The Utah North Company has 2 artifact museums within its borders: The Alpine Relic Hall located at 50 North Main St. in Alpine, run by the Mountainville Camp; and the Highland Cabin, owned and run by the Highland Camp at 10400 North Heritage Park in Highland.
The photo above is one of many items on display at The Relic Hall. Company records detail that Angelia Vail Vance was born on 8 July 1837 in Springfield, McLaine, Illinois to Gamaliel Vail and Martha Bartholomew. She was only 7 years old when her father died of pneumonia and her mother took the family to Council Bluffs, Iowa then migrated in 1851 to Utah Territory while she walked most of the way. They settled in Alpine in 1852 and she worked as a gifted seamstress throughout her life. In 1854 she married John Wesley Vance in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory with the ceremony performed by Brigham Young. Her spinning wheel, little round table, and chair are on display in the Relic Hall. Tragically, at the age of only 30, with 6 young children, her husband died by Indian ambush in the Utah Black Hawk War. It wasn't until the age of 90 that she died in Alpine. Her children are:
- John Alma Vance born 1855 married Matilda Martin
- Lewis Jefferson Vance born 1857 married Frances Ferrell
- Angelia Vance born 1859 married Frederic Charles Clark
- Joseph Angus Vance born 1861 married Emma Yearsley
- Isaac Reno Vance born 1863 married Marintha Althera Martin
- William Oscar Vance born 1866
One of the purposes of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) is to preserve the past which includes artifacts. In addition to the main museum in Salt Lake City many companies or camps maintain much smaller, yet valuable, museums throughout the west. When researching an ancestor, be sure to check with local DUP companies in addition to historical and genealogical societies to track down artifacts. What did your ancestor leave behind?
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