John Taylor: Third Prophet of the Church was Canadian
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 Read More »
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LDS Missionaries in the Pacific
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 Read More »
The Logan Temple Saw Mill
[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 Read More »
HICKMAN, William Adams: “Wild Bill”
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 Read More »
KIMBALL, Heber Chase: Right-hand man to Brigham Young
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 Read More »
Lot Smith, Horseman
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 Read More »
Slavery Caused an Indian War in Utah
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 Read More »
Education & Recreation under Brigham Young
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 Read More »
Brother Brigham’s Guidelines Established
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, Read More »
Brigham Young’s Confidence in God Never Wavering
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 Read More »
Brigham Young: One of the Greatest Prophets
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 Read More »
PARK, Isabella Gray Park
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 Read More »
Joseph, Not Brigham, Planned Exodus
[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, Read More »
Brigham Young: Heartache Suffered
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
SMITH, George “A” Albert
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 Read More »
LYMAN, Amasa Mason
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 Read More »
ADAMS, Barnabus Lathrop & Hannah Gove Chase
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 Read More »
Pioneer Ponderings
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 Read More »
YOUNG, Brigham
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 Read More »
Church Presidents and the Provo Tabernacle
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 Read More »
MILLER, William
William Miller was born Feb. 8, 1814, at Avon, New York. He started for Kirtland, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1834; remained there three weeks conversing with Read More »
Establishing Zion in the Mountains
This video appears to be from the 1970s, and combines video, artwork, graphics and historical photographs to tell the story of the challenges facing the Read More »
The Martyrdom & the Quorum of the Twelve
Three months before the martyrdom of the prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, orson hyde wrote: Before I went east on the 4th of Read More »
The Route of the Pioneers
This 1979 film tells the story of the pioneer emigration to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Run time 17:26
Westward Ho!
This article originally appeared in the Sept/Oct 1990 issue of Pioneer Magazine florence youngberg Bring me men to match my mountains, Bring me men to Read More »
STAINES, William Carter
The following article first appeared in Vol. 60 No.2 of Pioneer Magazine by Ronald W. Andersen During the first years of his residence here, William Read More »
The Meeting of Joseph and Brigham
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 Read More »
Cooperative Community in the North: Brigham City, Utah
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 Read More »
