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Abraham Alonzo Kimball was born of Heber C. Kimball and his plural wife, Clarissa Cutler Kimball, in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois on April 16, 1846. At this time the Mormons were being expelled from Nauvoo so young Abe was taken to Winter Quarters with the major portion of the Mormon refugees. Clarissa Cutler Kimball refused to come West with the Mormons. Instead, she took her young son to Iowa to join a break-off church founded by her father, Alpheus Cutler, called the True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Abe's mother died about three years later and he was brought up in Iowa by his grandparents, Alpheus and Lois Cutler.

The Indian agent, the trapper, or the citizens of small Iowa townships were undoubtedly startled to see such a large movement of people and wagons across the state of Iowa. It was the winter and early spring of 1846. The onlooker would have seen men, women, and children muffled against the wintry blast, walking or riding in covered wagons and lesser vehicles. Somehow these people were different from the occasional companies bound for points West. Many were ill equipped. Many had a look of gentility, or as the frontiersman might say, a "citified look." They kept to themselves and often withdrew from outside influences as if they expected trouble to fall upon them from some source. Indeed, they seemed "peculiar."

For years the writer has been very interested in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His work as a teacher, employed by the LDS department of education, has been with the youth of the church. His teaching experience has taken him through a chronological consideration or sequence of events of the church from its origin down to the present. However, the absence of historical data during the period of 1846-1852 grew into a problem in the writer's mind. After reading in the histories of the church a brief paragraph about Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah, two temporary stopping places of the saints, and a little more about Kanesville, Iowa, the writer began to wonder why so little attention had been paid to each of these settlements. If two thirds of the exiled saints remained at these three way stations for six years from 1846 to 1852, what did they do there? What was their contribution to mormon emigration during these six years? It appeared to the writer that historians had either bypassed, or covered important details and events too briefly. The illustrious and striking history of Nauvoo, Illinois, by way of comparison lasted only six years. Suffering and hardships at Winter Quarters had likewise been given full credence by historians. The attention of readers had then been shifted to the new Mecca, Salt Lake Valley, because leadership of the church had been established there after 1847. Why should the period of church history 1846-1852 be so full and eventful yet the Iowa sojourn, lasting the same number of years, be devoid of accomplishment and color? How could Orson Hyde, with his counselors George A. Smith and Ezra T. Benson, preside over 10,000 members of the total church population at these scattered settlements during this period without these years likewise being eventful and rich in achievement? Life and many contributions of these Iowa settlements, Garden Grove, Mount Pisgah, and Kanesville, though temporary in nature, had been overlooked. Despite underestimating these way-stations in Iowa, they, and especially Kanesville, located on the Missouri River became, the funnel through which that vast stream of Mormon emigration was routed to Salt Lake Valley. The things which transpired in Iowa have not been fully told and, in the opinion of the writer, justify a more thorough study.

For many years adventurers from Spain and France had explored Texas. For about fifty years Spain had tried to civilize and Christianize the Indians in East Texas. Finally the Spanish government had abolished the missions and presidios. During the following fifty years, very little had been done toward colonization in Texas. In 1821, Texas was an almost uninhabited country, with the exception of savage Indians. The Anglo-Americans came and changed it into a great state. The East Texas Timber Region has been the gateway through which most of the settlers came to Texas. The settlers who stopped there did their part in establishing the present state of Texas. The East Texans did their part in helping to win freedom from Mexico so they could lay a foundation for American civilization there.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1937. / Bibliography: p. 165-174.

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The office of a state lieutenant governor often fails to evoke images of power, influence, or prestige. However, in Texas the office is regarded by many as the most powerful political office in the state. The Texas lieutenant governor derives his power from several sources, including the Texas Constitution, Senate rules, statutes, and the personality of the officeholder. This work explores the role of the Texas lieutenant governor in the pre-modern period with an examination of the office’s legalistic and pre-statehood roots. Aspects explored include the backgrounds of the men who became lieutenant governor, the power the officeholders exerted during their time in office, and whether or not the office became a platform for future political success. The men who served as lieutenant governor during the first century of statehood for Texas did not have the power enjoyed by their more recent contemporaries. However, some of them laid a foundation for the future by exploiting political opportunities and amending legislative practices. As Texas grew into a modern and urban state, the power and influence of the office of lieutenant governor also grew.

ARAÚJO, Reginaldo Alves de. Quando a ordem chegou ao sertão: As relações entre o estado imperial e as elites da região do Acaraú - Ceará (1834 - 1846). 2012. 294f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em História, Fortaleza (CE), 2012. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-10-10T16:14:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-RAARAUJO.pdf: 2523787 bytes, checksum: baa35992597ece738c93937dfb11dbc7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-10-10T17:31:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-RAARAUJO.pdf: 2523787 bytes, checksum: baa35992597ece738c93937dfb11dbc7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-10-10T17:31:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012-DIS-RAARAUJO.pdf: 2523787 bytes, checksum: baa35992597ece738c93937dfb11dbc7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Este trabalho analisa as relações políticas entre o Estado imperial brasileiro e as elites da região do Acaraú, no Ceará, entre 1834 a 1846. Nosso objetivo principal foi, por tanto, buscar estender as formas do então nascente Estado brasileiro chegar ao sertão. Para tanto, nos voltamos para um estudo da política nacional, provincial e local, buscando as relações entre as distintas esferas de poder e da política de aliança do governo do Rio de Janeiro com as elites das vilas, bem como entender as especificidades dos então nascentes partidos políticos na Província do Ceará.