| Title |
Interesting personalities: John Weber, O. P. Wiggins |
| Collection |
MSS B 289 The Works Progress Administration (Utah Section) Biographical Sketches, ca. 1930-1941 |
| Date |
1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942 |
| Subject |
Weber, John Henry, 1779-1859; Fur traders--Biography; Wiggins, Oliver Perry, 1823?-1913; Trappers--Utah--Biography; Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah, United States |
| Creator |
Hughey, John C., 1825-1905 |
| Description |
Typescript copy of newspaper accounts on early fur trappers who visited Utah. One is a Salt Lake Tribune article from the issue of July 4, 1897, wherein John C. Hughey of Bellevue, Iowa, relates having met John Henry Weber, a fur trader who visited the Great Salt Lake in 1823. The other is from the Denver News 1897, about Oliver P. Wiggins, who served as a guide to Mormons headed for Utah and for gold seekers bound for California |
| Rights Management |
Online access. Reproduction and use by permission from Utah State History. |
| Publisher |
Published by Utah State History; digitized and hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Adobe Acrobat Pro X as a pdf. |
| Date Digital |
2016-04-19 |
| Contributor |
United States. Works Progress Administration. Utah Section |
| Language |
eng |
| Is Part of |
http://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/findaids/B00289/B0289.xml |
| Scanning Technician |
Janelle Michaelis; Cedar Gonzales; Alexis Hansen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6030wqq |
| Setname |
dha_wpabs |
| ID |
700864 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6030wqq |
