Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 1961 Uncle Jesse: the Story of Jesse Knight, Miner, Industrialist, Philanthropist Gary Fuller Reese Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Cultural History Commons, and the Mormon Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Reese, Gary Fuller, "Uncle Jesse: the Story of Jesse Knight, Miner, Industrialist, Philanthropist" (1961). Theses and Dissertations. 5064. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5064 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. U 37 NCLEUNCLE JESSE THE STORY OF JESSE KNIGHT MINER industrialist philanthropist A thesis submitted to the department of history brigham young university proveprovo utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science by gary fuller reese june 1961 TABLE OF CONTENTS pagepa ge acknowledgments iv LIST OF illustrations VIvi chapter I1 JESSE KNIGHTS EARLY LIFE to 1896 1 II11 THE MINING VENTURES 19 iliIII111 A FRIEND OF THE BRIGHAM YOUNG university 36 IV RAYMOND ALBERTA 54 V KNIGHT industries AND philanthropies 65 VI THE JESSE KNIGHT LEGACY 82 bibliography 94 acknowledgments the writer wishes to express his sincere appreciation to the following persons and organizations for their assistance