Microfilm of typescript portion of Henry Lunt's journal, kept while he was serving as secretary to George A. Smith with the company that traveled from Salt Lake City to Parowan in 1850-1851. The account opens with a list of names, ages, and ranks of Mormon pioneers and officers of the party, as well as a list of provisions brought. The journal includes almost daily entries from December 7, 1850, through February 5, 1851. The entries focus on weather conditions and distances traveled, and also recall encounters with Indians, a company election held on January 17, and the setting up of camp near what Lunt called Fort Plat. Includes a table of contents and index of names. The typescript was a copy made for the University Library from a typewritten copy loaned to professor M. Wilford Poulson of Brigham Young University by Mr. William Brooks, September 1938. The Huntington also has the original manuscript and an extended typescript (HM 66417). 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. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1945. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Parowan, Utah, was officially founded on January 13, 1851. On January 8, 1850, Parley P. Pratt and members of his exploring party came upon the Little Salt Lake Valley and dedicated an area near Heap's Spring as the city of Little Salt Lake. Based on Pratt's observations, Brigham Young called for settlement in what became known as Iron County because of its deposits of iron ore. George A. Smith was appointed to head the Iron Mission, and with a large company traveled from Salt Lake City to Iron County from December 1850-January 1851. Smith's company settled near the original Little Salt Lake and founded the settlement of Parowan.
Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902 Smith, George Albert, 1817-1875 Frontier and pioneer life--Utah Indians of North America--Utah Mormon pioneers Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Iron County (Utah)--History Parowan (Utah)--History Utah--Description and travel Utah--History--19th century 1850-1851 1851 Diaries Utah 19th century. (aat)
Source
Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Microfilm of typescript loaned by Juanita Brooks, May 1945.
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