Comments on: Allen Allensworth: From Slavery to High Military Honor (Utah history)

By: J paul

J paul — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:56:16 +0000

hey ardis, good story, I saw some of the post returns for Fort Douglas here at the national archives. I’ll check to see what those records have to say about him

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:59:29 +0000

Thanks, Steve, there’s a lot on that site.

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:03:23 +0000

Here is the website for the Col. Allensworth State Historical Park in California.

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=583

It’s informative.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:09:54 +0000

“staring into submission any soldier who was inclined to be boisterous”

I like that technique myself. Use it all the time on my kids during Sacrament Meeting.

Great story, thanks.

By: Mina

Mina — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:56:32 +0000

A very interesting story. Now its bookmarked and safely tucked in a file of resources for the next time I teach a survey of American Lit/History course…

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:23:14 +0000

I've never found anything explicitly addressing Mormonism (his biography is online here but doesn't seem to mention Mormonism). The students who were so enthusiastically appreciative of his speech at the University of Utah were in those days overwhelmingly LDS, for whatever that suggests culturally about an LDS appraisal of him, but I haven't found any reference to him in church records. The military, the GAR, and the local churches he interacted with were largely non-Mormon. So I too would be interested in anything addressing Steve's question, because I have so little relevant data.

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:03:31 +0000

What an inspiring story. My wife is from Tulare county, California. I’ll have to ask her if she knows much about the community he founded.

Ardis(or anyone else familiar with Allensworth)what were his thoughts about the LDS church? What type of relationship did he have with the Church? Just curious.