Tooele Library Pioneer Memorial

Dedicated in October 2000, this monument’s purpose is to celebrate and honor the men, women and children who came across the plains prior to 1869 and settled in Tooele.  The monument features 800-plus names of the original pioneers and is located at 200 West and...
Alice Bracken Tolman (1832-1901)

Alice Bracken Tolman (1832-1901)

(This contribution by Allyson Schmid can be found in Judson Tolman: Pioneer, Lumberman, Patriarch by E. Dennis Tolman, Second Edition, 2004, pages 75-85). ALICE BRACKEN TOLMAN January 29,1832 – August 18, 1901 Daughter of Joshua and Hannah Bell Bracken by Minnie...
History of Cyrus Tolman (1820-1890)

History of Cyrus Tolman (1820-1890)

(Contributed by the Thomas Tolman Family Organization. Excerpts from Judson Tolman: Pioneer, Lumberman, Patriarch by E. Dennis Tolman, Second Edition, 2004, pages 12 to 50). BIRTH: Cyrus Tolman was born in Hope, Lincoln, Maine, April 6, 1820 to Nathan and Sarah Hewitt...
A Short History of Alice Bracken

A Short History of Alice Bracken

(A short history of Alice Bracken Tolman, January 29,1832 to August 18, 1901, written by her daughter Minnie Elizabeth Tolman Pickett) “Even He who died for us on the cross, in the last hour, in the unutterable agony of death and mindful of His mother as if to teach...

Cyrus Tolman and Alice Bracken

Cyrus Tolman and Alice Bracken lived in Tooele until 1881 when he got the pioneering spirit again and decided to move this family to Goose Creek, Idaho, in the Oakley Valley. Alice was fifty years old and Cyrus was eleven years older. It would be difficult to move...
First Days in Oakley: A Stove Explodes

First Days in Oakley: A Stove Explodes

(From short history of Alice Bracken written by her daughter Minnie Elizabeth Tolman Pickett. She describes her family’s arrival to the Oakley Valley.) I well remember the day we drove down into the Oakley valley. The weather was hot and dry, the dust five or...
Cyrus Tolman: The Oakley Years (1881-1901)

Cyrus Tolman: The Oakley Years (1881-1901)

Picture: Cyrus and his children around 1901 (Standing from left to right: John Albert, Joshua Alvin, Alvaretta Jane, Aaron Alexander, and Judson Isaac; Sitting from left to right: William Augustus, Cyrus Ammon, Minnie Elizabeth, Cyrus, Alice Ann) “Having done a...

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