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Utah Central Railway Annual Pass Signed by Mormon Leader John Sharp [134598]

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Utah Central Railway Annual Pass Signed by Mormon Leader John Sharp  [134598]
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Early Utah pass signed by an important figure in Utah history. Pass issued for 1885 to W.H. Hurlburt . Signed by John Sharp as superintendent. Printed on pink cardstock by Hosford & Sons, NY. John Sharp (1820-1891) was a prominent leader in the LDS church in the 19th century in Utah Territory. He came to Salt Lake City in 1850 with other Mormon pioneer parties. Six years later, he was appointed first bishop of the Salt Lake Twentieth Ward and made a member of the LDS Church's Council of Fifty. At the historic Transcontinental Railroad Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869, it was Sharp who was sent by Brigham Young to represent the Mormon Church. Later, he was an officer for this railroad, the Utah Southern and Union Pacific. His practice of plural marriage caused him to be prosecuted for unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds Act in 1885. Unlike other prominent Mormons charged, Sharp plead guilty and paid a fine. His guilty plea led the church to ask for his resignation as first bishop, which he did. The Utah Central Railroad was the first railroad in the Utah other than the main line of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Built by Mormons, it connected Salt Lake City to the transcontinental line at Ogden.

Date: 1885
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State: Utah
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