We invite anybody interested in remembering and honoring our shared pioneer past to visit and explore our site.
This site’s stories, essays, histories, and pioneer sites are all open to the public.
Our Mission:
- Come to know our fathers, and turn our hearts to them.
- Preserve the memory and heritage of the early pioneers of the Utah Territory and the western U.S.
- Honor present-day pioneers worldwide who exemplify these same qualities of character.
- Teach these same qualities to the youth who will be tomorrow’s pioneers.
Pioneer Stories
EGAN, Howard
This article previously appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.2 Utah Pioneer with the Pony Express by Doran Baker, Utah Historical Society The end of days on Earth for Howard…
ADAIR, Thomas Jefferson
The following biography originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.1 Born May 28, 1884, Thomas Jefferson Adair was a cowboy on the Blue River Wilderness, south of Nutrioso, Arizona,…
SNOW, Erastus
by Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah Vol.4 Erastus Snow The pioneer who shared with Orson Pratt the distinction of being the first among their famous…
HINTON, James Maurice
This biography originally appeared on pioneerstories.org A Child’s Memories of Life in Mexico I was seven years old when we left Virgin, Utah to move to Morelos, Mexico. When we…
HARRIS, Silas: YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO FIRE A GUN
Silas Harris was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, on October 14, 1824. He was the son of Moses and Fanny Smith Harris. He was baptized a member of the CHurch…
ALLEN, Jude
Historical Sketch for 1997 Sesquicentennial Project, Sons of Utah Pioneers Birth: October 12, 1811 at Willsborough, Essex County, New York. Death: February 13, 1890, Calls Fort, Box Elder County, Utah.…
