Category: Articles
Barnoldswick, England
In early 1838 as their mission to Great britain was drawing to a close, Elders Heber C. Kimball and orson hyde resolved to organize and…
HASKELL: George Niles
Letter from William Howells, Welsh Missionary in France to J. Davis
This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 1970 Vol.57 No.1 St. Servan, Brittany, September 10, 1849 July 2. Last day before starting on a mission…
Young Family Cemetery
140 East 1st Avenue, Salt Lake City “I, brigham young, wish my funeral services to be conducted in the following manner: When I breathe my…
Lest We Forget
[This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1970 edition of Pioneer Magazine] The question might be asked, why do some men go about the cities…
SMITH, Amanda Barnes
Amanda Melissa Barnes was born in Becket, Massachusetts, a town that saw the births of other early Saints including Eliza R. Snow, Sarah Cleveland, and…
An Artistic Heritage
By Mary A. Johnson As patrons visit the pioneer memorial museum, we receive many comments about the paintings they see on the walls. There are…
A Chronology of Important Events: April 1887
Complied by Andrew Jenson, Editor and Publisher of the “Historical Record” APRIL Friday, April 1 Herriman, Salt Lake Co., was raided by U. S. deputy…
Early Missionary Tools for Preaching the Gospel
This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 1970 Vol. 57, No.1 by Linda Hunter Adams, BYU Professor Emeritus and editorial staff member of Pioneer magazine…
President’s Message for April 2022
April, a time when the small animals that hibernate are coming out of their burrows. Tire birds are flying back to settle down and have…
The Southern States Mission
This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 1970 Vol.57 No.1 The American South was a significant region for Mormon missionary work in the nineteenth century,…
WILKINSON, Joseph Thomas
Submitted by David Smith Born: 26 March 1847, Manchester, Lancashire, england Died: 8 August 1919, Cedar City, Utah Originally published as “Active Useful Career Is…
SAVAGE, David Leonard
Submitted by La Mar Adams Born: 25 July 1810, Leeds canada Died: 26, April 1886, Snowflake, Arizona A Savage Indian Pioneer Story David Leonard Savage…
A Decade-Long System of Cooperatives and United Orders in Zion
“Let every one of the Latter-day Saints, male and female, decree in their hearts that they will buy of nobody else but their own faithful…
St. Wilfred Street
This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.3 In 1837, Elders Heber C. Kimball, orson hyde, and others began work as the first…
ANDREASEN, Axel F.
Submitted by Cal Andreasen Born: Jan 21, 1875, Torslev, Hjorring co., denmark Died: Aug 28, 1961, Provo, Utah The Jens Christian Andreasen Family Immigrated America,…
Eyes Still On Golden Spike
THE TRAINS are getting fewer and fewer and those that do run have difficulty finding enough passengers to pay expenses, but the great American railroad…
YORK, Aaron M.
Submitted by Brad York Born: 27 August 1807, Bethel, Oxford, Maine Died 12 November 1881, Santaquin, Utah Aaron Mereon York (Sr.) was a convert of…
Fabulous Story of Utah’s Pioneer Village Stable and Show Ring Made into Far-Famed Museum
This article originally appeared in the May/June 1970 issue of Pioneer Magazine by Horace A. Sorenson, Founder-Director pioneer village The history of the West comes…
The Saga of “China Polly”
Pawn in Poker Games Becomes ‘Angel of salmon river’ It was not until late 1860 and early 1870 that Idaho began to be prospected for…
HICKMAN, William
Born: 16 April 1815, Warren, Kentucky, United States Died: 21 August 1883, Lander, Freemont, Wyoming SUMMARY For over a year, I have been studying the…
Provo’s Mud Wall, 1854
On July 18, 1853, Indians killed a guard at fort payson, precipitating the walker war, which raged in much of Utah. brigham young advised the…
Lucy & Desi: The Scrapbooks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Four years ago, Lucie Arnaz, (the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz), decided to tell her parents’ story in a most unique way.…
BRINGHURST, William Augustus
Submitted by David Smith Born: 26 January 1839, Lionville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Died: 8 Mar 1912, Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States Originally published as…
Historical Sites in the United Kingdom
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine 2010, Vol.57 No.3 by Kenneth Mays, Trustee, Mormon Historic Sites Foundation; Instructor, SL University Institute of Religion…
Great Grandmother’s Soap Making Project
by Dale I. Nilson It was just an old shanty in Great Grandmother’s homestead town but what a wonderful building it was for only one…
Far West Cemetery
Southwest Quadrant of the Kerr & Winchester Roads Intersection Far West was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970. In 1999,…
The Making of Utah’s Dixie
This article originally appeared in Vol.54, No.4 (2007) of Pioneer Magazine. by Colleen Whitley Given the persecutions and extremities the Latter-day Saints had suffered in…
MORLEY, Isaac: “Father Morley,” Founder of Manti
Endure to the End by Richard D. Kirkham At the age of 26, Isaac Morley served in the War of 1812 holding the position of…