Heritage of the Abraham Coon Family

[Salt Lake City], 1989. First Edition. 267pp. Quarto [31 cm] Red buckram with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. Near fine. Family history of the Abraham Coon, who settled the Magna area of the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. In 1853, Abraham Coon (1810-1885), an early Mormon pioneer, explored a canyon in the Oquirrh Mountains on the west side of Salt Lake Valley. He found an abundance of timber suitable for lumber and also a variety of oak tree the bark of which was useful in tanning leather. There was ample water to power a sawmill and a tan-bark processing plant. Abraham Coon obtained permission to open the canyon for these purposes, established a toll fee for access to the canyon, and used the revenue for the construction and maintenance of the road. The canyon was officially named Coon Canyon. (Inventory #: 10395)