1876 ~ Deseret Evening News Vol. IX, No. 264, October 2

Deseret Evening News. Vol. IX, No. 264. October 2, 1876. Early old newspaper from Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, 4 pages. Good condition.

Folded in fourths. One of the stories on the front page is Kill Eagle’s Story of the Fights on the Rose Bud and the Little Big Horn. This article is reported from the New York Herald from Sept 23, 1876. Interesting information about General Custer and the battle of Little Big Horn. It also contains articles relating to the Mormons; one on Wilford Woodruff speaking in the Tabernacle on Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith; another article from the European Mission: one from Provo, Utah; one on the Ogden Relief Society, etc. Many interesting advertisements from the period. This is a rare find of an early LDS periodical. An interesting collectible for those who collect items on Custeriana or Mormonism.

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