Identifier |
/tanner/image/ezra_clark.xml |
Title |
A Biography of Ezra Thompson Clark |
Creator |
Tanner, Annie Clark, 1864-1941 |
Subject |
Biography; Frontier and pioneer life; Polygamy; Mormons |
Subject Local |
Clark, Ezra Thompson, 1832-1901 |
Description |
Written by the oldest child in his second family, the biography of Ezra Thompson Clark is that of a successful pioneer, highly-regarded and devoted family man, and intensely loyal follower of the Mormon church. |
Publisher |
Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Date |
1975 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
Digital images scanned at 8-bit grayscale on an Epson Expression 836XL flatbed scanner, and saved as uncompressed TIFF files at 3456 x 5363 pixels resolution. Display GIF files generated In PhotoShop. |
Source |
This XML container file provides an entry point to the scanned images of the pages from A Biography of Ezra Thompson Clark . |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Is part of: Utah, the Mormons, and the West. no. 5 |
Coverage |
1832 - 1901 |
Rights Management |
University of Utah, Copyright 2001 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
15 cm x 22.5 cm |
Source Characteristics |
Printed Hard Cover Book |
Scanning Device |
Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3C/ADF Flatbed Scanner |
Resolution |
TIFF: 2800 x 4600 pixels |
Dimensions |
Gif: 700 x 1200 pixels |
Bit Depth |
Text: 1-bit / Images: 8-bit (grayscale) |
Scanning Technician |
Clifton Brooks |
Metadata Cataloger |
Clifton Brooks; Kenning Arlitsch; Jan Robertson |
Call Number |
CT 275 C53 T36 1975 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6bz65b3 |
Topic |
Mormons; Biography; Polygamy; Frontier and pioneer life |
Setname |
uum_ttb |
Date Created |
2005-04-20 |
Date Modified |
2011-04-06 |
ID |
326907 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz65b3 |
Identifier |
023 .gif |
Title |
Ezra Clark, page 014 |
Description |
I4 EZRA THOMPSON CLARK History tells us that the Saints had two thousand houses for sale in Nauvoo and the surrounding districts. Money was scarce and in a wide area of the country skins were the only portable currency. Property was bartered off for a half. or a fourth of its real value, and many of the people left without any compensation for their homes. Ezra Clark was in the first encampment which left the Mississippi River in February. Their first camp was made on Sugar Creek not far from the comfortable homes of the Saints. It was snowing and many of them crossed the river on ice. President Young and the Twelve Apostles joined the congregation at Sugar Creek on February 15. "On the morning of the 17th of February, President Young, stand- ing in his wagon, called with a loud voice, `Attention, the whole camp of Israel!' " With the assurance of one who knows the love of God for his children, he inspired confi- dence in the Saints and in himself as their leader. To this homeless band of people in midwinter he predicted that eventually a new home would be found where a civiliza- tion of their own could be established. With renewed courage they broke camp and "slowly wended their way Westward, journeying day after day farther into the wil- derness toward the setting sun." Bancroft, the historian, tells us that at one camp beyond Sugar Creek, following prayer, these travelers held a dance. "And as the men of Iowa looked on, they wondered how these homeless outcasts from Christian civilization could thus praise and make merry in view of their near abandoning themselves to the mercies of savages and wild beasts." He further records, "There is nothing tougher than fanaticism. What cared they for wind and rain, for comfortable couches or aching limbs. The Kingdom of the |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
A Biography of Ezra Thompson Clark |
Setname |
uum_ttb |
Date Created |
2005-04-14 |
Date Modified |
2005-04-14 |
ID |
326881 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz65b3/326881 |