b0202 Bert J. Silliman Papers, 1951-1957 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 202 Silliman, Bert J., 1875-1957. Bert J. Silliman Papers, 1951-1957 0.5 lin. ft. (1 box) Correspondence, essays regarding Spanish Trail and other Utah History topics. Correspondents include LeRoy Hafen, Otis R. "Dock" Marston, Charles Kelly. Includes a copy of Northwest Company trapper Jules DeFoe. Topics: Spanish trail. Places: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico). Emery County (Utah). Grand County (Utah). Green River (Utah). San Juan County (Utah). Utah -- Discovery and exploration. Background Background Note

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Correspondence, essays regarding Spanish Trail and other Utah History topics. Correspondents include LeRoy Hafen, Otis R. "Dock" Marston, Charles Kelly. Includes a copy of Northwest Company trapper Jules DeFoe.

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Correspondence

Research

Writings by BJS and others

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Bert J. Silliman Papers, 1951-1957, Utah State Historical Society.

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Processing Information: Collection processed by staff Finding aid compiled by staff Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A220). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents Correspondence 1 1 Correspondence with LeRoy Hafen on the Spanish Trail, 1951-1953 1 2 Correspondence with Otis R. "Dock" Marston, on the Green River and the Spanish Bottom crossing 1 3 Correspondence with Charles Kelly on the Spanish Trail, 1951-1952 1 4 Miscellaneous correspondence with Utah State Historical Society and others, 1951-1957 Research 1 5 Research notes on John C. Fremont, including "Fremont's Fifth Expedition in Southeastern Utah: His Probable Route" 1 6 Jules DeFoe diary (Idaho explorations of mountain man with Northwest Company in 1789) 1 7 Miscellaneous Writings by BJS and others 1 8 A-H 1 8 1 Ancient Pathways and Forgotten Trails of Southeastern Utah 1 8 2 Apostate, The [Ebenezer Hanks] 1 8 3 Appropriate Names 1 8 4 Autobiography of George W. Bean [extracts] 1 8 5 Big Divide, The: The Water Scrape of the Old Santa Fe Trail 1 8 6 Colonel James A. Shinn 1 8 7 The Deserted Stronghold 1 8 8 Early History of the Henry Mountains 1 8 9 Early Indian Traders, Trappers, and Missionaries in Southeastern Utah 1 8 10 Ferron and Molen Communities 1 8 11 Hank Giles 1 9 K-L 1 9 1 Key Map, A 1 9 2 Looking Backward a Century 1 9 3 Lost Josephine Mine, The Lost, Strayed, or Stolen 1 10 M-W 1 10 1 Man Caught in the Middle 1 10 2 Older Than the Old Spanish Trail 1 10 3 Orejas del Oso Trail, or Bear's Ears Trail 1 10 4 Outline for History of Spanish Trail 1 10 5 Robidoux Inscription 1 10 6 Reminiscences of Ebenezer Hanks, Jr., concerning Circle Valley and Fremont Pass in Central Utah 1 10 7 Rev. Ebenezer Hanks 1 10 8 The Strange Case of Block 26 1 10 9 The Thousand and Second Tale of Sinbad 1 10 10 The Trail of Sixty Snows [Cass Hite] 1 10 11 Voyage of the Black Eagle 1 10 12 The Wages of Sin is Death