Charles Nettleton Strevell
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As a member of the Utah state constitutional convention, he helped draw up the state's first constitution. | As a member of the Utah state constitutional convention, he helped draw up the state's first constitution. | ||
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| + | 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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| + | Charles died in a Salt Lake City hospital 21 September 1947 of causes incident to age (89). | ||
