r1:tnds than mine may resolve t his t I ca nnot. Tue fact. ls, i t is with reu., the living,. th at I air mo st concern.ed, I' n, sure that you find plenty of wo rk, t hat you 1v- :ill hFi.Ve no, diffi culty in supporting yourself. I hope it i s work 5.n -which you ge b ..·,sic. s a tisf~.ctio:ns. I wish we both had tirne and inclinaticn to carry cut the hope t h t I had expressed and th at has beco "e an obses si on with i~ss Ettie Lee--the desire to se€- the NORf, ON CI--r .ONICLE tr ade into a )•volume set,wllth Book One t o be his wx--i tings before 1848,. Book Tw-o t.,.-:, irtclude t.h.e printed mat'ter publtshed in other pl aces inserted in ch ronological order, and Book 'rtir€H:) rr:.uch as it :ts, but with the new n£,terial ir1se rted.. 'Ihe f oot-notes shou.ld be at the bottom of the pP.,ge, perhaps. It could be a fine cont ribution, well made up. She h as willed her fo r tune to the Morrron Church. I unders tand, but still wan,ts to foste r this. I h ave not made any- commi t ments . I a ;- pres u-rr1ptuous. I kno-w t ha t in this first period of numbness nd ad,iust ient, you must grope your __ ev.m wa~. I know. I have BOX # ) #--303, ST. GOERGE, UTAH January lh,, 1969 Ny de ar f ar- ily all: Tomorrow st~rtd a New Year for rre, so I mu st clear rrrr desk of all ti.11e Old Year responsibilitie s th at I can. I've let this 1-etter lie:, first for a few days beca use I wa.s too busy., then for about a week bee:'! use I had the Flu,, and by that lirre I had pretty well forgotten it. So I 1 ll be 71 years old tomorrow! How I wish I had n;ore ti e to crowd in all the t .h ings I want to do! But I'll just try to hit the ball the best I can from here on out. 'Ihings go well with us.. Our ch ildren are all going on in the sa 1e places at pretty .rr.uch the same work that 'When I wrote last. Except Willa. She is he re in St. George this winter and h as been such a. help and comfort to us. 1hales will have a short leave home beginning in early Febrna.ry--abou t 20 days here-and then must go back to Korea for another six rr.onths s t.ent. At the end •o f that time they think they• 11 be stationed in Hawaii f or three ars. So we• 11 hope to live long enough and keep well enough to vis it the 1 t he re. Karl will likely stay in Monticello another year,. this t i me as County Coor,. inat-o r of Education instead of Principll of the high schoo:}... Kay is moving into his ne , ho~e in Al---exa tdria, Virginia, in a week or two. He has be.e n ,ade Special A.gent in t he FBI to train the men in Spanish. He see.rr.s to enjoy it. Antone i s still in Albuquerque• still in ca.ncer r e:s eareh, also in a nevJ· ho e. I assn.we th t you know of 'the new babies-- ':I:1ony 1 s dau hte r, Kay' s son, .-:i nd Ka rl's son--now just a 1onth old. 1 Erne s t was l a id off with 60 pt..11ers as of the e nd of this n nth. It's a general elose-do't\"lll of smr:e of ·U1e gove rnment installations. I don ' t know just how he will adjus t, but he see . s o timistie. His .far ,ily a.re all doing ,j us t fine. By t e way, I like the i dea of including so .e lette rs f r o ., tne grandchildrep, this one fron: I"'Jerle• and the ones from Graeme (they n ri.ct me in s titches). We were so gl ad to see some of the1ri during the holidays: Bonnie Rene & husb .nd, Carrick & rtha ( we missed Sue) Verle, Gr e , e• Lana, MaryLyn . fan ily we see quite often. Oh , yes, and D. Heney and far ily stopped briefly-only a hello & a goodbye, but better than no t h i ng . Our old Pink Bomb--the ancient plyrr,outh--has conked out on us, so we walk the hill-down and try to thumb a way back up. Willa and Walt 1 s f olks are all very kind to t ake us where we need to go . but t here ar e tin es wh en we just peg dm,m by ourselves. 1 Uncle Will is much i n.p roved. He has 1 st weight, ;: i.nd uses a cane • but he still is right spry and keen.. Hi s he ~1ring aid is te1rporarily out of whack th ugh .. P rr. having a od tim wri.tin!!. h i s life story, t hough it ,iOves f 1.r t r,o slow.. I have only 120 pag .::s to date--n-aybe 1/,3 of i t--done. 4ell, if the Bear Ldlrd will help us t o keep ourselves well--or if we · re ~. , I . .,,,i .,·, - - - -4,.. ,.,.- . • - 1-.. +,..... nnr. r - +. -w-i t h HIM to ~eeo well~ we '11 r~ sk no gr eat.et /i ; 1. ,.,,,, .A W. M . KELLER 104 ~ MEMBER UTAH ROSE SOCIETY DOUGLAS STREET TEL. 359 - 7333 Men's Carden Club of Salt Lake §a,z,dwin g fo,z, a 9ulLn and dfappie,z, .J!.if E SALT LAKE CITY, UT AH 84105 January 14, 1969 . Dear Wi ll and Juanita : It vas nice to rec eive your letter accomp anying your Season s Gree tings . Ji m and I should. ha re the rest of t e J . V. L . shortha nd note s transcr ibed in about anothe r month . We have been a little handica pped in this due to the fact that pur,ua nt to an unders ta·ding we kept no copies of the former one, and never thinkin g they would ever be needed again, we destroy ed all the notes we had gathere d . In this connec tion you will rememb er you put us name here in the notes it was indicat ed that so ~nd porting at that part icuJ.ar time . I thi nk you told us in t he other transc ript was 11 ¥att' or someth ing like ri g•ht on a so waq rethe nan e used that . In the oresen t notes we find on two or three occasio ns he says what looks like 11 Sloan reporti ng 11 • We can ' t ma :ee anythir n; else out of it . In snortha nd it deoend s on the vowell follo~ in _ the 11 1 11 • If you know the name and·" it is other than II Sloan" we ~ would be please d to hear from you concern inr: it . It doesn ' t make much differe nce anyway except for the sake of bein~ as accura te as possib le . I a pprecia te that paragra ph in your letter : I think our histor ians have never fully covered this phase of our commun ity life, or the too gener~ l wi pin~ out of person s they tnot.vth t were ii enemie s I n ••••••• • 11 11 \ e obtaine d a church history anrl a few other books neec~ ed for referen ce . Among them is a hist ory of the Life of Heber C. Ki mball wh ich I have read . aradox ically as it may seem, some histori es tell as much by what they don 1 t say as what they do se.y when taken in connec tion vii th other ,~novm factG . Tell Will to take care of himsel f though I am sure he , like myself , is under good direct ion . w • i.,. . .lt 7>1, . t /Jll. mt ~ Sincer ely Yf_urs ld ~ d I prepared this for our l~en ' s Garde. ~ 0lub . 1H. ; i. K . The followin~ is from our Honorary Member Worve Gillespie rs mr THE 011ry,~ column of May 29, 1967. It is set out in full because it contains information many of us; includinf; the writer t did. not know: O~CRIDS Ne,ct to the rose, which !"ti,tes as a universal favorite, the orchid is urobably the next most highly nublici..,ea_ flower. - Yet not too much has been wr.i tten about this ,!:Teat family of flO'.-rers. The truth is that its worldwide reT)utation has been g-leaned from less than one nercent of its members. Yet the orchid tribe is one with so many stran~e and beautiful forms that it d.eserves much better -praise. Y!ven the erne.rts auarrel on just how many actual Sl)ecies the orchid family includes. However, a r~e of fourteen to thirty thousand would_ ce-rtainly cover the majority of educated gueues. Ye desuite this vast number of types, litert:tlly distributed all ~he way from the Eauator to Greenland, little is kno1.-m. about the orchid by the "man on the street", except when it is en~joyed as an e ~ensive and magnificant corsage. ?rom the botanical standpoint • the orchid runs neek-and-neck ,,ri th the great family of "eompositae" -- best rep-resented in popular terms as dasies. The orchid~ yet win the actual botanical title of the "Lar~est Family in the entire \·egetable Kingdom". There are members of the orehid tribes which grow at sea lPvel as well as in the sky-bu.ue yonder at 14.000 feet. There a.,..e types ·which a-:re at home in swamps as well as in deserts, in forests as well as in grasslands, on trees, on rocks. on the ground and even in the water. There are orchids small enough to grow happily in a thimble or tenacious enough to climb a hundred foot tree. Flowers can be so diminutive as to :rival the head of a pin or boast magnificient petals two feet long. With all this fascinating variety to draw upon, the?"e are many myths which have no basis. The truth is: there is no true black orchid. They are not plant cannibals nor do they eat insects or man in any form. Not a single membe~ of the family is a parasite to the plant on which it may grow. Far from being delicate, they a~e actually ro~h and tough and have the ability to survive unde,. the tou~hest of conditions. Perhans the tuberous begonia 1 s the only other popular fiower which is known to have seeds as ult~a-fine as those of the orchid. Many orchid seeds are well under a hundredth of an inch in si?e and a scienti~ic weight of some of them have shown such unbelievable fi~res as a count ran~inp. three million to a gram. That's the eouivalent of one and a half billion seeds to the l)OundJ Along with this e,r:treme fineness of the seed. there is a second factor - the ability of a single ~lant to produce in vast number$. As an illustration, a native of 7enesuela orchid ( Cycnoches ehlordichilon) was once subjected to a lab check and yielded a figure of 3,770,000 seeds. The nlain faet is, that though the orchid nlant is a relatively toueh individual, it suffers from great difficulties in the early life eta.P-'es. Probably a lucky thin? too. Otherwise the worl~ miRht be strangled under a dense mat of orchid plants. The wise and cunnint! ?,bther Nature has thro\-rn up two natural barriers. The first of these handicap~ lies . in the fertili1ation of the flower. Though a §ingle capsule mey contain an astronomical number of seeds, the -~roduction of the capsules themselves is handicapped by the fact that they may not be fertili7ed properly and hence not able to reproduce. I I -2- The other handicap is even more peculiar. Each urchid seed, lacking any nutrient. is therefore unable in nature to be able to get started by itself, So, in order for an orchid seed to germinate, it needs the help of one of a very special group of fungi. Thus millions and millions of seeds never experience the miracle of life because they have failed to make contact with this fungus. A small circle of scientists argue that excessive, specialization in nature lead• to extinction. They tlaim that the p;reduction of millions and millions of 1eeds is the orchid's final last gasp effort to prevent defeat. But canny orehidologiets give the lie to this argument with this an1wer: thia is a "tough" family of plants with members spread. over a vast arTay of climatolo~ it,al and soil differences. And. after all life had been extinguished in 18~ by a stu-pendous volcant eXplOsion (practically of modern atomic size) on the Pacific island of Xrakatos, orchids miraculously were among the first plants to reappeare They were propagated from wind-borne seeds. In this respect, they more than held their own with two other great :f'amiliea known to propagate easily from wind-blown seeds: vat"ious grasses and a "compos1 tae• or dasies. No matter what you sey, the orchid will continue to reign as one ot the world'• most glamerous flowers. Undoubtedly thh 11 Cattleya Mouiae he.a lon~ held the distinction of being Vene7uela 1 e natidnal flower. Here at home in the u. s., we haven 1 t been able to agree yet oti a national flower-. Box 30 3 , S . Georg e t 84770 Ja . 15 , 1969 tah Dear D lla: I hoe to get up this week- end for a short time . at le a st . The R n _er at Pi e Sprin sis much inter ested in the Old Road from St . Georg e to Lee's Ferry . hopin g that he ean et the De t of Land Manag ement to desig na te it a s an Hi grica l trail or roa d . He wants me to outli ne it . The best sourc e I kno is in Ivins . hieh Stanl ey let me I eliev e is the Missio n t alon as ver y ung man in Helam n Pratt , a , oth rs . the Diari es of Antho ny w. read . The most inter estin g , Mexic o in 1875, when ~e was the company of Dan w. Jones , Three years later • 18?8 , h went with Er a stus B. now on over t he same road- - or at le st leavi g S t . Georg e • . I a m not sure whet her he joine d the irst company in the north , and took a di feren t route . a missi on to the Arizo na India ns , passi n I feel sure t he t t he s e gave us . I look forwa rd to seein 1111 be among the nuiter ial S tanle y yo -all. I •v-e had G od wj_sh es ,. Juan ita Brook s alo ng winte r . St. Geor ge, Utah u4770 Jan 15, 1969 De~r w~lte r hell er, 'Ihan k you for your fine lette r and for t.11.e artic le on orch ids . It wao very inte resti ng, and I have filed it for futu re refer ence . Res the John V. ·Long deal , a carbo n About othe r repo rters , I What a sha.me that you dian I t keep otic e that in Vol. 6 of the the re ortin g is divid ed al1 os t equa lly betw een John V. Long and Geor ge D. Watt . 'Ihis cont inue s throu gh seve ral volu mes. Jour nals of Disc ours es (1858-1859) In Vol XI (1867) a David W. Ev - s . an E. L- Sloan is repo rting and also A Jarr-es Sloa n had been a repo rter in Nauv oo f!CO but he evid ently did littl e if ~ny afte r he c~mem l84i- 18L3 , to tah. ou a.re SO righ t abou t the sign ifica nt part s bein g omitted . Well, it's sort -a fun to be digg ing out old skele tons . I must find s ome .o re cont empora ry acco unts of Long 's death and fune ral. Excu se the brev ity of this . I'm invo bred in othe r thing s I but UJQCXf wanted to reas sure pou on Watt and Sloan . All good wish es, Juam t a Brooks Ex 303t S t . Geor ~e , Utah 84770 J a n. l ? . 1969 Th~-~ ycJ er n1 tte r of the 13th . 0 had a l . os t forgotte n tha t I rote the arti c le o rriH~ MCRMCN BA'l rr!\L I CUX, so lon a ·o. Of c 0u rse, I r membere when I g-o t it '"'U t ~na started r at in" • 1 I n t 1-: J · J, c- n< Oct . · s~uef:; f I had tbe Joh D. Le e Jou~n ~1- o edit s d .v corr. e . t he N~W I 'EX I C HI S Tt RICAL REVl-~W his tri p to Sa nta Fe pu1lishcd • I be:; e J i t tJe that I , 1 d c .. a ge on t his 5- year old deal . · cc u l d add thet at the Lib rn ry of Con~ress in the pa __ ..,x·s cf (,.T arnef' K. Polk ~ I fond tte letter 'r ,m the M r on Author~t~es a ¼inter ~uarters-32± P tt w ttomie 1Ta tio thanking him for hh~ gene osi.ty in 1n t ~ese me. n p edginp- l o al ty t 1im. Pre s . P olk , rse . I 1m n t · 0 c he ~ent t his mor ing . ~oo earlt . Yes , go ahe d and us e it . I ha ve no i dea ha t it would be vorth ,, if anyt.: ing . Y mir--J. t e t rid my subscription anothe r year . The GTJE TF."'P AIJ ,r ·~ s ncre interesti g ,d reo1·e p ·ovcJca tibe as otl er bi ts o.· e vide,,.ce tv:rn n • I h i:re to put it all together in due t i me . Sircer€ly , Juanit;. Brooks THE A1W:ERX CAN 'W'E&T Editorial Office,S: °VV" 2175 Allston Way B({f'keley, California 94704 Telephone: [phone] January 20, 1969 Juanita Brooks Box 303 St . George, Utah 84770 Dear Mrs . Brooks: Please--p lunge ahead at your own speed, your own time, and at the dictates of your own editorial conscienc e. I agree that a first draft of the Lee piece would be less attractiv e than something you feel is close to finished (editors are as lazy as anyone, perhaps more than most). When you get time to talk about other materials -- including the biography of your husband-- be sure that you will have a receptive audience here. Sinoerely -- and yes , all the luck you need, T. H. atkins Managing Editor TFM/ jc MORMON HISTORY BOX I 5 7 MT. PROSPECT, ILL 60056 January 20, 1969 Dear Sister Brooks, Thank you for your letter and the permission to use the 11 Mormon Battalion1 ' materials. Yes, I'll add another year to your subscription. In fact, I'll add a note to continue sending it to you for an indefinite period. We certainly appreciate your interest and only wish others were as trusting. I'm afraid we labor under a vast pall of suspicion, which, we hope, will fade away as our magazine is read. My curiousity is certainly aroused by your work on "one other man." Do we dare hope to publish it? Also, we still hope for an eventual article on the "Danites" from your prolific pen. I will write today to the Library of Congress asking for a copy of the letter to Pres. Polk. Do you have a copy of it, in case they can't find what I want? Again, thank you for your help and interest. Sincerely, David C. Martin I I Bo~ 303 , . t. neor ge t -~...· 27 , 1969 Dear David artin ! In Qr the lett e r of thank s for t he cal o or:.P a ers pf Ja es K. Polk , vol. 81. ritin ask in t he Man scrip t Room, Libr a r - of Cong ress . t h the Batt alion us t 9, 1846 , If poss ible, get a xero x--I' d, glad ~ pay for an ext.r a•-or if t hey ive y u cne, I a rite r anot her . I want to decid e the handritin of the post scri tat the end. It oul be impo rtant in he.lp in reso ve a ot r mys ery. ox 303"' 84770 '.i. t. Ge re, Utah Jan. 27, 1969 Mr . T., H. Wa tkins M nagi g E itor THE AMERICAN WES"T 2175 Alls ton Way Berk el€Y t C lifor nia 94704 T is is too l<>ng; it is not rea lly finis hed . ut I must take abou t three days off., W· y don' t .. ou h1 the mean time. red- penc il it• cut it., sug est anyt hin that yo t hink mi ht help'·, ,_ nd ire it back to me . I than ean sta · ·, ith it. . to tbe fina l nd hire a more skill ed typi~ t to make t he fin:~' she-d c.opy . I'll be read y to come back to it by Thur. day o t .. is h eek. Thin k it cen be ba ck by that time? Vellt if it is not t ! 1 11 be gla d for t he reath i g time .. • Be heari ncr ·rom rou soon , -; n,~ hft - J~ t;~ y uani ta Bro ks Beca use I am espe ciall y inter este d in that part of Hell- on-E ar th to whic h Lee was assig ned, I 'm send ing a f ew pictu res Q One has to tramp aroun d over it to get the feel in ~ feet to rea-f;j:y unde rstan d what it coul ~be like . I grew up on the edge of th e dese rt, so I think these mean more to me . JB few excer ts from th Diari es of J hn D. Lee will serve UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 8 4 112 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Jan ry 28, 1969 Mrs. Juanita Brooks 346 North Main Street St. George, Utah 84770 Dear Juanita: I hope you are enjoying better weath r in southern Dixie than we are here in Salt Lake this week. I suppose we have been spoiled by the bea tiful w ather we had during th first part of January. I hop that Will is still enjoying good health and that you are too, and I also hope that you have not suffered any complications from the flu. I do want to thank you for making the trip to Salt Lake City to attend the open house given me. It was a memorable occasion to meet so many friends who seem to hav appr ciated expediture of effort to further the cause of Utah history. Thank you for the part you played. I have a request to make of y,ou. Yesterday I directed Mrs . Yeaman to pla e th first edition of John D. Lee ' s biography in our rare book room along side the second edition. But unless the story is record d of why there are two e itions, ew people will realize the significance of rrry placing the two books in our rare book collection. Already my memory is playing tricks on m regarding the details of why the omission of John D. Lee's readmission to the church. And so my request is could you writ for us a one or two page summary which might be tipped into the first volume explaining why there was a limited (was it two hundred?) edition of the first printing. This would add great value to the book. I hope yo will do this for us. Then I have a second request of you. Years ago, Arthur Crawford involved us at the Society in an effort to have Dale given an honorary Doctorate by his alma mater. This project was vetoed by the chairman of the History Department on the basis that Dale L. Morgan was a.. dilettante to history. I am sure you will recognize the irony of this when you com~e the production of the two men, production not only in quantity, but especially in quality . About a month ago I started a movement to one again have him nm an Honorary Doctor here at the University. The information we have gathered has now be n sent through th proper channels and we are looking for letters of endorsement. I know that I need not spell out anything to you because you Mrs. Juanita Brooks Page 2 January 28, 1969 know lett Room will better than most of us what Dale's qualifications are. The r should be directed to Dr. Brigham D. Madsen, Vice-President, 211, Park Building, University of Utah. I am sure your name help our cause. Best regards to you. Sincerely, Everett L. Cooley Curator of Western Americana ELC:sp Pox 303, st . George. Utah l 969 84770 Jan ary 30 , D..-ear ~. ,::,is t er Bown : Thank y t fo r our o d tree . cur let te r and for the cli pping a ou t 'Ve t 1ink the City C •ncil · s gcing tc permi t it to s t a . , a t least as lon g as Will" lives . "Unvle As fo r your gr and - paren ts : I find the n~me of Wil l i am Bown on tte lis t of t h ose who d onated or the firEt :pub _ic bni ring in St ., Ge""rg e. IIe p t in $20 . 00 , h'ch was t he moun t co tri ,ted by most . A few gave ~2 5, one or t wo ent as hi .has $3 . end ~4c . ~ ver a e was $2 . Nore could ; iv~ only $10 ., b t the Te ~ame on t hiF list i s ~pe l ~ed c orre ct ly ; n a l a t e r co py it ha becom e "Br n.' ' John E . Mf1 tcal f i s slso lis ed as contr i b t in 20 . 00 . Thi s waF et a ESS eeti hel o t~e C mp Gru nd on ,Ja , ary 9, 1 862 ,. .., t -rbich 120 men trib11 te a t he tot a arriour1 t ledped -1 s $2 , 974-._ N t one of the subsc r ibe rs h d a r ~ f over h · s wn he d . IJ. his ¼as t ~ken from a t , pe d co y made b Gr a ce B lloch f r her f t he r~ .lbe rt E ~ Miller . It is foun t on pp . 82- 83 her coy . I ut in this ( detai l bee -u se her c orre s ond to -,at agina tio des no t ex f the of i cial coy . ) ctlyi Yes , the J ames G. Bleak origir a ls ha ve been t r ned i n to the Chur c h . This mater ial is 'r 1 ook A. B t hiA record s a r e a _ l of St. Geor ve S t-ke ares . r •m sorr abu t ict es . I ou ,t t hR t there ~a s a photo r aphe r here tha t e r 1 . " e ha ve a numbe r o pictu res a fter th T mple was being built <1672 1877) b t I kno of n ne e~rJie r. I believ e ·•. hat · f ycu gc i to t he Ch rch Off ice-ar may e .i ust wr it e in to P.ro . Ear l 0] ae you may find what y rat t fro the e a rly record s of the e vier -- I mean Sa npete - - area . Gn uc ~ t ou i~ y r sea rch. anr don 't get d i s c ou r a~ed too ea iJ • since re ly , HENRY E. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY SAN MARINO , CALIFORNIA 91108 ROBERT 0 . DOUGAN HERBERT C. SCHULZ Librar i an Curator of Manuscripts January 50, 1969. Mrs. Juanita Brooks, P.O. Box 303, St. George, Utah. 84770 Dear Mrs . Brooks: Tomorrow is Mr. Bliss 1 s last day at the Library and he just brought me a copy of the little pamphlet entitled 11 Second Elder Oliver Cowdery' s Renunciation of Mormonism and bis "Def·encen for so doing, Second Edition, 1937, published by the Utah Gospel Mission of Cleveland, Ohio. On its title page is given a cut of the original ti'tle-page of the first edition, published by Pressley's Job Office, Norton, Obio, in 1859. I remembered that last July you ·wrote me about your interest in this pamphlet-- the original one, of course. I thought I should let you lmow tJ:...at we had triis second edi t i on in case you would like t o bave a Xerox copy of it. It is a very small pamphlet and I will be glad to send you a copy if you do not la.ave one. With ·warm regards, Sincerely, { .)!L_ t If {,,-I? .,<:z,,~ .I ( (/ J nuary 31, 1969 ;1r. tJi 11 ia T. Thurman United States ,~ ttorney District of Uta h 200 U.S. Post Office 35 South Main Salt Lake City, Utah ,4101 near rir. Thurman: Or. Cooley is no longer vJith the His torical Soci ty so I a111 writing to ackno~,1 edge recei pt of Juanita Brooks' Report_ ~i!.. Hi story of the Green River. The restriction s placed upon this manuscript as stated in you r letter of December 24, wi 11 be carefu 11 y a.dhered to. cooperation and hel pfulness . lie a ppr ci ate your Sincerely yours, John James Li ··rarian JJ/mds UNITED STATES ATTORNEY WTT:lt DISTRICT OF UTAH 200 U.S. POST OFFICE AND COURT HOUSE 350 SouTH MAIN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84101 December 24, 1968 Dr. Everett L. Cooley Director Utah State Historical Society 603 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Re: Report on History of the Green River by Juanita Brooks Dear Doctor Cooley: In accordance with my letter of December 20, 1968, and your reply of December 23, 1968, I am pleased to enclose a copy of a report on the History and Uses of the Green River by Juanita Brooks. This material may become part of the official records of the Utah State Historical Society and the gift hereof is made on condition that it not be duplicated for resale but will be used solely for research purposes in connection with the functions of the Utah State Historical Society. You are hereby advised that the presentation of this material to you is on a non exclusive basis inasmuch as we are retaining the original copy in this office and there is a carbon copy in the office of the Department of Justice in Washington, D. C. Yours very truly, WILLIAM T. THURMAN United States Attorney Encl. WTT:lt December 24, 1968 Dr. Everett L. Cooley Director Utah State Historica l Society 603 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah Re: 84102 Report on History of the Green River . .. by Juanita Brooks Dear Doctor Cooley: In accordanc e with my letter of December 20, 1968, and your reply of December 23, 1968, I am pleased to enclose a copy of a report on the History and Uses of the Green River by Juanita Brooks . This material may become part of the official records of the Utah State Hi torical Society and the gift hereof is made on condition that it not be duplicate d for resale but will be used solely for research purposes in connectio n with the functions of the Utah State Historica l Society .. You are hereby advised that the presentat ion of this material to you is on a non exclusive basis inasmuch as we are retaining the original copy in this office and there is a carbon copy in the office of the Departmen t of Justice in Washingto n, D. C. Yours very truly, WILLIAM T. THURMA United State Attorney Encl. Box 303, r t ~ George, Ut a h 84770 Jan . 31 , 1969 Dear Everett: What an order! I'll have to t a ke a week off to ans wer this letter! Re: your first re quest . reporting I am enclosing Miss Ettie Lee•s letter to me John D. Leets restoratio n to his for mer position and bles s ings . You may make a xe r 0x c o-py a~d keep it in a p ~rsonal file, but it gives the attitud e of the Church in t his more cle a rly than I ean explain it. I should te·1 1 you , th ough , that I had the word fr-om two other sources before t his one a:rrive·d: Mari an Lee Pulsipher c a l led first wit h the in for mat ion di rect from Merrit L. Norton. Then a Mrs. Whitwood came all the way from Orem by car to te l l me in se eret; she didn't trus t even a telepho ne. Wes Williamson CBrried t he news like a waving banner, and anot her letter--t his from Ida .uee Hamblin. So when Br ~, ther Stapley wanted to know who to censure, he d~dn•t know whe re to begin . Of my private intervie w wi th him , I shall not write in detail now. We we re alone in the r oom and I spoke to him as o ne perscn to not as a hu mble member tJo an Apo s tle of the Lord . I must get more definite faets- - date & time & personnel- -before t I re port the meeting a t t he home o f Brot he r Jesse Udall in Phoenix" That was t aken down in full on a tape• and I should like to s ee if tbe tape c an be located and pe rhaps t rais C'ribed or put onto another ta pe.. I ha d called Wes Williamson in Whit tier and had his promise to c ome and bring hi s recorder before I vrnuld eonsent'.... t o meet the roup . I wan te d wha t I said made of' record--as well. of course , as wha t t hey said . I had already promi s ed Mi ss Lee that I would keep the informat i on out of the first ed i tion of 500 books , whieh we considered a f a ir number for a fa mily prin ting. After thet it would be put in. Though t he y all trembled wit h fe ar and anger tha t afternoon in Phoe nix, I think t hey now are gr ateful that I held out s o stu bbornly. So hold this te mpo r arily and maybe needle me again if I am too long ge tting around to something to make per ma nt his tory. Now, re gar ding the PhD for Dale . You know I have felt that it i s long past due. I shall be gl ad to. add my recommenda tion to the list. and to do it promptly . I had a long- distance c all from Al fred Bush at Princeton't but it wa s during t he storm and the r e ce ption was very poor . I gathered that he was also asking me to wri te i n Dale' s behalf , but I wes a~s to eontact Davis Bitton as we ll. I am writi ng him t his afternoon al-o. Good wis hes to you i n your new position . Sincerely, Box 303, St. George, Utah Jan. 31, 1969 84770 Dear Everett : What an order! I'll have to take a week off to answer this letter! Re : your first r e quest. I a m enclosi ng Miss Ettie Lee's letter to me reporti ng John D. Lee's restora tion to his former positio n and blessin gs. You may make a xerox copy and keep it in a persona l file, but it gives the attitud e of the Church in this more cl~arl~ thr ~~ ~plain it. '::::._ ~ . , ~:::::_ ____..; --- I should tell you, though, that I had the word from two other sources before this one arrived : Marian Lee Pulsiph er c~lled first with the informa tion direct from Merrit L. Norton. Then a Mrs. Whitwoo d came all the way from Orem by car to tell me in secret; she didn't trust eve n a telepho ne. Wes William son carried the news like a waving banner, and another letter- -this from Ida ~ee Hamblin . So when Brother Stapley wanted to know who to censure , he didn't know where to begin. Of my private intervie w with him, I shall not write in detail now. We were alone in the room and I spoke to him as one person to another , not as a humble member ~o an Apostle of the Lord. t I must get more definit e facts-- date & time & personn el--befo re I report the meeting at the home of Brother Jesse Udall in Phoenix . That was taken down in full on a tape, and I should like to see if the tape can be located and perhaps transcr ibed or put onto another tape. I had called Wes William son in Whittie r and had his promise to come and bring his recorde r before I would consent to meet the group. I wanted what I said made of record- -as well, of course, as what they said. I had already promise d Miss Lee that I would keep the informa tion out of the first edition of 500 books, which we conside red a fair number for a family printin g. After that it would be put in. Though they all tremble d with fear and anger that afterno on in Phoenix , I think they now are gratefu l that I held out so stubbor nly. So hold this tempor arily and maybe needle me again if I am too long ~v getting around to somethi ng to make perman} history . 'i,, ·1 '\ v w,,~ (,,'b Now, regardi ng the PhD for Dale. You know I have felt that it is long past due. I shall be glad to add my recomm endation to the list, and to do it promptl y. ( r·· I had a long-di stance call from Alfred Bush at Princet on, but it was during the storm and the recepti on was very poor. I gathere d that he was also asking me to write in Dale's behalf, but I was was to contact Davis Bitton as well. I am writing him this afterno on also. Good wishes to you in your new positio n. I 1' Si nee re 1 y, \/'), . ,t-,.,, 'r.-"t tt:t-1 1.,'i- 1 l,-~ ·- •. . Juanita irooks 1(~-vv'v ,;t,lvVJ /~-H·e-vl j'-11-t?~~ ~v-k,w v' ,., ,1 ·JV{,.,' ~--./1, f.... +~ f)V<.. O+t<,' ~ii!- ,d-~ j iv WvV t, J _ 2,.~ v d uu 1 \ Iv ~ t:'W tvt f.· . I' ( ;' 1. ,- , 'C.o--(,~ Box 303, St. Geor _e, Utah 84770 b. 1, 1969 l'-.r . Robe r t L . Bliss , Presi ent Utah Heri t~e "oun dP tion 6 3 Eas t So t h Temple Salt Lake City t Utah 84102 ear lir . Bliss : 'ILa:d:. yo for y r lette r inviting me t atten d the me etine') _c-r _th<'.\ JJt_at._Ji ri _t s , ~ F_. _ d _ U t: ~_t c . e _h.e_ _d -~ r eb_. __ I shou ike ver mu h to be pre sen t, but hat d th the di~t ~n ce end t h_ ex ~nse, I'm a fraid that I canno t •ke it . Mr. r oks i s i p or health, which is e he r r es n or -Y ~· yi g at :o e • for t his t~me , t 1 a t . m rle p~y i ·e sted in h 1 · ng o preserve t he tah 1eritage of hist ry, o k :re, m sic, and ~rt, a well as it l ·.1ai gs • R:i_ )ht no ·.e re ho ino o save 'll ha t rve t hink is a n h s t rie tree,t6o recious · o be destroyed. I I h 'i s , I ' ra · r ai o e u in spite of rec. s ons v. 1. i n ot . Do we huv an i c h :ould desi n tea tree as an hi storic l a dm rk? How v ul one g o ab~..ut get ti ng one 0· these• i . there be n ? ' el l 1 thank you again fo r n ot i f in n~e of th meet i ng . 603 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84102 22 January 1969 Mr. & Mrs. Will Brooks J46 North Main St. George, Utah Dear Mr. & Mrs . Brooks: I On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Heritag~ Foundation, extend our thanks _for your continued interest and support. Your "Pioneer Guardian Membership" has been paid in full , and your 1969 membership card has been mailed. We hop,e you wi l l accept our invitation to attend the Third Annual Meeting of the Utah Heritage Foundation, to be held Saturday, February 8th, 1969, at the Utah State Historical Society, 60J East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 10:00 a. m. Sincerely, Robert L . Bliss, President Board of Trustees RLB : kh BOARD OF TR US TEES DR . L V. BROADBENT, CEDAR CITY FRED L MARKHAM, PROVO, PRESIDENT CHARLES REDD, LA SAL HAROLD P. FABIAN, SALT LAKE CITY ROBERT BLISS, SALT LAKE CITY, VICE-PRESIDENT THOMAS T. TAYLOR, SALT LAKE CITY JAMES IVERS, JR., SALT LAKE CITY HELEN H . ROMNEY, BOUNTIFUL, SECRETARY DR. LYMAN TYLER, SALT LAKE CITY J , GRANT IVERSON, SALT LAKE CITY JAMES D. MOYLE, SALT LAKE CITY, TREASURER M. WALKER WALLACE, SALT LAKE CITY .r,- . '--l ..._, V • Februar y 1, 1969--S to George, Ut. Ettie's letter to me informi ng me of the action of the Twelve was dated May 12, 1961. Within a few weeks-- I do not have the exact date down-- Yes, I do, too. In Will's Diary under date of June 13, 1961, he writes: ''Mother met with Elder, Apostle Stapley at his office re ga rding the news of the reinstat ement of John D. Lee in his former blessin gs in the Churcho Definit ely NO of the Life of J.D. Lee. Order of Pres. David DO NOT print it in her biograp hy o. McKay 0 ... " Since only we two--Ap ostle Stapley and I-- were in the room, I spoke freely of my work. Showed him the MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE book which he had never seen before, also the two volumes of A MORMON CHRONICLE, which he had never even heard abeut, and told him of visitin g Kaskask ia, Lee's birth place, and followi ng his trails into Arizona 0 I had already promise d Miss Ettie Lee that I would keep this informa tion out of the first edition of 500 volumes for the family, but would not promise to keep it out of later ones, since the facts were open to the public at the Genealo gical Society headqu arters. We had sent an employe e from the Histori cal Society , a Non-Mor mon, and she copied the card in the file, giving the names and parts taken by all the partici pants. Brother Stapley was disturb ed by my attitud e. · <'.'.J-"ttl~.- On Satur day,~ of 8, 1961, I flew to Phoenia at the insisten ce Miss Ettie Lee and Judge Jesse Utall, to meet with members of the Lee family. I had called Wes William son at Whittie r, Califor nia, and asked him to come and bring his tape recorde r, for I would not meet at all unless the proceed ings were taken down on a tape. Broo Udall did no~ know Wes, and was surpris ed at his being there un-invi ted, but I felt that I deserve d at least one friend in ·court. As I rememb er, there were twenty- three , p~ople in the room at the home of Judge Udall. I do not remembe r them all, but among them were Mr. Udall and his wife Vera Lee Udall, Ettie Lee, Louise Lee Utall, Ida Lee Hamblin and a son whose name has slipped my mind, Al Lee, pres. of the Lee family organiz ation, Ewert Lee, grandso n of John David Lee (Ettie' s father) , and several young men, some of them having come long distanc es to be there and all Lee descend ants and Bishops or other leaders in their stakes and wards. I am not sure even of the number, but I noted that of them all only three or four were silent during the proceed ings. I was later told that they were instruc ted not to speak unless they could support the request of Apostle Stapley through Judge Udallo The meeting was opened by prayer, a long petition that peace and harmony should prevail and that we should all come to an understanding. Then Jesse spoke, bea_r ing his testimony to the fact that Pres. David o. McKay was God's mouth-piece on earth, and that if we did not obey his demands, he would rescind the earlier action. those participating-- spoke in the same vein, Each person --or That to go against the c001nsel of Apostle Stapley and President McKay would be a serious thing indeed. I was left to the last. told them that I could bear as fervent I a testimony as any there, that I had seen instances of healing, of answer to prayer; that I had worked in every organization of the Church where women work, £mx from organist in Primary to Stake President of Relief Society; that I always carried a Temple Recommend in my purse, though I did not often use it. In this case, I felt that since I had put in seventeen years of my l~fe working around this subject, that I had published the MMM book without the aid of the Lee family, and . that I had completed this ~ithout their aid or knowledge, I had a right to include in it what I wished. r[ is MY book, not theirs. I will defend it wherever I need too But this fact is now public knowledge, and I would be amiss if I did not recognize it and use it. This was followed by a second round of speeches in which each in turn pled, implored, urged,--I've forgotten all the terms--me NOT had to answer., "Sorry, the to do this terrible thing. To each answer is NO." h~ Then Wes--bless his memory!-- spoke up from where he was kneeling on the floor, and said in effect: "I have not been asked to participate here, but since I bear the [f/ur._;/..,.. same relationship to John D. Lee that you all do--I am a ~grandson of Polly Young Lee--I think I have a right to be heard. "As to this fact appearing in print, I have already put it nut in print in the family Newsletter of which I have mailed out more than a hundred copies. And I am so proud of it that I tell everyone. I turned off the highway to the town of Harmony where I scattered the good word to all I knew, so that we could rejoice together.•••" He went on in a lucid, forceful manner to show how, since the excommunication and the execution had been made so very public, this ,7 ,,Q.. action could mean nottting to the Le e fami l y unless it also was ma~public. But I must not try to quote him. I cannot do him justice. I sho u ld lik e to have his speec h trasncribed literally from the tape whether any other part is or not. I do not know where the tape is or how to find it, but this last speech of that meeting should certainly be preservedo More than t ha t, i t should be available to the family. Well,that sort o f in pri n t , "took me off the hook," for if it was already it wouldn't be so bad for me to put it into print again, es p ecially since I did not give the details of the ceremony or the names o f any participan ts except Merritt L. Norton. After the meeting closed, Mrs. Udall served a wonderful lunch, but I couldn't choke down a bite, I was so tied into knots. Later Mr. Udall talked to me in a rather f riendly way, saying that he was glad to meet and get acquainted with me, and admitting that he himself had seen none of my work as yet. He would take time to look some of it up, and in the meantime, if I fould point out some of the instances where Lee wrote that Brigham Young did NOT order the massacre and either copy them out and send them to Apostle Stapley or get the references and let his secretary copy them or mark them, it might help him to feel better about all tijis. I must not close this account withou;t mentioning that Mrs. Louise Udall gave her silent suppor t , as did Ida Lee Hamblin and her son. There may have been one otlier, but I don't remember now who it was. Mrs Vera Udall was bitter and vindictive, putting in a time or two that it wouldn't hurt me at all to make that little promise--to wait for the consent of the Authorities before I included the item. I told them if I had waited for the consent of the k~thorities before I wrote the MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE, it would still be unwrit~en. Now, after these eight years, I believe most of them are grateful that I did not accede to their demands. Bx 303 , St. Ge r ge f Utah 84770 Feb. 2, 1969 My dear Miss N ya, Thank y so much f r r yonr letter o f Janu a ry 30. 1, -t1~~· I ' m sorry to he a r of,.. Mr• Bliss' re t l:~rnent.. He has rn-de a gre a t contril-1 tion to U ,(: t i nstitut i on , and will be missert by a ll who have orked with him. this comes to all of us in due time . B t then I am m eh interested in t he Oliver Cowdery pamphle t. Did I tell you t hat the B. Y.U . 0 scbolars" a•ve de cided tat it ~·s a fr a u pe rpetra ted y e ne mi es of the LDS Church ·l,on~.• after t he event'Z They in s i s t at there was ne ver a. · Pre ssleyfe Job office inl839. at Norton , Ohio, or anywhere· -e s e. I think tha t th proo of its a ut hen t icity ie in t he pamphlet itself, a nd the Btory it tells. It seems to me very natu r al that a man, i nsulted and hurt as 4 C 1 1d ry was ; v ould wi "Jh to def en d hims elf a nd st a te his case . I he ve cce pt_d thi s pamphlet ~t f a ce va l ue, I thin p ~ale L . M0 r gan dojs a lso. But they cla ' m t have made ~xteneive rese a rc~ in the re gion a nd f ind nothing to sho :t thr,t :i.t was printed whc:•n cmd inhere the cover st f1 tes tha t it was . I' 11 be , . ad t , pa y t he ccst cf a. xerox c opy or my files . \ If eve r I can clear mysel .P of some :i.mme d ia te de m.a n ds • I ' d lil\f to probe into the Cowdery c as e fur t her, and find more of the m~n Oliver Cverstree t, vho tra de out an a ffidavit to the effect t ha t he ,as aid to impersonete Oliver Cowde ry a t t he conference at Kanesvil l e on Oct ober 21. 1848 , and gitre a epev c L w,dch had pr v io ·sly him by Reuben Miller. Here a~a i .n the BYU een writte ou t for For t his dece nt i on he received $500~ 00 . Boys t urn away and ery Than· you for c all ing t his to my a tte ntion . to pa y for the co py , .:. I ( , [ , , ,•, )' ....,.,, ~ uFraud ! " I 'll be g ad UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAirn CITY, UTAH 84112 February 4, 1969 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Mrs . Juanita Brooks , 303, St . George, Utah 84770. Box Dear Juanita: Many thank for your prompt reply to my letter and for sending along Ettie Lee ' s letter announcing the reinstatement of John D. Lee . Her letter to you is being enclosed and also a typescript copy that we had ma.de. Many thanks f :or your he p. I had lunch today with Reed Stout who recently was on tour of Hosea ' s birthplace and where he spoke of his early youth at the Shaker community in Kentucky . He presented a copy of the autobiography and also the diary to some of the peopl involved in the restorat on work in the Shaker community. Being a good friend of President Fletcher, Reed is going to write a letter endorsing an honorary degree for Dale Morgan . He said he could speak or himself and also of the high regard among the staff of the Huntington Library for Dale ' s wor k. I do hope we are successful this time in getting for Dale this award. Each night as I listen to the weather, I envy you and your Dixie sunshine and hope you and Will are enjoy ·ng it. Sincerely, ,./ Everett L. Cooley Curator of Western Americana ELC:sp Enclosures Jc; i._ February 8, 1969 Mrs. ~nita Brooks Box 303 st. George, Utah Dear Juanita: Thank you for sending along the information on why a second edition of the John D. Lee book was necessary. This 1.s the kind ot information that, unless we record it, becomes myth and legend, and the real story eludes us. Thank you £or taking time to put this down on paper for us. If you do not mind, I will furnish a copy or this to the Historical Society so that they too can have the information. Sincerely, Everett L. Cooley Curator of Western Americana ELC:sp - ·--~----·· Box 303, S t. Ge or e, Utah 84770 Feb . 16 ,, 1969 Mr. F. T. Watkins. Me na _ing Edi tor T IE AMERI CAN WES T 2175 Allston Way ornia -n B rkol 9~·704 Dear Mr . Wa tkins: I'm I hope you are not too diseou ra ed vi .th me . t he of • material of but t he ·u sine. s of s election slant. of etting it onto paper with some little h s ed me to several ot too ood b jin i s. B at it . Perh ps I should send a tenta ive draft , and yet I oee no oint in thAt until I have at le as t come to a eace wi th mys elf• and . ut this together as effectively as I ean . T en y6'1 ma. '• • of eo r e • find room for improvements-- euts or additions or mo ifications . I wanted to c nfe ss also t h t I h ve been hard at ·ork on an Autobiogr aphy of my husb ri d, ill Brooks. He i s not quite twenty year s my senior, ut he was t Mo d n4 for two or t hree ears when that as the treminue .of the r a ilroad . He was a lways n t e frontier. nd so e of his ex eriences are very interesti • When he married me, he was Sh riff of W shin ton County, Uhh , and int at office e handled some notorious cha:rB cters . I kept somethin of a diary during t hi s pe ripd t and h ve already ri t ten u s ome f th i ncidents . I tell ou this , because yo • su ges ted that either you or \\ Mr . J 0 hn Greenway mi. __ ht be i ntere s te in see in the rnateria.1 \ This, of course • must or er haps some excer ts fro m it . \I c ome AFTER t his Lee piece is d1sposed - of . I don't need anything to muddy the water for me u til I ull out o f t his•_\ So wish m luck, and I'll et back to the grind . \ " ox 303, St . Geor ge• Utah 84770 March 5; 1969 Mr . 0 den Kr ut 163 East 4th Street Du wayt Utah 84022 Dear r other Kra t: Thank you so m ch :. ; r th e eopy ·Of I am ri .> t glad to/' et it . J ESUS WAc; MA PI ED . Dtn"in ~ y childho od and early adolesc ence this topic was much diseusse a., , some of the men certain tat Jesus was not only ~arried • bit th the b d m re than one wife . Interes t in the subject M ned. , perha ps on orders from hi her- us , b t I ha ve heard little of it reeentl y . Which m kes t he boo al t he more interes tin • I be in to wond . you a re operati ng a commer cial press . y lit•-t le bil~k, DTTDIE~ .:E.A V! TT ,. publish ed in 1941 h s long been oJt of rint. Since it is a family book d a hole n, ener t · on has .ro n up an d ~rried , I am ettin more a n d mor - e q qts ~ or -c opi s . I ha d t h ou ~b t tha t I ould do a c om _lete re•wri •e , bµt time is ru n o t , · nd l i ure th t I m...)ht nut in a a e of i troduct ion, insert foot-no te n, b r· i n ink on the a ges, a nd add tote end" the notes b Chat r a n number • . The s heets f Ge ne logy will all have to be . re-t ped , I e . ieve... T ~. ey i 1 t a k e" G!;'ht a s. IF you do th' s t e of t h ·n comm rcially ; I sho ld like to talk tc you Rout pos sib ilities . ~he book now i s 1~0 pag e s . My hu s b r1 n . ' s hea lt h ha s b een o .. poor t .. t -I hv ve n t be n in to ~ lt Lake City for a l ng time. · It is hard to get way at a ll. Id ' be glad to hear from you on this . Contirpf ed s ucqer,;sf_, ~o -;l .~. • ~ 1.,.• Ci/,, /1. '-iL, .... ..FI (--, K..2ZJ ~_Sincere ly t 4 Juani t Brooks about the town or out into the fielas o We went out to all the church still activiti es on :·Sunday and on :t'ntual nights, for I was DH in the Bishopr ic o Since we had traveled together to Liberty that fall when I taught school, Brother Halls nad alw~ys been fond of me, and this spring when he came in for a conferen ce , he gave me a fatriarc hal Blessing , which was a ·great comfort to me . It helped me to look a little more into the future and not to be too disturbe d about my present problems . By early April Nellie had decided that she simply would NOT stay here to have her baby . She had pretty well got over the nausea, but her waist-li ne was getting thi~k, and she did dread to face what she would look like during the next months need of her mother's help in ma.king to sew or do the much hand-work herself . 0 :Most of all, she felt the layette, for she had never learned Her mother was an expert at these things, while she herself had worked in the office . So I helped her pack, and we went in the buggy to Thompson Springs . 'Ihis time the trip wasn I t so bad; weather was fine . it was spring and the ribere had even been a little done on the roads, or maybe they just didn t seem so bad when she was going toward home o When n I put her on the train, I jokingly reminded her not to forget to tip the porter, and told her I ' d follow her in three or four months . In Salt Lake ~City she met Warren Cox at the depot, coming home to St • .George o The sat togethe r and visited on the way down to Modena, where he had left his team 0 He loaded her things into his wagon and delivere d her two days later at her ~bther's door . overnig ht_ o~ tpe way ( 'Ihey stayed the Cliad_21.anch , the regular stopping place . - I worked almost around the clocl\: for the next three mont and felt right good about my prospec ts in San Jaan could be wealthy p.ere, I told myself . -~ Coun~. , In time, I March 14, 1969 Juanita Brooks Box 303 St. George, Utah Dear Sister Brooks, It was good to hear from you again. I am going to come down that way in the near future and will look forward to a visit with you. You probably have many things of great interest to share, and I will try to bring something new for you. At present I am working on the "Gift of Tongues, " so if you have anything on that ·subject I should surely appreciat e receiving it. As for the printing work which you requested --! would be happy to do whatever you would like to have made up. As for cost, I will try to do it for about half of what you have been paying. If you can get some estimat:e s I am sure I. can do i t for about half-pric e because I don't have _th ~. 9v.erhead the prof~ssio n~ls do . Must go now - -hope to hear from you soon. OWK:abw 266 D Stree t Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 March 26, 1969 Hr . Juanit e Brooks St. George , Utah Dear Juanit a: Thank you for your kind letter regard' m~ letter to the Tribun e Public Forlffm. There are a few people whose approv al I really appre ciate . You are one of this choice circle . On the other hand, there are many whose disapp roval leaves me unmoved. When one presum es to say so much as a word which can be interp reted as unfavo rable to the church he must be prepar ed to weathe r a storm of protes t and condem ntion. I am pretty well galvan ized again st such critic ism, having faced it for a quarte r centur y . I recen tly wrote Lowry Nelson (I hope you have known this great man) te j.µ.ng him that I am now speaki ng out on the Negro proble m and on some other questi onable practi ces and doctri nes of the church in order that my own descen dants, at least, might know, when the time arrive s that the Ne gro is admitt ed to full membership in the church that I had often raised my voice in his behal f. If there is one thing I wish to avoid it is growing soft in my old age. I know too well how the fire to crusad e for any cause too often flutte rs and dies when ~e reache s the downh ill road. I hope I can contin ue to fight for what I believ e until the light is entire ly puffed out . I will go to the Histo rical Societ y librar y and dig into the mater ial Stanle y left there in search of something on the "Over street Confe ssion . • I invent oried Stan's voluminous papers before they went to the Histo rical Socie ty, but, natura lly, canno t remember everyt hing I examined . I'll try to find someth ing that might help you . Again I thank you for your letter . Let's see each other when you are up this way in April Cordi ally, /2 April 8, 1969 Dear ~..rs . Brooks, My search for informati on on Thomas D. Brown has been dormant, of late, but a rather interestin g thing happened · last weekend . \ My uncle, Ralph Brown, came for the weekend and his wife brought a large envelope of papers and medals they had taken from an old trunk at my grandfath er (James G. Brown, II)'s home in Salt Lake . Ralph mentioned an old medal that was among many others in a box . I took it out and looked at it and it was shaped something like a German cross on a short chain . It looked as though it was made of the old type pewter or vermeil . On on. e side it re ad, 11 Mr . T • Br own' s Academy" and under it was the year 1834 . The other side ccITried the name 11 !£dinburgh" . In the papers I found the deed where Thomas D. Brown and James G. Brown, his son, had acquired the " Stockton, Utah property which apparentl y evolv~~ into l\ the store operated by James and then by James ll· o, my grandfath er . The date was January, 1872, and it was in the Territory of Utah . My uncle would not part with the medal but promised no one else would eventuall y get it . He did give me the d ed, however . In the papers were a number of certifica tes riaming James G. Brown County Commissio ner and also Town President . I thought these were interestin g bits. If you ever want d a picture of the medal, I shall be glad to take one . Sincerely , f)~ DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE University of Nevada System Western Studies Center Building 3 700 - Stead Campus Reno, Nevada 89507 Phone: [phone] April 28, 1969 Mrs. Juanita Brooks St. George, Utah 84770 Dear Mrs. Brooks: I am presently editing John K. Hillers diary, who was with the Powell expedition in southern Utah in 1H71-72. There are a few entries which need clarification and which I am unable to satisfactorily resolve. May I seek your assistance on the following items? 1. Who was the head of the Clark family which settled at Skutumpah at about the time J.D. Lee did? Hillers also mentions that the Clarks later bought Lee's ranch (in 1872?). From your book I get the impression that one of Lee's wives remained at Skutumpah after Emma and Rachel were moved to Lonely Dell and Jacob's Pool. Can you clarify this for me? 2. Do you have any information on Joseph Gibbs of Dunken's Retreat? Where was the retreat? 3. Hillers also mentions a Mr. Thompson at Beaver, an apostate from the Mormon church". Do you happen to know who this might be and what his first name was? 11 Any help you might give me I would greatly appreciate. I recall with pleasure our meeting last fall at the Utah Historical Society meetings. Sincerely, Don D. Fowl.e r Director DDF/vk Box 303 1 s t ., Geor·ge, 84?70 April 29, 1969 Utah Dr . Royden C. BTai thwai te • Pl"esident. C·o lle·ge or Southern itah 84720 Ceiar City. Utah i-i- I understand t ha t Mr. l lvin T • .S,m1 th has appl.ied for a teae:hing p;ositicn i :n the Social Science Depart.m ent of the Colle ge of Southern Utah,.. I should lake to add my hearty endorsement.. Y:ou will be fox~tuna te tel have this man on your staff . Mr. S ith i .s an excel.lent teac her; his classes are always first to, be filled . Du:r"ing the past thre·e ye.a rs, I have ha d three students in my home, every o ne ·o f wh o 1 has ka¥• spoken of his work in t he highest terms . This ye -: r he was named "'Teacher of t he Quarter 71 " ovation by a paeked ho\;ise . a preciate him •. and given an Matur·e students especiall.y ~., &mi th is . a ·"'sc;hbl:ar ., His ar=es of reoear-c h•-tkre L.ov,er Colorad.o Bas'i n-- is, of ,e s p&eia·1 :inte rest to me., since it ties st, c l osely into t he whole S.outhe,rn Utah scene. His 'if;t;, Dis eer't at.i on -wil1 be a. signifi,e ant eontributi.on to this li. ttle-.known rield •. 0 I hav~r. l'l~ard tl'o papers from the :st ·dy. The first, Morrnon Naviga.li6ri ·:~o:f,t,he ·1ov1er Co l -o rad,o ; ' 1 was give·n at the Utah Academy sessions h~~e a year a go• and will appear in t he Ac adamy Pr(')4;eedings •. Tbe second .., nThe Colorado River Explo1. . a tion aud ·~1or1n n War , 0 was presented to our S tu dy Group_, wi11 be p~esented ne~t week t.o The Ro<!ky an the Mountai n Social Seien~e Conferen,e, ai. .flT be published by • them,.. Both a re superior b,of-11 in =the text and the r . maps .· ,'. .. >·; .!~r ' ' ' Sm:i. th _'1 s r ,~s,;p~c ted by bis peers . At t he organiza tio.tt of t}:ieC!>f.~ie, . College Fa.cul ty p:r·e -$ident.. 1f~(;ivas. P.r-es.ident pres:tde:nt the t hird /year was He is c r:r~·ntl.y··:Jfte~ident of • - . Assoc1atioa. . VJ . . J Ass-0cia tion, he was made viee.t he next yea:r,, and as pasta part of the Executive Comrni t,-tee . the.iSoutbern tah ·T eache.r s' : As a member of ybur staft, I t h ink .Mr. Smith will dr·a w studerd;s from Dixie,, cer tainly those of the past two years r1ho have worked 1Under him. and by :reputation, later ones. ARE YOU Ii{VITED 'TO 3 one-.- a ct playu presented by THE }?ItlST '. ·,'ARD i..i•• I. A.• ·./ed. April 16 8: 00 1st/3rd '.J ard Chapel \ \ Box 303 , St . George , Utah 84770 y s. 1969 ., Dr , Don D. Fowler • l)ir·e etor De .. ert Reeeo.rc.h !nstit ·t Buildin 3700• Stead C mpus ,no . Ne vada 8950? Dear Dr- . F ,leri I em n t sure th t I can Than you for your lett~r j April l8 . a e er al yo r que ·io e fully , but will try . nd Two of John D. Lee's wives wer sisters . Mary Vane (Polly) n Pa.row Lavina Youn . These two g rls oa.rn~ toge er with him to in 18 o. moved for a time t Harm ny , and th n lived together in the large h se 'll h · ch h ca ed h s " ansionn at 'II· shington . They were there at b ,e time· of L e.' s mo e out onto t,he Colorado , and still there in 18?4 . Each of t'li:~ e sisters bor Le:~ three -c hildren , but only two of PollYJf s. i g . Both married into the Paoe· lived , Eliza.bet h nd ~James ·. fa ily. 11 married into Lavina's children , John David , E:Ll n t and Melvina , th family of Jeh Wesle Cl rk. The fa mi y records show that a number o their thi dren v,ere b rn at Cla rkson "a Ranch near anab . " This ; I hi k , was at S ut ,m t/&. • wher just revioµs to his second tr· 1 1 Lee w nt by tan alternat ·· to'. d to visit h:tm ·amily there . he descend nts of both Polly nd Lavina Youn- the ives e to N tri so . Arizon t with one or to over the line mo als -~h d xioo . Birth d., tes an death d ,e re all here . New to Luna, By 1882 ife who re main d at Skuturnpa wou1 . b · Lavina Yo n.g Lee, for John We - ley Clar a¥ , her son. in-la , wa th~r . The 1 Twc Dune n brothers ., Chap n and Homer . c m ·dth the 1861 .roup pla ee to St . Geor .·o • o h~-1., -her to the Dixie Missi on . They t · ok up above Toquerv ill and blow Roekvill · five or- six miles . and set up a farm . Their ditch line a still clea ly visible alo , the h 11 , but was . n · eered too high , so t h.- t he wat r could not run in it . A part of a rock wall and stone ~olse. several pear treee have else has taken over the e ntl s survived thro gh the years . on the roa tito Zion . i roperty and is restoring t he build.n . I have found no Jose Eh Gibbs t here · s yet . 1n th A Geer e VJ . Gibbs lived rea lt.tter,. . nd t here may be some conn otion . Re . Thompson at Bea.var: W lker rot _. . On Dee . 4 (p 8 9) 1886 Charles L. A U S . Mar ·ha l named William 'l'hompson Shot and the act killed Edward Dal ton t Parowan . Those who s rder . premedit etad, wilful, oold-bloo tled say it was him ~•• clear 11 w it s thought by all that the U s offici ls A month later (ra n T e U i ted • tates Co11rt at Be v r hav clear d, Wm Thomps on of t h· m"l"de:r o:f Edwa d M. Dal ton nd the ssassi n is at large , a s thou gh he haj ~h e i ocent B 1 d . t ~e re i~ intens e indi _notion roani csted by the Public aga i t a eh proeee din ,• s . Mrs . Fae Decker Dix • 1 60 South 1 3 h · t • S _l t Lak.e City• has writte n rat er Jong paper n · 1ie story , I uncers t ~nd . She haa read it bef re vari ous ollt.lor e rou a , r: nd might b gl · d tote 1 you a ut it . I pe these will e he fu . £a LiClv , /It, c- t f'A Cv.j .J" -- /Cf~ ? a. C'VvL t" _/ ~1 Lk tJ--U, • tvLa_.cl -··•' l ~L-5 ~ , ~ry/r PIM.. J ~ ; ; ( } . -, .~ lrL---~ A~t ·L ll . : 1 ay 8th., 1969 Dear Juanita: her many friends , a.re Thank you for your lovely letter . You , of a probably c oser- to under·standi g v;hat she had hoped for and hc.c. tried to do . bhe was a mu ic· an fir-st, but a lso a per-so' who could rea.ch out beJond herself and wa~ o.ble to carve out her place in the larger co;nmunity . he was mi ·:hty good to me , and it is not easy yet or me to real· ze that she is gone . It was grand of you and your friends to hold an, n I remember Eve.Lyn " visit , and to r-ecall the truggles and glories of her early life . I t was not easy for her to leave it when she and l joined hands for even to , her challenges . She wanted a home and fami - y , and I am sure felt gre· t sa ti s faction a she could see her children taAe over cs mature aaults when the ch~Js were down . I am enclosing two letters from Lenore, c:Jlld l would haYe you especially otre Dame Cathedral note the little r~vate Service she he. d for Evelyn in the where Evelyn has also listened to the great Organ , as too ha.ve Claude and I . The early teacher referred to by Lenore was Ch&~.i.es chepherd. Th1' s i·~ - a·....11 I ~Pn --~ v~•,. i'tA - now. '- mucn' . , even th1_.:, In. f~ct a.s ·o ~en ha~d to ao ' i·t h~ ..... t:;: - .wove , • :· Claude .Jea r CJaud e, Thank you for you r beaut iful lette r about Eve lyn. I am g lad it was so easy for he r and it is ~ood to know her world annre ciated he r so ~uch. The s imnli ci ty and ease of h er death an~ tte warm appre ciati on of eve r ione m~st have h elped you, too, and I am 3 lad of t hat . Soneho w it seems fittin g to remem ber at t hi s ti me wtat Volta ire said when his ~ist r e ss, whom h e l oved very rrn.c h , d ied, rathe r sudde nly: "SY:.e n e ver kn ew death , s he left that for us." It is so true this tim e, too. I have been very busy , and t~at ha s te l p e~ me. We h ad b e en avJay for t weeks at Easte r ar.d the re was r.nJ.stt..-- to do on ing. Tte n we had sever al vi sito rs; th en Kat e dame to stay untilreturn after Ann co me s--to ~orrow . Last week she and I went to Paris , I to see it for the l ast ti~e, she to see i t for the first time, an d both of us to visit Steve . Last 0unda y morn in g , the 24th (e lect io n day for Fra nce), went by my self on the M~ tro to the Cit~ Whe n I c an e up out ofI the Met ro, there was the b ird marke t in full swin g , or s ho I say, song. Were you ever there --that pla ce where the ~e op uld le who r aise song birds c ome wit~ t h eir ca g es of bi rds of all c rs and kind s, along with t he peop le en ~aged in sellin g c ace s, b olo ird and all bird c omfor t s, and t h e n the pe op le wto c one to buy? food, was wond erfull y p ict ures q ue , the barc ainin g and co oin g seemi ngIt to g o well to g ether . After a while I found a li tt le cafe wh e re I could s it look at f o tre /)am e in all its ne\iv "c lean " g lory whi le I Lad and my ~offee and cro iss an t. It was a beaut iful clear sunny mornin g and the little park in front of it was bri g ht with flowe r s. l ater, I went i nside wh ere a larg e cong re g ation were listen ing to a s n eaker .aN~x iat I stayed for the servi c e and a lso t he be ca use it seemed to me that I had found Quite by accide n t the pla ce for rn y own servic e for i:.i velyn . So , while ti1e c hoir of younr v oi c es san g , and the g reat orga n filled the c atted ra l with migh ty and subli me musi c, and tte sun shone blue , red, g old, purpl e, t h rou r;h the beaut iful \vindov ,rs, I thou ght 1:1 y specie .l th o ug h ts for .r.;vely n. And I t '.: ou ~ht she wou l d ~ave r a t h er liked that. 1n her last lette r, she \vrote : tt r,,iy ol d tea che r fr om Salt Lak e ... said to me , ' Take a g ood lo ok at t h e Ar ch de TriOm p he and the Ch a r.: p s E1 y s e e s , you wi 11 ne ver s e e i t a gain . ' I d i d not \,; e e p. I said , 'I will ~ o ho me, earn some money and be ri g h t back. ' but I never did. Anyhow , you take a s ood lo ok ." If s h e were still I wou ld be sendin g he r the 8n clo sed p os tc ard , sayin g , " 1rakin g alive , a good look:" · W~ll , I must cl ose now . is ~e bi g day wte n and ter tusban d c ome with r.iy g ran d c h ild . I ·an lo okin g forwa r d Ann to seeing her--t o seein g them al l. Vu c h love, Cla ude , and do write, OMER C. STEWART 108, Quai des Chartrons 33 - BORDEAUX FRANCE April 15, 1969 Deares t Claude , I only heard the news of Evelyn 's passin g yesterd ay. have been away fro m Bordea ux for two week s. I am so sad! We Oh, my dear Claude , Thou g h I think of the long , g ood, beauti ful, full, happy life that s h e h ad, in spite of the early h ardshi ps, I am appall ed at the thouGh t of never seeing or hearin g from her a ~ain. We loved each ot h er, we truly did, we had so much in common , we had such a wonder ful ti me to g et h er. Th e memori es I have! And among them all, I cannot think of a sing le mean or un kind thing ! she ever did to anybod y, but oh, the g ood! She was patien t, helpfu l,~ unders tandin g , g enerou s, and fun. Most of all, she be- lieved in us, her brothe rs and sister s, and always encour ag ed us to do our best. to her. That little "push from behind " was second nature I will miss t er so much. I miss her now. I am absolu tely berefi t. And you, poor dear Claude . I know you have great resour ces, great courag e, and you will live a bea utiful , good, helpfu l life for a long time yet. be for a while. But how sad you must be, how hard it will I would li k e to keep in touch with you. like to write to you. I would I have alway s a p precia ted your find mind, your work, your sense of h umor, as we11 ·as your love for my sister . I am concer ned about y our p lans. your work? Will you stay in Ithaca with And how are the c h ildren ? P le a se tell Connie a~d Claude Jr. how I share t h eir sorrow at t heir mot h er's passin g . I am g lad Paul was able to co me. g rief. I can well believ e his _There was always a g reat tie betw e en t hem, born of a thousa nd ha ppy duets in rr. ore t r.a n j u s t :nusic \vh en t h ey were youn g . Dear Clau de, dear brot her, keep your self well and be comforte d. You were such a good husb and tote r, and the two of you were the most coup le, alwa ys orig inal , deligh tful , truly good , out- of-th e-or dina ry. I love you very much . And I look forw ard to hear ing from you soon , and in seei ng you, too, when we retu rn to the U.S . Omer , too, and all my join me in this expr essio n of sorro w. I almo st forg ot to answ er your last lette r whic h we rece ived just befo re takin g off for East er. We will appr ecia te~ the rese rva- tion s and the date s are righ t, the arra~ geme rit of room s, too. I hope you will be ther e to meet us, even thou gh we will all miss her so then . It cann ot be help ed. And I hope you will say all ! i . thos e Fren ch gree ting s: "Bon jour! Bonj our! Bonj our! charm e de vous voir ! Emb rasse z moi tout d'su ite!" Nous somrr:es I am so mise rably sad for all of us! In love and sorro w, Leno re . ,,.,- ! . - -\1'~ ~ n. ~~ ,- - r c_~ '--~ ('i ,, b .s CJ.... ~-- c rv- Cs-t- - ~ s. /-c_, so %--404. ...- ~-- ~ - G •...-L0--o---t-&-~ ... .. d:; S- D ":°£.- . .~ L 1)6~ ~ ( •~ -~ c_~ fa.so PAUL W. COOK Superintendent R. KEN WINES Assistant Superintendent Business Anaheim Union High School D~bi~ HOWARD C. LAUGHEAD Assistant Superintendent Personnel RICHARD J . TICHENOR Principal WALKER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 8132 WALKER STREET BUE'NA PARK, CALIFORNIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ROYAL C. MARTEN, President EDWARD M. HARTNELL, Clerk WILLIAM U. ALMAND IRVING PICKLER JOHN BARTON 90620 Telephone [phone] May 21, 1969 lVIrs . Juanita Brooks Box 303 St. George, Utah Dear Juanita: My apologies for not getting this material off to you before this late date. Enclosed you will find a photograph of Fremont's "Hap of Oregon and Upper California", and an enlargement of that portion of the above map which should be significant to your study, ioe., the mythical mountain range which Fremont depicted as being west of the Escalante Desert, between the 37th and 38th parallels. Along with the photographs I included a xerox copy of one of the pages from Fremont's, Geographical Memoir ••• , a guide which was published to accompany the map. This particular page was copied from the :Horgan-Nevins edition. For your interest and entertainment I have taken the liberty to include a copy of the news release 1,rritten by Kathi Johnson which surrrrnarizes the activities of our Utah Expedition . Hopefully, before the end of the semester we hope to have her complete a more thorough account of the Expedition . On behalf of my students and myself, I would like to take this opportunity to again thank you for your warm hospitality and for the time that you took from your busy schedule to entertain us during our spring visit to Utah. I am looking f orward to visiting with you again on our next trip into Dixie Countryo Sincerely, Todd I • Berens TIB:af Box 303 , st . May 21 , 1969 eor e 4 Ut h Mr . O den Kraut Box 222 Du way , Ut h 84022 r , Kr Dear Th nk y u Yo tt or thew rl th t work on t he book is tn r way . didn ' t say anyt hing ;/bout the nurnbe1 to be p;;?inted at this 1 time , btt I think it hould be aot more then I can t ke c re of th.:::t r:.1any, ! U1ink • . T e .,e er 1 would have eaotion he:t"e in the imme · at ·ve hundt-ed (500 . } f mily i that t hey preferr ed the la.r er print, since so m"ny are old r · nd find small pr .. t har et th~t ;lear . I didn 1 t to read . Or is th$ cut only on ma.rg111a? t . yo ,:r judgmen t in this . 4 I• m t:rustin ! enclose a c heck :for one-hun dre - an. - flf ;y d 1 .""'ts rn150 . oo) as a beg:i.nni xig . An .. w y I think I should cide ur.,on the s a le price and ad1tel:'t ise · t ir1 the Le Vitt ··a n1ily Bul etin , skin for . re- u'blieat ion order • I sold the 1st ones at f, .oo each . but thought these should be mo~, , because pric e en everyth · nn- else h"'.'Ve :rai ·ed. I coul r. ke a sm: 11 c nee sion on ordet· of ten .ooka or more , id in advance . I hall do defi ite otling a a to tim c t an ; dve1 ti-sin as yet , until thin ,a are pu" liaatio n a ·nd price . 0 J · nita Brool s st . Box 303, y 22 t 1969 Geor e , Utah De - r Ther on Luke: Thank y , Thank ou , tor the c1:i.p~in;es enx·.' ·r.L m nt They e ~-rtainly t3dd mt:.ft.ning tn .me . POSTLUDE TO PR M0NT0RY! to that xperienoe for Your sweet wiie hs~ no dou 1 t tcld ~e mov from bench t ben•h in an ende v.or t o see '!J'h t as :rWe we-r se t .ed n · r Dr . Hay Olpin , fo r me~ Presi~e t 1 tho U. u., b1 t he didn ' t reco -.'nize me ndGr rrty nowspa.i; er at unt • 1 drl:.cifh,d t t .r ., tor a hie;her elev tion {) nd my ha ell off . "I didn't e;c ect a woman as smart Cap?f' h · said . a you t But vith all its dis dvantagee , I Nas ~ a h~nd e t h be hidden under a Dune• to be t here . to s e e and gc,lden s ik •· nd nj ·l .tf; r · de o · t. a cl back. t he fine dinnor- --ev ryt h ing . My o ly rog re t · /as. .1 :i.,·d; I co ,1r1 _' t s te1y on f.or the . ter act ~i ties . As lt ms , the fine tro per 11 .ho toolt us bac k ra :i..oed aheAd to his off'ice :t:~r tny . . n t o ,-P my a t-;s to t'1e Rirport ~nd I vould me t t he tlrn re . Vlell , i c, w:i.te to k t h e1n out , but c nldn' locate t ri ~ht desk at th~ south end, nd inste d of !, vaitin~ A fe minutes , nick d an My b gs arrj.,ved tw . days 1 te • ,eut ov~r t tho Old Air Por· . s nday was Mot h r's Day , re me ii.u.'.ier, no I ..,us t ha u to be back .. So mony things yo :r stories dded-• the details of NT pounding in s_i.e f ~old, but missin it liberate~ , of the protest t i1c Cid. ~t:re., ., _, ht to rotest . ho e~r .~ 5 n .. y did hove I t hink Bern oe Ci a Andorson 11 tie p blieity ~nd r titu e she Yill s gl Ol pr.. ted the dis-tine tion I bet VC3 ... Pronmn t cir ntory Po!!!! • \vhich before had meant the Thanks a. g :1n for t e s e , .n.-. for. the ghole line of nice t hings you t · me ·I arri u • C me to D·:x1e and let me try to return do fo me ever: a. s mZI l ~--",rt of th~ • l_..f-:.-;; Jr' j 1 ,\ \ Jua 1ii~,, B;ooks Controlled Circulation Postage Paid At Postal Patron or Box Holder ~ay_ 22, _I?6J _ _ 'NG TRI-STA TE NEWS-ADVERTISER Pipe Spriilg Holds 'payers To ruesday -a nd Issue n Cox at Kolob reservoir on \1yron Cox and Al Collatzi ·s. By Saturday they were ,,ater at Panguitch Lake. 1bow trout up to two ·n be first opening aft- ST. GEORGE-Tuesday, May 27 voting taxpayers of Washington County are being asked to vote on a $1 million bond issue to provide funds to purchase school sites, remodel and add to existing buildings and erect new . buildings. According to the school board the most immediate need is for additional classrooms for East and West Elementary schools, St. George. It is reported that seven classes of West Elementary are presently getting instruction from classrooms in the junior high school. • "Approximately $250,000 of the bond issue will be available later this year," said Supt. T. La Voy Esplin, "and the balance of the bond monies, if the issue passes, will come later for other improvements." It was pointed out that Dixie High School is almost to capacity. Also, more classrooms .rre needed at Hurricane high school. Enrollment at junior high is about 570 students; 550 attend Dixie high; 720 students attend. West, and approximately that number at East. It was also pointed out that a third elementary school site is being planned for St. George to accommodate the growing attendance. Plans call later to accommodate students of Washington and Santa Clara in the St. George elementary system. Washington currently has about 96 students enrolled in grades one through five and Santa Clara has 56 students in elementary~ Washington kindergarten students are bused to St. George. The legal bonded limit for Washington county, it was said, is $1,600,000, and presently outstanding on bonds is the sum of $1,200,000. Voters go to the polls Tuesday to vote whether or not they will increase the bonded indebtedness for the improvement of the school district. Several years ago, in addition to the bonding for Dixie -High, voters approved $500,000 bonding for improvements at Hurricane and Enterprise. Hurricane, Utah Branding 'Spree' 100 Ye~rslater - Stirling W. Sill Will Attend Zion Park Conference HURRICANE- Elder Sterling W. Sill, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve, Salt Lake City, will preside at the Zion Park Stake conference here Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25th, it was announced by Stake President Leo Reeve. · 1 Elder Sill is the popular personality of the "Sterling W. Sill" radio program and "Sunday Evening on Temple Square." He also has authored numerous books. He is a retired insurance executive and fromer member of the Regents of UofU. A general session of conference, to which the public is cordially invited to attend, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday in the Stake House. Sacrament meetings will be held in a11 wards in the afternoon. Numerous Saturday department sessions are scheduled. A meeting for Stake Presidency, all High Council members, Bishoprics and Clerks and Melchizedek Priesthood Quorum officers is set at 4 p.m. Saturday, and a _general Leadership meeting at 7 p.m. Flowers for the conference session will be provided by the Ward Relief~ociety members of Toquerville and ushering will be by the 1st Quorum of Elders. Special music will be provided by Stake Singing, Mothers. Utah Technlcal College Gets $250 From lady Elks ~ek: Only below 'lted for the open~reek: Has been ' ')W trout. -Panguitch 'ld for the PROVO-The Provo Ladies of in good Elks presented officials at Utah i lake Technical Co1lege at Provo with h ioen. a check for $250 to be used for or, aut an criticise It is easy to ,. to aid, announthe but difficult to appreciate him. scholarship grants in dean of Kearney, 0. Wayne ced · ~ked -Vauvenargues. students. President Jessie George and Death is the liberator of him be fair. Shriley Schard!ne made the Mrs. whom freedom cannot release; J running to Mrs. Nellie· Kupresentation the physician of him whom med.iake are in icine cannot cure; the comforter jala of t}le practical nursing. deof him whom time cannot con- partment. vcastle ReMany women in the Ladies of sole.-Colton. _Elks group have been involve~ in Page 17) PIPE SPRINGS-The cattle are back at Pipe Spring. In keeping with the Living Ranch theme the first branding was held at Pipe Spring on May 3rd. Branding had taken place at Pipe Spring on a more or less regular basis from the early l 870s until ·1923 when the area became a National Monument. It has been almost 100 years since Brigham Young who held personal stock in the Windsor Castle Stock Growing Company and was president of the Board of Directors safeguarding the interests of the L.D.S. Church for whom he acted as Trustee in Trust for the church's investment, personally took interest in the branding at Pipe Spring. At that time the brand used was a C ju3t left of an enclosed circle 3 ½ inches in diameter with a ¼ inch cross in the center of the circle. President Young took a detailed and personal interest in the branding when he instructed that the branding be done by one man with and the iron heated to a cherry red glow with charcoal. ' On Saturday May 24 David and Owen Johnson will be branding some of their calves born since the May 3rd branding at Pipe Spring and Melvin Heaton will be branding some of the cattle belonging to his mother, Mrs. Nora Heaton. The following Saturday, May 31 Theodore Drye, local Paiute rancher will be branding his cattle at Pipe Spring. , Plan on spending all or part of the day at Pipe Spring watching this historic event which is still done much the same way as 100 years ago. It is hoped that many local people will mingle with the Park visitors from a distance and help interpret these events to those who have never witnessed a branding. On May 24 Mr. Jim Skagg of Kanab wi11 have a wagon and team at Pipe Spring also. Mr. Skagg will be given a special use permit this year by the Park Service for taking visitors for rides for free to as many as possible. He hopes to gain experience -and t publicity for his operation by giving free rides. raising funds which are used for charitable purposes. Since 1963 the Ladies of Elks have given $1 700 to the practical nursing department of the school for scholarships and grants in aid. ;\;cording to Dean Kearney, the funds have been put to excellent use in helping nursing students finance their schooling. . May 22, · 1969 Southern Utah FREE PRESS FR ·soUTHER N ~ M ~ o c • 0~ . UTAH B. s AND CONTINUING News- Adver tiser~ ~ Founded. April 3, 1963 SOUTHERN UTAH FREE PRESS is a controlled circulation newspaper, published every Thursday by Tri-State Publishing Co., Inc., at Hurricane, Utah. Tom Anderson Publisher, Southern Farm Publications President _ _ __ _ Editor & Publisher Myrlan G. Brown SOUTHERN UT AH FREt::: PRESS is distributed to 10,000 homes in Washington, Iron, Beaver, Garfield and Kane Counties in · Southern Utah and commu,nities in Eastern Nevada, Las Vegas and Northern Arizona. Address correspondence and advertising to- P.O. Box 337, Hurricane, Utah 84737 Telephone [phone] Mail Subscriptions by the year - $5.00 . Dedicated to the freedoms and lndivid'ual Rights established by the Constitution, and the preservation of Government by the people. .. . • • Ve shall know the truth, and the truth shall ·make ;......John 8:32 you free.'" Page ? President Losee Guest Editorial by E. J. Graff Now ·that ·the "show is over" at Dixie College, the Investigators gone home, and our College President sustained, I think we should take stock of what that man Ferron . Losee has done for us, and appreciate it. Take a look back six years ago, and then a look today. What a change! This man had the imagination, determination, force and will to continue the building of this college, now the biggest asset in our county. We have watched him operate, disp1aying real courage, ability and dedication. His every thought and move was for the gqod, growth and betterment of Dixie College. It was a lucky day for the ·college when ·the Losees came to town. There was some ·complaint about the President's lack of communicatio n with faculty and students. But how much ~an we expect _from one man? Here we have a rapid growmg campus, many new buildings to finance, plan, equip, organize-a five times bigger faculty, much larger enrollment of students-all in such a short time. Also I dare say he has made a hundred trips to our state capitol over 300 miles away to plan, plead and fight for the college. It is necessary to be there and compete with the other older established institutions of higher learning for status and for fair share of the appropriations. The unrest at the college was not of his making. It seems to be the popular sport of the day, and many, many other coll~ges are experiencing the same thing, only more so. So let us be grateful for our wonderful fine college and our able administrator, and continue our generous support. Dear Editor: Please send one year su~ tion to each of the folio Enclosed is my check for • . · Thank you. Mrs. Frank R. Gibsor 417 Shell Beach Dr. Lake Charles, La, 70. ( Editor's note: It was Gibson a year ago who se the names and addresses of ' receive the paper, and he for $120. Other new su) the past two weeks ar Hansen, W. DesMr De Von Woodland, Idaho, and David L Ida.ho, compliments u1 Hansen, Clarkston, Utah; .. Scott, Salt Lake City; Utah Mortument Co., St. George; Wayne Wilson, La Verkin; Theimer Stratton, Cedar CitY; Harvey Killian, Idaho Falls; Ralph B. Sorensen, Salt Lake City; Ernest Langston, Moccasin, Ariz.; Peggy S. Simkins, Panaca, Nev., Milo Blake, St. George, renewal.) . Dear Mr. -Brown: · Herewith ·are several copies of the brochure covering Ezra Taft Benson's new book AN ENEMY HATH DONE THIS. Sincerely yours, BOOKCRAFT, INC. Marvine W. Wallin Manager, Salt ·Uke City (Editor's note: Said brochures may be obtained free by calling at FREE PRESS.) Dear Editor: We have just uncovered the most sobering indictment of the World Council of Churches in all its infamous history. We now have proof, by their own admission, that the World Council of Churches has been sending "aid" to the Vietcong and North Vietnam since 1965. That means that every Christian who supports a denomination belonging to the World Council of Church.es ha~ been contributing to Communist North Vietnam via The World Council since 1965. 1 The WCC has admitted: (1) that aid to North Veitnam began in 1965, with the largest amount given in 1968; (2) that besides the aid authorized by the New York and Geneva offices of the WCC, "undetermined" amounts 'lave been sent by WCC groups in Eastern Europe to the Reds of Vietnam who are presently stepFacts to consider when voting on the School Bond elec- ping up their efforts to massacre tion Tuesday, May 27. American GI's; (3) that the aid l) is this the right time for Washington County School consisted of a mobile field hospital, X-ray equipment, medical Board to float another million dollar bond? 2) Many, many other places have ·voted against more supplies and unidentified ~equipbonds because of inflation, sky high interest, and heavy ment" for North Vietnamese civilians. This is what you call playtaxes. a prac3) We understand the immediate need for this bond issue ing both sides of the fence, considbeen have would that tice is to add class rooms to the East and West Elementary ered treason in World War II. Schools at St. George, so the school children from Santa We have rushed into print a Clara ~nd Was~gton can be transported to St. George, a book which I wrote entitled move m question by some parents. Also, the class rooms "SHOULD PROTESTANTS SUP~e need~d ~or t~e reason seven classes are now overflowing PORT THE VIETCONG?" which . contains the whole incredible mto the Jumor high school building. to going 4) Washington and Santa Clara-Ivins area are story of treason in religious cir- hether Or.Not To Bond grow in population and will mean a greater number of stu.- den ts to bus. 5) We understand the elementary school children in St. George are not increasing; that the pre-school age census shows a decrease in numbers rather than an increase and t?ereby w~l _not need additional school room space at this tune, proVIdmg the students in tbe towns above mentioned are not transported. 6) We are in a war, a boom period, costs of building are ( Continued on Page 18) cles. This book can do more to expose the National Council of Churches than anything ever publ lished._ And yet , on the same day we verified the. above , we discovered that the North Vietnamese had stepped up their persecution of Christians. A North Vietnamese · (Continued ori ··page 3) WHAT?-"F. Equal, And Eqt. Conservative Vie for his country b: ly bulletins, which "One Nation Un Christ" and "Consh "Insidious forces w. jically altered the chan is our greatest internal sentence of reply, but c 'End invisible governme. store truly representativ General Douglas MacArt Gen. MacArthur woulr how far astray we havi;college and university c, When will we muste1 the rioting and burning Sen. Strom Thurmo1 threat to academic fre American universities ar his reports "to the peoi Also, he has introduced 11 demic-1 (S.198 t eral cri admir · ly a he sc' f 1 1 F' Sen. Thurm0-· tive Act takes · at the techn · make it a c!"· First, c a threat " Serany p ,' visl, In ao. to viol, Sen . . establish. ish the g; rights of 21?7 Carrir: r;e Lane , '?.3 rolla~ay , Utah 34117 23 Hc..y 1969 '.irs . Juanita 3roolrs bOX 303 ~t . George , Uta.h Dear Sister Juanita: hw \Jell dese::.."ved com·)liGents to ypu; really one compli:-1ent E!nd o.n honor . 1e , the co pliment: Bravo :or ,,.our letter in the 12:ribune of' ye.1te:.." ,_..y recardi.16 the way t:.e ~:::-oblem hc.s been and ::.s bain · ih·- ··1ed at Dixie Collec:_'e . '::he very idea o: t:..e 2.ccused be..:.n~ cien.: eel the rib'1t to defend ::.irnst: · .,_· before an investi·.,·ting body, ·.nd his accusera not bein- requi:."'ed to fac0 him, violates both t ...e sJirit c..nc: the law of our :Olntry . Jecond.: :J..n honor 10:1.~ overc:ue, the bein .-: confo_~red by C~JU , (::1ox-e ~-·o, 1er clese:. res it, hB.s ea:~118d it, aLd w..10 :1er 'l. o :n, her County, h :." ..)'t.J.te and her , ha:~Y, i~deed . ::oDora::-y actor of Hum:::.ni tie a :Oe--;ree to -:h t -··113titution) upon 01-e uho ho.a brouJ:'1t hor.. or o:>J1d c.ist.:: nct:.on to . .sr Cbu.rch, 1w, 1.;:es those of us who YJ1ow I.any of us , ill z:et ct vicarious thrill when you receiv · it formally , but we h·-vc lonG lmo m thc_t you :w. ve been , by your s1-,le,_did achieveuents, <,;. 11 Dr . tt for just yee..rs and. years . 1 e could be ti.1e_"e at the ::or;, al prer:ont :1tion to applaud and rejoice with you , your fa'nily , and your ma _ other, ::::."iends . \:e uish I . • When you co':!-:e to ;.)alt La.Ke City , :)leL.. se c2. ll . . e ,..,:wuld celebr'"'te . WESTERN HISTORY ASSOCIATION VICE-PRESIDENT CLARK C. SPENCE University of II linois Champaign, Illinois 61820 PRESIDENT LEONARD J. ARRINGT,ON Utah State University Logan, Utah 84321 The Council John Francis Bannon, S.J. John Alexander Carroll ARRELL M. GIBSON, Sec'y-Treas. Faculty Exchange University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 73069 May 23, 1969 Gilbert C. Fite W. Eugene Hollon Nyle H. Miller Bruce H. Nicoll Marshall Sprague L. G. Thomas Robert M. Utley Andrew Wallace Nominating Committee W. Turrentine Jackson, Chairman University of California, Davis Harwood Hinton , Ray H. Mattison Membership Committee John A. Brennan, Chairman University of Colorado Library Boulder, Colorado 80302 Mrs. Juanita Brooks St. George, Utah Dear Juanita: We are delighted to learn that you will receive the Doctor of Humanities at the C.S.U. Commencement. We are proud and delighted because you are our friend. We are also proud and delighted that this honor has come to a person in the field of Western history. In honoring you, the college hmnors our noble profession. Awards Committee Vernon A. Carstensen, Chairman University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98105 Heartiest congratulations, and very best wishes. Sincerely, Don Russell Joe Snell Arrington, 9th CONFERENCE on the History of LJA/ljk Western America: FONTENELLE HOTEL OMAHA Oct. 9-10-11, 1969 e THE A~ER:I:CAN "W'EST Magazine of the Western History Association Box 3 3 St G. ore;e Ut.ah 47? Mey Mr , Todd I. Berens Walker Jlinior J gh 8132 Walke~ Street 24 ., 969 s choo1 uena ,,.u"'k, 90620 ,·, c 11 . Thanlt you t Tbauk you ,s o very much :f'or the r.1 ... all the materi l aceompa:n~ing trem. item. F.rernent map8 and I am ao grate ul for eve~y 'rhis gives some so se to the ex:red1:ticn called by Bri ham Young .s recorded by John D .. Lee en Tueed y, 13th Apr" 1 1858, \V ere he ca ~1ed for 20 wagons 1 60 men, ete. to !f.O into t hG de: ert in search ·O·f a plae o refuge for the Saints . I could hardly ima (;.'j t ne a grea te~ waste ot time and horse-:fle-$ h and h\unan. e £tort • I think l have suc;gee ed to yo befor - my quest1~oning the wisdom of the P . P . Prat.t winter· exl)l rin in whi¢b the men t1ll suffered intensely fl'om tne cold and some lost their feet-• nd on the other hand exploring, the bt.l rren slick-rock a~eas o -t f' ~om Las Vegas.• Ne vada ,in .J un• and J ly . 13-oth seem equally ttiad to me• But I think the drive wa tleir beli fin the imninence of the Second Advent an )t-l,eir need to t :stablis tha Kingdom 'before it could 1 • come to pass, <> coma to more m. dei"'n Qnd t)leae.anter . . heme s I I '-'tn so impressed a nd delighted w:J.th the w -rk t hat you a nd yout- st dents are earrying out• 1t is basie edu cafilon thet eaunot be d :pli~ated. I if. m sure that my own travel in a wa "on over t he 1ro~d brem Bunkerville , ?-evada, to St . Geort;e !-.tnd o to Moden& • Utah., lllY gr cn ing up whe:te horse w s the faetest me nne . f c.-omro1.mieati0n. has iVen me slnne little unders hnd ing of iotteer eonditione . I am · re tha·t their hiking over the s eme t r ails 4 and especi lly re-discovel"•ing the la11c m:arke, will give a ne w di ension to all t hei.r s t1Jdy of hi t oJ."Y. Con r atul ationa and )ood wis he s to every one of yo.u--especially Mrs. Be~e ns • . a rl a & Daren : Dear Ka rl & Ca rla , .Sh p, J;:-63 e r e , Ut a h 84-7?0 Box 3031: St . Y1ay 30 , 1969 R •. R y card all Mr ._ & S ,. Today I V . Jones ., had ,o ccasi. -on to cheek a 1.i t tle on Natb niel 260 South 13 East Salt Lake City , Utah and I thoug ht you mi ht be inter ested in I shall onl. summ ari~e briefl y,., Nat a.nie l Vary Jones , b . Oct . 13.1 822 hat I came up with . n·ed F b .. 15 , 1863 . (sn he was dead be ore Sar~h Ann D-rson rr i ved 1n tab) irst ebeec a Maria Burto n Marc h 14, 1845 . in Nauvoo . e marr i • The b d six eh"ld ren . L . C.i ty e marri ·d 2n,d Caro.l ine M. Gt.ti'!'._ Qct -. ·9 , 1856 , s •. .. She had on1y one child • M""rk V • b . fJ n 3, 1863 r~ed 3r ., Eliza IHeonlyma'rchild .as Ma-:ria. "l' Re_ d ,_ M arch _21, a ., born Feb! 5 18 1 Marri _ E . Bro , .., ere Charl es B. a n [!'ra l Ess 185'?, S . L . City •. -~ ~,e 9 . md .. E •.v. T lor . y 31 1 1857 , S . L. Ci t . • The i r e.l ild.re n Seth V . & PRO~ iLIBNT vfEN OF TAH p • 975 t PI ONE 'R y matio n . f r m .self ,, This is a brief overv iew, a r1d since I wan t c.. he infor betwe en s~.a h J a.ne I'll keep the carbo n to fill 1n the rel tions hip 0 Ria" Jones . who ·as bet veen five a d s±x ·years Dyson and 1"1'aria yon rand grew up in the same home . tha t betwe en us It was reall y ood t have ou v··sit s .., and I hope t some 'P'Oints on our tie stori s right . all re can to kee-p b sy c,.,_ an mber o We man thin a . All r:: ood vdshe e • Juan i ta Bro ks ' - \