Contains the familial history of the Boyd family, including correspondence, photographs, and historical narratives regarding Carrie Boyd, John David Boyd Sr, John David Boyd Jr, and other family members. According to the family's lore, Carrie Boyd was an infant at the "Golden Spike" ceremony in Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869. The collection also includes the historical narrative and timebooks of Arvil Reid, a railroad boomer who married into the family and who was actively working on the ralroad during the late 1960's.

John David Boyd, Sr. (1839-1917) was the son of John Boyd and Jane Callister and was born on the Isle of Man in the town of Teal. At the age of 15, he traveled to Salt Lake City. In 1856 he went into Oregon and Washington as a packer for the Hudson Bay Fur Company. Later, he ran a pack train for the government through Oregon and Washington. He left his job and married Victoria Ladosha Hubbard (1844-1929) in Ogden, Utah on April 3, 1864. They had fifteen children: Almeda Jane Boyd (1865-1890), Hulda Theodolia Boyd (1866-1866), Ida Melissa Boyd (1867-?), Ida Melissa Boyd (1868-1866?), Carrie Victoria Boyd (1869-1963), Ephy Collister Boyd (1871-1963), John David Boyd, Jr. (1871-1963), Edward Gracie Boyd (1872-1892), Chester Hubbard Boyd (1874-1879), Nancy Bell Boyd (1875-1967), Ashley Tilly Boyd (1877-1957), Olive Annie Boyd (1879-1906), Ephriam Callister Boyd (1882-1963), George William Boyd (1884-1908), and Eda Grace Boyd (1886-1979).

.333 Linear Feet 1 manuscript box

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Collection is open for research by appointment.