. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . er tolead and to command. His parents, Luman Andrus and Eunice B. (Gaylord) Shurtleff,were among those who fled from the oppressions and persecutions of Missouri to story of his youthful days is told in One Third of a Century of Service as follows:When Charles F. Middleton received the rites of baptism under the hands of Josephthe prophet, a frail lad sat on the sands and watched, unwitting that this boy should behis right-hand man and stanchest friend in the vales of the Wasatch! Lewis knewthe mainstays of the church as they cam
. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . er tolead and to command. His parents, Luman Andrus and Eunice B. (Gaylord) Shurtleff,were among those who fled from the oppressions and persecutions of Missouri to story of his youthful days is told in One Third of a Century of Service as follows:When Charles F. Middleton received the rites of baptism under the hands of Josephthe prophet, a frail lad sat on the sands and watched, unwitting that this boy should behis right-hand man and stanchest friend in the vales of the Wasatch! Lewis knewthe mainstays of the church as they came and went, and he was a playmate of theprophets son. He often scampered through Nauvoo mansion, sat under the prophetsvoice, and, with a boys penetration, eyed the honest lagos who began to revive theseisms of Missouri. He saw the shifting scenes and the masks fall. ... He was pres-ent at that session in the grove when the face of Apostle Young shone with resemblanceand attestation. ... In the ranks of the exodus that ensued was the family of Luman. HON. LEWIS WARREN SHURTLEFF UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 123 A. Shurtlefl, but like so many others he had to pause in Council Bluffs to retrieve hisfortune. They established a little home four miles south of Council Bluffs, in a tinyhamlet called Springville, and there the parents and children toiled in order to earnenough for them to continue their journey to Utah—to them the promised land. Theybegan raising corn and manufacturing charcoal—the latter burned from the timbersof a forest nearby and sold at four and a half cents a bushel. Lewis W. Shurtleff madea pit of logs as high as a barn and the family continued in the sale of corn and char-coal, the former bringing ten cents per bushel and the latter four and a half was a slow process acquiring money at that rate, but fate intervened in the wayof the discovery of gold in California, wliich brought thousands of gold seekers acrossthe country, many outfitting at Council Bluff
Size: 1331px × 1877px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidutahsincesta, bookyear1919
