Pendock, England, is a small village in southern Worcestershire, ten miles northwest of the city of Gloucester. On the nineteenth of July 1839, a third son and fourth child were born to Daniel and Esther Jones Collett, and he was christened Reuben Collett. The following year was a memorable one for this family as the Gospel […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.51, No.4 (2004) of Pioneer Magazine. by Mary A. Johnson, President, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers It was in 1954 when I first became aware of that epic journey called hole-in-the-rock. It was many years after this that I caught a true vision of the tremendous pioneering effort it […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.51, No.4 (2004) of Pioneer Magazine. by Raymond E. Beckham The year 1879 was an exciting one for Utah. Brigham Young had died unexpectedly two years before. The Church was being governed by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles with John Taylor as President of the Quorum and would continue […]
The following article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1980 issue of Pioneer Magazine This historic event took place in January, 1880 By Cal Decker Hy Perkins nervously drove his wagon to the brink of the colorado river gorge and paused while two heavy ropes were attached to the rear axle. A frigid breeze blew into […]
This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.3 by Ken Lott Born on June 17, 1812, in Llangan, south wales, to samuel evans and anne hughes, Abel Evans was baptized as an infant into the “Independent” chapel in llanboidy. The Independents, along with the Methodists and Baptists and several other faiths throughout Britain, […]
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