The Tolman’s First Christmas in Tooele

The Tolman’s First Christmas in Tooele

The following information is from the pen of the late James Dunn and was published in the Tooele Transcript of December 26, 1903 “When the children of Tooele awoke on Christmas morning in 1849, not a toy was in all the land, not even a stick of candy or an apple was...

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...
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...

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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