Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Frisco, Beaver County, Utah: Difference between revisions
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While active, the congregation consisted of the mining towns of Frisco and Grampton. | |||
Frisco is located in San Francisco mountains 17 miles northwest of Milford and 51 miles northwest of Beaver. | Frisco is located in San Francisco mountains 17 miles northwest of Milford and 51 miles northwest of Beaver. | ||
It is the terminus of a branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. The town depended upon the Horn Silver Mine. | It is the terminus of a branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. The town depended upon the Horn Silver Mine. | ||
=== History Timeline === | === History Timeline === | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 10 October 2012
Utah Church Records 
Beaver County Church Records Frisco, Utah Wards and Branches
History timeline (1881-1911) and records of Mormon congregations in the mining towns of Frisco and Grampton, Beaver County, Utah.
Source of information: Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church]. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1941), p 269-70. Online through BYU Books. (Free) Text searchable. Also available through Ancestry.com ($).
Boundaries[edit | edit source]
While active, the congregation consisted of the mining towns of Frisco and Grampton.
Frisco is located in San Francisco mountains 17 miles northwest of Milford and 51 miles northwest of Beaver.
It is the terminus of a branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. The town depended upon the Horn Silver Mine.
History Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1881, June 27. Organized as a branch.
- 1882, March. 36 people belonged to the branch. "It seems that this first branch organization was not continued...."
- 1897, April 25. Reorganized. They met alternately at the school house in Frisco and the hall at Grampton.
- 1905, January 22. Frisco was organized as a ward.
- 1911. The mines were closed and most of the saints moved away. Those that remained were transferred to Milford Ward.
Obtain the Records[edit | edit source]
Church records. of Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Frisco, Beaver County, Utah in the FamilySearch Library.