When brigham young and joseph smith met for the first time, Brigham reported the incident as follows: “We proceeded to Kirtland and stopped at John P. Green’s who had just arrived with his family. We rested a few minutes, took some refreshments and started to see the prophet. We went to his father’s house and […]
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There are distinctive geographical and cultural characteristics that distinguish Utah’s Dixie region. Although the traditional historical approach has been to look at the region chronologically from the Mormon point of view, this paper will attempt, first, to review several national and regional forces that had an impact on Dixie and to look at Dixie’s impact […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1972 issue of Pioneer Magazine. LAW AND ORDER was a theme about which the early Mormons heard a very great deal, since they were on the receiving end of its inadequacies most of the time. On the day a major of the United States Army asked brigham young […]
There is a lovely tree grove on the southeast slopes of Pine Valley Mountain. Clear, cold springs gush from them, fed by winter snowfall and summer rains. These springs flow in a steady stream, eventually joining to form Quail Creek, as an early pioneer or trapper named it. The stream winds eastward for a mile […]
Rumors of an army being sent to Utah proceeded the receipt of more certain news that arrived in Utah Territory on July 24, 1857. Not knowing the intentions of the Army, brigham young and militia officers began military preparations. New Military District were created. Apostle George A. Smith was sent south through Utah Territory to […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1972 issue of Pioneer Magazine. In Duchesne County lies a little village named Boneta, which comes from the Spanish word meaning “graceful, beautiful.” boniet bend is located in the lower course of the Green River where two bends come together, the old bend having been abandoned by the […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb issue of Pioneer Magazine. In the northeast corner of Ft. Bridger is a small grave, marked off by a wooden fence. On the grave is the inscription: THORNBURGH “Man never had a better, truer friend. Sleep on old friend. We’ll meet across the range.” On inquiry the visitor […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.60 No.1 of Pioneer Magazine by Glenda heaton Pipe Spring fort was completed by April 1872, though interior work continued for several years. The completed structure consisted of two sandstone block buildings that faced each other across a courtyard, each two stories tall. Heavy wooden gates, which opened outward, enclosed […]
The following story originally appeared in the March/April 1980 issue of Pioneer Magazine. by Lois B. Erickson Louisa leaned heavily against the door frame and viewed the noisy, squirming, wriggling creatures before her. On and on it went for twenty-four hours a day. The inconvenience disappeared in her mind as happiness and pride surged through […]
In the mid 1800s, Mormon explorers pushed down through southern Utah across the state border to escape escalating hostility by the U.S. government towards their polygamist practices. The Church built a settlement and cattle ranch around Pipe Spring, which marginalized the Kaibab Paiutes by cutting off their water use. Overgrazing, along with increased drought, destroyed […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1990 issue of Pioneer Magazine. by Leo L. Mower leo mower, photographer and reporter for the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, and his wife, Mildred, recently visited the southernmost town in all the world, Ushuaia, located on the southern tip of Argentina. They bring us […]
The following article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1972 issue of Pioneer Magazine. Throughout the many years since President abraham lincoln’s Administration,(1860-1865) Latter-day Saints have been unanimous in their devotion to his memory and in their praise of him as President and as a person. Numerous articles in his honor have appeared in church magazines […]
Created in the Pioneer Spirit By Esther Truitt Henrichsen Garden Designer at thanksgiving point This article originally appeared in Vol.60 No.2 of Pioneer Magazine. When the Mormon Pioneers arrived in Utah, they courageously took the semi-arid landscape and built gardens, farms, and cities from scratch. Using the Zion city plan as a template and guide, […]
Implications and Opportunities Douglas Campbell examined changes In the following four hymnals published by the First Presidency: A Collection of Sacred hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Samis (1335); Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927); Hymns: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1948); and Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]
by Leonard J. Arrington, former Church Historian The first important Mormon community to organize itself under a system later incorporated in the united order of 1874 was Brigham City, Utah. Functioning for more than 15 years, the cooperative city exerted profound influence on the history of Utah and surrounding areas. brigham young followed its essential […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson Ebenezer Beesley was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, on December 14, 1840, the fourth child of William Sheppard Beesley and Susannah Edwards Beesley. Young Ebenezer was a musical prodigy. When his parents’ Wesleyan Methodist choir practiced in the Beesley home, six-year-old […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1971 edition of Pioneer Magazine. ON THE BIG RANGE, a centennial history of Cornish and Trenton, Cache County, Utah (1870-1970). A. J. Simonds; special collections Library, Utah State University. 250 numbered copies, 157 pages, $5.00. Cornish and Trenton (until 1907 one community) are virtually unique in rural Utah. […]
This essay first appeared in Pioneer Magazine’s Vol. 50, No. 1 (2003). by Michael Hicks For brigham young and his supporters, a Saint’s musical training can lead them to Zion. Vocal music was a “useful art,” a pursuit that made people feel good. Along with improving the body, it also enhanced the spirit and understanding. […]
This article originally appeared in the Jul/Aug 1983 edition of Pioneer Magazine by Richard Horsley , Researcher for Pioneer Books & Research Center For a number of years now it has been my privilege to gather information on the early prominent families which came to Utah as pioneers. My own lineage traces six Utah families […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Richard H. Cracroft “Oh what songs of the heart we shall sing all the day, when again we assemble at home.” The hymns of the Latter-day Saints have always been crucial to the spiritual expression of individual Saints as well as to the […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson Among W. W. Phelps’s many important contributions to the building of the kingdom was his writing the words to “The Spirit of God” and “Praise to the Man,” as well as numerous other hymns. William Wines Phelps was born in Hanover, […]
By Michael Bennett Orderville … A chall’nging place to find; It lay somewhere along the byway Leading off the eight nine highway; Near to Bryce, towards Zion’s skyway, Somewhere there’s a town that left behind The wayward world, the 70s; No mind … We’d say, “’twas never my way.” Orderville … the very sound […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb edition of Pioneer Magazine It was Pres. George Albert Smith, valiant SUP devotee and leader who used to say: “No son of a Mormon pioneer ought to complain of the way life has treated him; and he wouldn’t if he only paused to reflect upon the hardships endured […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Gracia N. Jones The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not yet five months old when, in July 1830, the Lord directed emma smith, wife of the Prophet joseph smith, to compile a collection of sacred hymns for use in the […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Louis Pickett As the year’s pass, I often think back on the happy times of my youth. In doing so I recall one of the fondest memories I have of my father. As the family would travel, whether in a horse-drawn wagon to […]
This article originally appeared in the May/June 1971 issue of Pioneer Magazine By W. T. (Mack) Woolley Rising east of the Wasatch Mountains and Utah Valley, strawberry river flows eastward to join the Duchesne River. An abundance of wild strawberries grew in the high, well-watered Strawberry Valley, and thus the valley and the river were […]
This article originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 1970 issue of Pioneer Magazine I remember: Every spring was housecleaning time. The furniture was moved outside. Carpets were taken up. All tacks were removed by a special tool called a tack puller. The carpet was then thrown over the line and beaten endlessly by luckless small fry. […]
from Elizabeth Claridge McCune No place on earth seemed so precious to me at fifteen years of age as [the town of] dear old Nephi [in Utah’s Juab County]. How eagerly we looked forward to the periodical visits of President brigham young and his company! “Bro. Brigham, Bros. Kimball and Wells with [their] entire company […]
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2000 issue of Pioneer Magazine By Kellene Ricks Adams A century and a half ago, the Utah pioneers likely didn’t think twice about the clothes they wore, the tools they used, the dishes they washed or the homes they lived in. Yet these ordinary parts of their lives, […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.53, No.1 (2006) of Pioneer Magazine. Another of the initial nineteen wards created in the Salt Lake Valley was the Tenth Ward. On what was formerly known as Tenth Ward Square, three distinct structures are located. The Tenth Ward meetinghouse, which was built in 1873, was the oldest building. It […]
