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Show or three of the priae Cok's included mere than 125 revol-T- f revolving chamber, six and vers and pisjpls, Colt revolvers, t models of 1837 and powder and ball type, also a few of Remington make of the 147 Another feature of the gun same type, percussion pistols, collection 'was a long, list of flintlock pistols, repeating pissome of the muzzle loading shot guns, Sin- tols, including gle and doubled barreled, also famous British Bull Dogs, and some breech loading shot guns. single 6hot Derringers. ' The picture collection, "alTo mention a few unusual numbers, we call attention to Jap- though many of them are pureanese Matchlock, the Moorish ly local to Placerville and El Snaphaunoe Flintlockthe Har- Dorado Ooiyity, nevertheless EDITOR'S NOTE: Some weekt ego the Church purchased poon' Percussion lock, and the are interesting and valuable bethe Sweeney home to- bemused for a meeting place for the Chinese Matchlock guns, some cause of the pioneer aspect-ph- otos As the Mission Placer i ille Branch, Northern Calijomia and of families and Interwith the were of a the in part described following story relics, barrels. Many of these esting places and scenes of the the sale. in included were home, they guns have unusuaL features, rip roarin 50s and 60s. of beautifully carved stocks with general household items, and equip- inlaid work of pearl, gold and household goods and equipment McQUARRlE BY D..G. ' silver. of pioneer activities includes ment of day activities. tTHE days of old, 'the days M The gunearly at valued collection of The firearms large teamsters; group cowboys artd Indian ' gold; the day s of 49, Wl more than $4,000 was most outstnotorious' the from Revolugether with anding-guns characters, names, and places tionary War days, Civil War f the early pioneer days of the t pieces, plain rifles, Kentucky-FlinWest and more particularly of locks, muzzle loaders, California, marched, in panto- and. blunder busses; breech of mime review. out of the pages loading, - single shot muskets, the past w hen three missionaries repeating rifles, both of Ameri f the El Dorado District of cam and foreign makes; famous Northern California recent early-da" makes from well crated ly took inventory and known manufacturers such as for shipment the valuable and JColl, SpringfieldJlalls .Pat Relics Of '49 Sent To Deseret Museum jghters equipment; relics from the days in the early mills and . ranches of lumber Northern California and the West; oxen harness, and yokes, saws, grain cradles, and timber jacks; . gold pan, scales and a host of relics indispensable to the Gold Fields; musical as well as luggage and equipment; a dinner-be- ll from the okL Plants ers House in the ' southwest enf of the county; relics from the Chinese Josh House as well as many items rich in Indian history and lore. as Much of this equipment handmade and handforged and carries the mark of excellent two by-gon- e eight-sho- Valuable Collection Of Historic Lore Purchased With .Home pack-trai- - 5214-inc- -- - h , n , workmanship. to-a-ll y r ""historic collection of janyerTIv U. S. Army Dora- .Army flintlocks; Sweeney of Placerville, El muskets, Harpers Ferry musdo County, California, pur- kets, U, S.Whithey-illeNavchased this month by the L. D. rifles, Belgian flintlocks, French The shipment Church. S. Austrian Army carmuskets, weighing almost six and one- bines,. Arabian muskets,-- Prushalf tons,' crated in fifty seven sian Potsdam muskets, Eurostrong wooden boxes, arrived pean. percussion 'makes, Knd in Salt Lake City this week to finely made English models to the vastcollecUon. with beautiful carvecfrose woodT f relics in the Deseret Museum. The collection of over 3,000 articles gathered over a period f more than 30 years by James H. Sweeney-- , a pioneer of the Cradle. (EL- - Dorado),, county f California, is trtdy outstanding and is rich in historic lore of early days of Mormon activities in this part of California, ' for it was here, just seven miles to the north 'of Placer-vill- e once the thriving roaring rmniitg camp of Hangtown, that the first nugget of gqld was picked up in the mill race of Sutter's Mill, located on the south fork of the American River, The famous Sweeney Collection could roughly be divided into three main classifications: a beautiful assembly of more than 350 guns; pictures, both portraits and paintings .of early days, scenes, and buildingsDf.. A PARTIAL. IEW OF THE GUN COLLECTION ji it was assembled in the James W. Sweeney ill Dorado - and neighboring Home and Museum, in Placerville, California, reeentIy purchased by the Church of Jesus Christ counties and pioneers and pio- of Latter-daSaints. These relics were received in Salt Lakethls week, for addition to the vast neer families; a general collec- - collection in the Deseret Mnsenm. The Sweeney Home is to be converted into a chapel for the tion of fixtures, furniture, Placerville Branch of the lu D. S. Church. g, tie-add- : . ' - . A VIEW OF THE BASEMENT IN THE SWEENEY HOME, known . El Dorado County Mnsenm, showing a portion of the General Collection, " just prior to shipment to Salt Lake after being purchased by the JL D. S. Church this month in Placerville, California, (formerly Old Hangtown). James H. Sweeney, pioneer and Collector of antiques, is shown in the background. Elder Earl Bryant Stringham, of Clearfield, Utah, and missionary of the Northern California Mission, is shown to the right Elder Stringham and his companion. Elder Seegmiller, together with Mr. Sweeney,-worke- d 10 days crating the six tons of relics tof shipment to Salt Lake. y ( (ffri Sunday School Superi n indent Gompiles- -I interesting Redord (Continued, from Pago Two) there are now the position at present "The records reveal that Richard Horne served in Hie Sunday Schools for more than forty years, and that others ser.v. ed more than thirty years.. All former stake b6ard members, from 1902 to the present, including the year.Jn which each began and ended his work, are listed: nearly two hundred s of them. Elders George R. Hill and David Lawrence McKay and Sisters Nellie H. Kuhn and Eva May Green are former Salt Lake Stake board members now serving on the General Board. Enrollment figures, beginning with 1872 are given. At (hat timiPthere were 2300 Sunday Ichool member lnr the sake, and today there are though . ANOTHER GENERAL VIEW OF THE COLLECTION OF RELICS as they were displayed in the James H. Sweeney home InPlacervllle, California. The entire collection of more than 3,000 articles weighing more than six tons, was recently purchased by. the L, D. S. Church and shipped to Salt Lake to be added to the vast collection. Ja dhe Deseret Museam. Elder Rex CL Christensen f Logan, Utah, a missionary of 0e El Dorado D (strict. Northern California Mission, spent more than three weeks in PlarerTille, taking a complete Inventory of the relics and writing an explanation and history of each item aa dictated by Janies H. Sweeney, the pioneer Collector. Mr. Sweeney made this valuable collection of a period of more than M yearn An oid spinning wheel Is shown -- In the background, , m fsjt 4 Mty 11,944 more than ty stakes of the Church in the twen-holdin- g area: originally covered by Salt Lake Stake. Dates, places, and themes of stake Sunday School festivals and conferences since1905are listed. ' Oiganization dates of Sunday Schools now included in the stake are given. Among them is August 13,' 1922, the date on which the Sunday School at the -- Primary Childrens Hospital was organised. This School, presided over by a special supertntendency appointed by the stake superintendency, conducts each Sunday service for boysand girls. . There Is a whole bundle, neatly catalogued, of other fascinating facts and figures on Sunday Schools. -- -- Salt Lake Stake,' the mother of Sunday Schools :. of the Church. has eel an enviable exfor all ample In record-keepin- g (takes and missions. bed-ridde- n . - |
