Charles Nettleton Strevell
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It was customary for Charles to return to Miles City twice a year. | It was customary for Charles to return to Miles City twice a year. | ||
| − | While hardware was his vocation, his real love was archeology. | + | While hardware was his vocation, his real love was archeology. This may have influenced the move to Utah (or it may have just been a frontier-seeking, entrepreneurial spirit). He became known for his rare collection of historic, geological and archeological relics and established a museum. He became well known for his essay, "[http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet3/reprints/dinosauropodes.html Dinosauropodes]," [http://www.birchy.com/history/ExtPgsArchv/dinosauropodes.html] which was published several times during the 1930s. The Charles Nettleton Strevell Museum was located in the old Lafayette School on South Temple Street from 1939 until 1947. Some of his specimens went to the Utah Museum of Natural History on the University of Utah campus, which opened in 1963 (now called the "Natural History Museum of Utah"). The plaque from his museum read "Strevell Museum - Presented to the Board of Education May 9, 1939 - For the boys and girls of Salt Lake City - by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nettleton Strevell - In memory of their son". |
As a member of the Utah state constitutional convention in 1895, he helped draw up the state's first constitution. | As a member of the Utah state constitutional convention in 1895, he helped draw up the state's first constitution. | ||
In 1943, he published a 304 page memoir: "As I Recall Them". Recollections of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois in 1860, and Strevell's father persuading Lincoln to stand against a door frame and have his height verified as 6'4"; experiences in cattle ranching in Montana in the 1880s including the brands of prominent ranches, hardware sales in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah during the 1890s, as well as various banking and Mormon activities in Utah. "This privately printed book has some mention of Calamity Jane and the hanging of Big Nose George Parrott, as well as the hanging of Cold Turkey Bill and his gang, and Beaver Creek Jake and his bunch of rustlers." An informative and interesting book of the author's lifetime experiences in Illinois, Montana, and Utah. | In 1943, he published a 304 page memoir: "As I Recall Them". Recollections of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois in 1860, and Strevell's father persuading Lincoln to stand against a door frame and have his height verified as 6'4"; experiences in cattle ranching in Montana in the 1880s including the brands of prominent ranches, hardware sales in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah during the 1890s, as well as various banking and Mormon activities in Utah. "This privately printed book has some mention of Calamity Jane and the hanging of Big Nose George Parrott, as well as the hanging of Cold Turkey Bill and his gang, and Beaver Creek Jake and his bunch of rustlers." An informative and interesting book of the author's lifetime experiences in Illinois, Montana, and Utah. | ||
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Last residence was 105 E. South Temple St. | Last residence was 105 E. South Temple St. | ||
Charles died in a Salt Lake City hospital (Utah State Miners Hospital) 21 September 1947 of causes incident to age (89). His death certificate gives the cause as colon cancer, prostate cancer and myocarditis. He had been in the hospital for 8 days. He was buried in Chicago. | Charles died in a Salt Lake City hospital (Utah State Miners Hospital) 21 September 1947 of causes incident to age (89). His death certificate gives the cause as colon cancer, prostate cancer and myocarditis. He had been in the hospital for 8 days. He was buried in Chicago. | ||
