Treasure Island Amusement Zone to seek a winning name
Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay will host a 1939 World’s Fair Amusement Zone with thrilling rides and international shows. A $1000 prize will go to the name chosen, with entries due by February 18 1938 at the World’s Fair Contest Committee offices on the island.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Cunemar
San Francisco
Century of Progress
Chicago
Pacific Ocean
South Seas
Latin America
San Francisco Ay
Sketches Of Mormon Trail October 1855
Four families arrived from Provo en route to California. A letter from President Binghurst reports selling cattle in San Bernardino and buying more animals to return. Elk Mountain Mission was attacked. three brethren were killed and stock and provisions taken. A large herd of 500 cattle moved toward California. Wm. S. Covert notes fort construction at Las Vegas and two story houses. Crops were poor and timber scarce. November 3 President Bring.
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Provo
California
Binghurst
San Bernardino
Elk Mountain
Las Vegas
Wm. S. Covert
Las Vegas diary details 1850s frontier life and Indians
The Las Vegas record recounts travel from California with 49 dead, a frosty early November, and 70 Indians at service with 56 baptized. It lists brethren chosen to return home by March 10 1856, notes harvests, stock losses during stampedes, arrivals of Lyman and wagons, and Brigham Young’s guidance on treating the Indians. Weather notes and fort improvements follow, with emphasis on stock guarding and wall drainage.
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Hurst and Company
California
Las Vegas
Bros
W. S. Covert
Geo. G. Snyder
Milam
John Steele
Stephen C. Perry
Benj. R. Hulse
Wm. Burston
James T
Allred
John W. Turner
Edw. Cuthbert
James A. Bean
Utah
Amasa M. Lyman
Brother Lyman
James Williams
Salt Lake
Lyman
Hope
Conger
California Mail
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By Delphine Squires
Bringhurst
Government
P. Squires
Cooperative Observer
Brenchley
Jules Rema
Paris
Brigham Young
Brother Hopkins
George Ww. Bean
Las Vegas Lyceum
Nanane
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