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 Missouri, Illinois, and crossing what was then called “The Great American Desert,” it was only natural that they did not want to be dependent on “outsiders” any more than was […]
Oswald Barlow was a member of Utah's first Martial Band, directed by Professor Thomas. Not only did he play the fife and drum, but he was also an expert dancer. So, in 1859, Oswald opened up his own school of dance. Many of the Saints were glad to receive instruction from him, and cultural arts were strongly encouraged by Brigham Young. In fact, several of Brigham's daughters were among the first pupils at his school. Oswald also had a splendid bass voice and was a good entertainer; therefore, many people loved to hear him sing.
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brigham young witnessed the Saints having to leave behind multiple temples all through the early years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ history. Most painfully, Brigham Young led the Saints out of Nauvoo in 1846, abandoning the nauvoo temple that they had spent so much time and expense erecting over the preceding […]
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by D. F. Bartschi The sinister figure on the black stallion moved quietly through the river thicket. Trail stained and blackened by the drifting fly-ash of the crackling prairie fire, which seemed to stretch to the horizon in all directions. orrin porter rockwell, advance scout, night guard, buffalo hunter and general security, seemed part of […]
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Chad Orton is a Curator in the Historic Sites Division of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has written on a number of topics relating to LDS History. His books include joseph smith’s America: His Life and Times; 40 Ways to Look at brigham young; A New […]
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Just south of the Herefordshire area of england is the village of Dymock, Gloucestershire. During the second British mission, 1840–41, several individuals and events important in LDS history trace back to Dymock. thomas kington, once superintendent of the united brethren, lived there. His conversion to the Church led to the conversion of many others. His […]
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1/2 Block North of Temple Square, Just East of Conference Center, Salt Lake City A little over a week after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Church leaders were allotted property by President brigham young. Heber C. Kimball chose this block to the northeast of Temple Square. Newel K. Whitney claimed an adjacent property immediately […]
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Mr. Powell, tried to persuade him to give up his faith or otherwise he would have to surrender his work position. He flatly told him no, as to deny his knowledge that he had received would be the greater sin. In his words, “I knew it would be a great sacrifice to me to give up my employment and the comfortable home which I appreciated so much, but to give up the principles which I had received and which I knew to be true would be a far greater sacrifice, and of the two I would choose the lesser … no position, wealth or earthly honor could move me from my convictions and purposes at that time…”
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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 last I wish my friends to put my body in as clean and wholesome state as can conveniently be done, and preserve the same for one, two, three or four […]
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This article previously appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.2 The foremost man in Utah after the death of Brigham Young was john taylor, who succeeded Brigham as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. John Taylor was by birth an Englishman; [born in] Milnthorpe, near Lake Windemere, in the county of […]
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This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 1970 Vol.57 No.1 1844-1852: missionary work in french polynesia by George Ellsworth, Historian Between 1844 and 1852, the Church’s first non-English speaking, non-Caucasian mission was established in French Polynesia. The missionaries’ task was manifold. They had to learn a foreign language, become acquainted with Tahitian folkways, and decide […]
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[This article originally appeared in the Mar/Apr 1970 issue of Pioneer Magazine.] Little Canyon Camp Turned Out 4 Million Board Feet By Alfred Crookston At a conference in Logan, Utah, in October 1869, brigham young told the people in Cache Valley to start making roads in logan canyon. He called on the bear lake wards […]
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The following was submitted directly to sup Online by Mark Shurtleff. William Adams Hickman, born April 16, 1815 in Warren, Knox County Kentucky; died August 21, 1883. SUMMARY For over a year, I have been studying the life of the “infamous” William Adams “Wild Bill” Hickman. He is my GGG Grandfather through my mother’s line. […]
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by Orson F. Whitney, in History of Utah Vol.4 For more than two decades after the settlement of Salt Lake Valley, the right-hand man of Brigham Young—one with him in all things pertaining to the upbuilding of this intermountain empire—was his life-long friend and associate, Heber C. Kimball; rightly numbered among the greatest and foremost […]
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by Margaret Fisher, in Utah and the civil war (1800) Captain lot smith came into possession of his favorite horse. Stonewall, about 1865. The horse was a wild, untamed creature, which accounts for the fact that he was named after the famous Southern General. He formerly belonged to brigham young. The animal was a beauty, […]
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By Carlton Culmsee of brigham young University Originally published in Improvement Era, July 1938 slavery brought on a war in Utah eight years before the civil war. This early struggle is interesting for other reasons. It was Utah’s first sustained conflict between the Pioneers and the Indians. And, differing from most frontier fighting, it apparently […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine Another binding element in the brigham young home grew out of his concern, not only for the spiritual welfare of his family, but for the development of their social and intellectual needs as well. He believed: “When parents whip their children for […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine Precise rules regulated many aspects of life in the lion house, including daily family prayer, school attendance, and Sabbath-day conduct. Mealtimes and the hours for arising and retiring followed a regular schedule. Card playing was strictly forbidden, as were “games of […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine More than anything else, the guiding force behind brigham young’s commitment and dedication as a parent was his faith in the overruling providence of God. After his conversion to Mormonism, religion motivated his every act and colored everything he saw and […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Ronald W. Walker, BYU History Professor, Emeritus Heavy clouds “bowed thickly down from the skies,” said one newspaper.1 The weather matched the Latter-day Saints’ mood. President brigham young had died two days earlier. He had led the Church for 30 years. He was 76 […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine The following excerpts appeared in the March 1930 issue of the Instructor and were taken from an interview of historian Harold H. Jenson with Isabella Gray Park Kenner: Here is a pioneer story that sounds too good to be true, yet […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [This article originally appeared in the Mar/Apr 1970 issue of Pioneer Magazine.] RECENTLY published magazine article on the great exodus of the Mormon Pioneers, credited the whole idea to brigham young, the master colonizer who moved the entire body of the “Saints” to the heart of the Great Basin. This is in error. It […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine As diligent as he was in his role as family patriarch and kingdom builder, Brigham’s home life was not without sorrow and heartache… . With a family the size of brigham young’s, the usual activities and complexities of life were multiplied. […]
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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 of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Far West Missouri when he was 14 years old. When he was 22 years of age his family […]
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From Whitney’s History of Utah, Vol. 4 “THERE were giants in the earth in those days.” Scarcely more apt were these words in the days described in Genesis than to the days of George A. Smith and his fellow founders of Utah. Seldom have so many great spirits been grouped in any one triod as […]
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From Whitney’s History of Utah, Vol. 4 THE name of this noted man—Apostle and Pioneer—is inseparably interwoven with the early history of Utah and other parts of the West. An industrious colonizer, an eloquent orator, and a leader of more than ordinary ability, he was with the Mormon Church and people from the days of […]
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Family history excerpts of two paternal great-grand-parents, followed by two maternal great-grandparents of LaMar Adams: Barnabus Lathrop Adams was born Aug. 28, 1812, in Canada to Joshua Adams and Elizabeth Chipman and was one of 10 children. He was converted to the gospel and baptized in Canada, as was his brother Arza, the only two […]
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This article originally appeared in the May-June 1971 issue of Pioneer Magazine A DOMINANT characteristic of the brigham young personality was the brisk manner with which he could come up with the right answer to most any situation. A faithful and devoted sister came to the president and prophet one day to get counsel and […]
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From Whitney’s History of Utah, Vol. 4 VIRTUALLY the history of Brigham Young has been told in the preceding volumes; his great life forming the backbone of the general narrative therein contained. The founder of Utah, he was for a period of thirty years the most conspicuous and most consequential personage within her borders and […]
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brigham young and john taylor both delivered sermons in the Old Tabernacle. John Taylor—who had dedicated the Old Tabernacle in 1867 as an apostle and urged construction of the new provo tabernacle as president—may also have spoken in the new structure. President Taylor was in exile, as a result of the polygamy hunts, during much […]
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