Hole-in-the-Rock Remembered: Nelson

More Books about San Juan County History

1. San Juan County, Utah: People, Resoures, and History by Allan Kent Powell, @1983. Part III
2. A History of San Juan County: In the Palm of Time by Robert McPherson @1995. Chapter 5 starting p. 95
3. Images of America: Early San Juan County by LaVerne Tate, @2008. Great early photos of San Juan
4. Incredible Journey, by Lamont Crabtree @1980
5. Rooted in San Juan @1995 Toni Richard Turk
6. They Came to Grayson, art & history by Kelly Pugh
7 Hyrum Perkins: Pioneer and Pilgrim, by Margaret Perkins Tennity
9. Hearts Afire: At All Hazards by Blaine M. Yorgason @ 1997

Photo identification

A. The Old Swing Tree in Bluff. A favorite meeting place, of adults and children alike. The first church services were held here until a log church was built. It washed away some time after 1894 when the San Juan River jumped its banks and washed out pioneer crops as well as well established trees like this.
B. James Bean Decker was born March 25, 1853 at Parowan, Utah and was one of the outstanding pillars amoung the Bluff pioneers. Anna Marie Mickelsen Decker was born in Cedar City, April 7, 1855. She married James B. Decker July 13, 1874.
C. Amasa Barton who was killed at Rincon. Read his story on this site.
D. Hole in the Rock, the daunting entry into the wilderness trail to Bluff.
E. Kumen Jones in the first Bishopric in Bluff:
F. Jens Nielson, first bishop of Bluff
G. Lemuel H. Redd
H. Barton Cabin in Bluff Today the Barton cabin represents the sole surviving feature of the earliest architecture of Bluff. It retains the integrity of its original location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling, and association. It is the cornerstone of the Bluff Fort.
I. Jane Kechnie Walton born 1846 in Edinburgh, Scotland, married Charles Walton 1867, was first San Juan Stake Relief Society President. Killed in tragic accident 1891.
J. San Juan Hill, the final difficult challenge of the Hole in the Rock Trail. Both horses and pioneers were too exhausted to go any further, arriving in Bluff April 6, 1880.
K. Willard Butt. Willard and his brother Parley were both from Parowan. Willard b.1858-d.1919 in Cortez.

January 7, 2010

Nelson, Peter Albert

Peter Nelson was from Cedar City. Information needed!
(JW: I believe he may be the Peter Albert born 29 January 1859 Cedar, Iron, Utah. This man died 5 November 1905 Idaho Falls, Bingham, Idaho, USA. He married Agnes Main Urie and his parents were Peder Albert Nielsen and Maria Kathrine Olsen. I need more proof. Help me.) This seems to coincide with the query below:
Query: At the Cedar City Cemetery I found the son born in 1859 Peter Albert Nelson died 1905 and buried next to his wife Agnes M. born 1862 died 1940. I would like to obtain a copy of marriage information on them as well.

I know Peter Albert Nelson died in Idaho in November 1905 and his body was brought to Cedar City to be buried. I would love to find out more information on this family.

Contact: Jackie Summers
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