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Allen Green Campbell
Allen Green Campbell, sometimes known as Green Campbell, (October 16, 1834 – June 17, 1902) was an American miner, mining investor, politician, and philanthropist. Mining career Campbell was born on October 16, 1834, in Pulaski County, Missouri, the son of the county sheriff. He moved to Kansas in the early 1850s, and from there to the Pikes Peak region of Colorado in 1859. Campbell went on the mine successfully in Montana for several years, returning to Kansas with over $50,000. After several failed mining investments in Utah, he purchased the Horn Silver Mine at Frisco, Utah, Frisco with Matthew Cullen (miner), Matthew Cullen and several other investors for $25,000. After several years, it was sold to the company of Charles G. Francklyn for a sum of $5,000,000. Political career He was a member of the Anti-Mormon Liberal Party (Utah), Utah Liberal Party. He ran for several territorial offices before he was involved in an election controversy in 1880. Campbell lost the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah Territory
The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state. At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day State of Utah, most of the current state of Nevada save for a portion of Southern Nevada (including the metro area of the city of Las Vegas), much of modern western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming. History When the Mormon pioneers moving westward across the Great Plains began settling the Salt Lake Valley around the Great Salt Lake in 1847 and for many years afterward, they relied on existing institutions within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) or the secular civil governments. The Utah Territory was organized by an Organic Act of the United States Congress, approved by the newly succeeded 13th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |