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English
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Carbon County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; The Uniqueness of Carbon County; The Land and People Before Settlement; The Frontier and Settlement Period; Agriculture; Community and Economic Development; The Coal Industry; Mining and Disasters; Labor Activities; The Coal Camps; Cultural Diversity; Religion; Education; The College of Eastern Utah; Health Practices; Recreation; Clubs and Fraternal...
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Nebraska
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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George Darling Watt was the first convert of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints baptized in the British Isles. He emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842. He returned to the British Isles in 1846 as a missionary, accompanied by his wife and young son. He remained there until 1851, when he led a group of emigrant converts to Salt Lake City, Utah. Watt recorded his journey from Liverpool to Chimney Rock in Pitman shorthand. Remarkably, his...