Item Detail
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MSS 162 Series 1 Item 1 box 1 folder 7
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O. B. Huntington's Journal
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Oliver Boardman Huntington Papers
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Huntington, Oliver Boardman
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1856-1857
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Diary written by Oliver Boardman Huntington between September 1856 and December 1857. Entries describe a journey to Grantsville, Utah, his participation in Church service and the reformation, joining a relief party for handcart pioneers, his marriage to Elvira Stesen, travels to Carson Valley, Nevada to bring in the Mormon settlers, his leadership in the Nauvoo Legion, and the arrival of the Utah Expedition. Includes references to Abraham Smoot Wilford Woodruff, Heber C. Kimball, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Parley P. Pratt.