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 […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.60 No.1 (2013) issue of Pioneer Magazine jacob hamblin received the first call to do missionary work in what is now arizona at October general conference in 1853. During the late 1850s and early 1860s, Hamblin visited the Navajo and Hopi tribes, attempting to preach the gospel to them. Largely […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.60 No.1 (2013) issue of Pioneer Magazine By Kevin Folkman In the 1860s and early 1870s, Mormon expansion in the great basin began to spill over into new areas beyond the traditional Mormon Corridor. More LDS immigrants were arriving from Europe and the eastern states, requiring new farming and grazing […]
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by Glen Hopkinson The cover of (the Spring 2013 issue of Pioneer Magazine, shown below) illustrates an incident that happened as the immigrants came to Lee’s Ferry and were faced with crossing the river. charles innes robson jr.—a grandson of the original Charles Innes Robson who was one of the four founders of Mesa, arizona— […]
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This biography originally appeared on pioneerstories.org A Child’s Memories of Life in Mexico I was seven years old when we left Virgin, Utah to move to Morelos, Mexico. When we left, we had two four horse outfits. It took several years to get there. We went by way of Pipe Springs, Fredonia and out over […]
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Pioneer Child & Mother This biography originally appeared on pioneerstories.org My grandfather, john eagar, was born July 13th, 1823, at Auburn, Cayuga. Cayuga County, New York. Two years later they moved to the village of Ling Sing on the east bank of the Hudson River, 34 miles above New York. His father was Thomas Eagar, […]
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Featuring: The 1873 Colonization Mission to the Little colorado river Lee’s Ferry The muddy mission Pipe Spring, arizona A Tithing Ranch The Polygamous Underground Mormon Colonization of Arizona daniel webster jones
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