I'm advised by a Utah state website that there are 24 days left until
the start of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Genealogy is not yet an Olympic
sport, so none of us on Jim and Liz Carlin's RootsWeb list will be
able to compete in Salt Lake City. <g> And, although I don't plan to
go to Salt Lake City or to buy any Olympic clothing or other
souvenirs, I look forward to watching some of it on television.
To my surprise, however, two people (not one; two! amazing!) have sent
me email notes, asking whether there were ever any Carlins in Utah.
Actually, there were.
William Passmore Carlin, would later become a major general in the
Union Army during the Civil War, was a first lieutenant in the 6th US
Infantry during the Utah Expedition of 1858. He later served on
garrison duty in Salt Lake City, and headed exploration parties that
went to what is now Elko County, Nevada (where Carlin, NV is located).
General Carlin was a professional soldier who served in the Regular
Army for more than 40 years before he retired as a brigadier general.
He was the first Carlin to graduate from West Point, having graduated
no. 22 in the Class of 1850.
Lt. William P. Carlin also explored what is now the northern
panjhandle area of Idaho and was one of the first people (but not THE
first) to see Lake Coeur d'Alene, in Idaho's Kootenai County. Carlin
Bay and Carlin creek, at Lake Coeur d'Alene, are named in Lt. Carlin's
honor.
The Carlin Bay Resort, a magnificent, four-season vacation facility,
is located on Carlin Bay at Lake Coeur d'Alene.
http://www.carlinbay.com
So, yes, there's a Carlin history in Utah, and in nearby Nevada and
Idaho.
In the spirt of the times, and for the sake of my own amusement amid
the details of genealogy, I've played a bit with our "Carlins in Utah"
website. I've added a new background for the page, and even a
photograph of an Olympic bobsled run. I might have gone a bit too far
with these graphics, however. Yes, the bobsled run photograph is a lot
more interesting than a copy of the Utah state flag! But I overdid it
a bit. You'll see.
The applicable URLs are:
Carlins in Utah:
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/states/utah.htm
Carlins in Idaho:
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/states/idaho.htm
Carlins in Nevada:
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/states/nevada.htm
For Carlins in the early history of any state,
substitute the name of the state for the
state names above. All state names are one word,
spelled out in full. So, for example, if you want to
look at "Carlins in South Dakota," just go to
Carlins in Utah:
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/states/southdakota.htm
For these URLs, don't abbreviate any state names;
they're all spelled out in full.
To see photographs of General Carlin taken in
1863 by Mathew B. Brady, reproduced directly from the
original glass negatives at the Institute of Military
History, go to
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/bios/GenWilliamPCarlin.htm
For a biography of General Carlin written by Prof. Hinkin, go to
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/bios/GenWilliamPCarlin1.htm
Fred
Fredric M. Carlin
fred(a)carlin.org.uk
PS I've just registered
www.carlinarchives.com for five years in
advance, so eventually we'll be able to use that as our URL.
But I've just bought the domain, not any actual server space.
(That costs more.) So give it time. But in the meanwhile, you
can always reach our homepage and contents page at
http://www.attorney.carlin.net/toc.htm