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Account of the First Settlement of St. Johns
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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: An Account of the First Settlement of St. Johns
Creator:
Udall, David King
Identifier/Call Number: MS.809
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1873-1880
Abstract: This is a typed copy of a report by Bishop David K. Udall to J. N. Smith, President of the Mormon settlement at St. Johns,
recording an account of the first settlement of St. Johns in 1873.
Language of Material:
English
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This is a typed copy of a report by Bishop David K. Udall to J. N. Smith, President of the Mormon settlement at St. Johns,
recording an account of the first settlement of St. Johns in 1873. The file also contains a WPA Individual Manuscript Form
from 1939.
An Account of the First Settlement of St. Johns, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.809.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
10, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donated to the Library as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 April 7.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
David King Udall (September 7, 1851 – February 18, 1938) was a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature and the
founder of the Udall political family.
David King Udall was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1851. His parents, David Udall and Eliza King, had immigrated to the
United States from England earlier in the year. In 1852, they followed the Mormon Trail to Utah. They settled in Nephi.
In 1880, Udall was called to be the Mormon bishop in St. Johns, Arizona. At the time, St. Johns was a small and primarily
Hispanic Catholic community. Immediately after moving his family there, Udall purchased lands and directed improvements geared
toward creating a larger Mormon settlement of the area. Udall was appointed to be a Stake president, a higher position in
the Mormon hierarchy, in 1887. He held that position for the next 35 years. Throughout that time he ran a number of business
ventures of varying success. He died in 1938 in St. Johns, Arizona.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arizona -- History
Saint Johns (Ariz.)
Mormon Church -- Arizona
Mormons -- Arizona
Typescripts
Carbon copies
Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona
Barth, Nathan
Barth, Morris
Barth, Solomon