Microfilm of a typescript biography of Mons Larson, written by his granddaughter Violet Elaine Alt in 1935. The biography traces Larson's early life his Sweden, his conversion to Mormonism, his decision to immigrate to the United States, his sailing to New York and traveling by train to Florence, Nebraska, his overland trip to Utah, his settlement in Tooele, his decision to enter into polygamy, his colonization of Snowflake, his moves to Pima and Mexico, and his death in Arizona in 1890. It also includes a long account of a return journey from Utah to Snowflake with the Silas S. Smith company, which took a difficult route near the Green River and got stuck near Hole-in-the-Rock. It also describes Larson's wife Olivia giving birth in a blizzard during the ordeal. On the same microfilm reel as MFILM 223 (1), MFILM 223 (3), MFILM 223 (4), MFILM 223 (5), and MFILM 223 (6). All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. 1950. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm;Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Mons Larson (1823-1890) was born in Skeglinge, Sweden. He worked as a cabinet maker for the King of Sweden until joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1856. In 1859 he immigrated to the United States and crossed the plains to Utah in the George Rawley company. He settled in Tooele, Utah, until 1878, when he was called to colonize Snowflake, Arizona. He later moved to Pima and spent part of the 1880s in Mexico. Larson died in Pima in 1890.
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