Utah Westerners

August Announcement for the Utah Westerners

August 10, 2012 at 11:21 am kenttschanz Leave a comment

2012 Short Summer Excursion

“Show and Tell” Program –

Western and Early Utah Materials from the Church History Museum and Library 

We are returning to the LDS Church History Library by popular demand after a very successful 2010 program. The focus will be on Western and early Mormon Utah.

Glenn Rowe, Bill Slaughter, Peter Crawley and Paul Geddes will guide members throughout the evening.  Brad Westwood will act as wrangler for the evening.

A sampling of what will be shown: 

• List of recorded brands [Salt Lake City? 1850?], 20 p. The first brand book printed in American, issued serially a 4-page sheet at a time, beginning in Feb 1850.
• Rules and regulations for the emigrants on board the ship [New York? 1846?]; Broadside. Issued February 4th 1846, prior to the sailing of the Brooklyn, bound for California.
• California Star, v. 1-2 1847-1848. Sam Brannan took his New York press on the Brooklyn, undoubtedly intending to use it to publish a Mormon newspaper in California.  On January 9th he issued the first number of the California Star—the first newspaper in San Francisco, the second in California.
• General epistle from the Council of the Twelve Apostles [St. Louis, 1848], 8 p. 25.1 cm; unopened sheet, crisp and clean. Dictated by Willard Richards to Robert Campbell on December 16^th–17th, 1847, and printed in 3000 copies at the St. Louis Republican in January 1848; this epistle recounts the journey of the pioneer company to the Salt Lake Valley.
• William Clayton.  The Latter-day Saints’ emigrants’ guide (St. Louis, 1848), 24 p.  John Taylor’s copy of the most famous, and best, of all the early overland guide books, tabulated by Clayton on the return trip from the Salt Lake Valley to Council Bluffs.
• 50¢ Great Salt LakeCity printed bank note, 20 Jan 1849. The first instance of printing in the Great Basin, struck off by Brigham H. Young and Thomas Bullock on a small press made by Truman O. Angell.
• Chief’s blanket, acquired by Jacob Hamblin trading with Navajo; one of the earliest blanket styles known.
• Colt revolvers, a gift by Samuel Colt to Brigham Young.

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