Franklin Richards's letter describes his westward journey from St. Louis, the hostility of settlers, the massacre at Haun's Mill, and his stay in the West. He also writes about the Mormon war, relatives in the West, his faith, the fertility of the cou...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Richards, Phineas. 1788-1874 and Richards, Wealthy Dewey, 1786-
The journal, extending from Nov. 22, 1855, to May 4, 1856, describes the trip from Beaver Island, Michigan, to Paradise, Iowa, of a missionary of the Strangite Mormon church.
Subject (Name):
Church of Jesus Christ (Strangites) and Post, Warren
