Lindsey (1832-1900) was an 1849 English convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who, before immigrating to Utah in 1859, worked as a missionary for that church in England and Scotland. He was a practitioner of polygamy, marrying Bithiah Savill in 1859 (divorced 1891), Mary Ann Brewer in 1863 (divorced 1863), and Emma Munns in 1877. Between 1865 and 1879, he was the owner and operator of Lindsey Gardens, a Salt Lake City amusement park located in the Avenues neighborhood. In 1878, he moved to Ogden, Utah, where he also operated several businesses. In the 1920s, the property formerly occupied by Lindsey gardens was restored and then, in 1928, acquired by Salt Lake City, which designated it as park with the same name.
The Mark Lindsey papers (1851-1997) holds various documents regarding this Mormon pioneer and Utah businessman, primarily his journals from 1851 to 1872 and 1890 to 1896. Included in box 1 are a small number of documents reflecting various personal events; writings thought to be a remnant of an early Lindsey journal; documents reflecting Lindsey's business endeavors in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah; and other items. Four of Lindsey's journals (which also hold additional documents pasted inside) are housed in box 2, as is an annotated transcription of these journals that was prepared by his descendants and completed in 1997.
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Gift of Donald B. Lindsey in 1998.
Processed by Mark Jensen in 1998.
The materials regard Lindsey's business endeavors in Ogden, Utah.
This folder includes news clippings, event programs, and other documents regarding the transformation of Lindsey's Gardens into a city-owned park, and subsequent events held at the park.
This folder includes a program for an event at "Lindsey's Gardens" (1873); a ticket to the dedication of the LDS Church's Salt Lake Temple (1893); and a recipe for soothing a sore throat.
This journal appears to duplicate the text in the journal housed in folder 1.