Mormon Emigrants & the Lynchburg, Virginia Railroad Accident of 1889 This article previously appeared in pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.2 Professor Fred E. Woods, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY The tide of Mormon European immigration to America began in 1840 with the departure of forty-one Mormon proselytes from the docks of Liverpool aboard the Britannia.1 The stream […]
This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.2 (2015) of pioneer Magazine. by Fred E. Woods, BYU Department of Church history and Doctrine The glorious news of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ included the doctrine of the gathering—the coming together of God’s covenant people. Adherence to this doctrine would result in dramatic life […]
Written by Derek Rowley
This episode of the history minute was produced by SLCTV Channel 17, and tells the brief story of the Salt Lake City rail conductors strike of 1907.
Written by Derek Rowley
The history Minute series was produced by SLCTV Channel 17.
Written by Derek Rowley
This article originally appeared in the May-June 1972 issue of pioneer Magazine The Old Washington Cotton factory at St. George has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Byron McLeese to be refurbished and used as a restaurant and social center with rooms for displays and artifacts. Mr. and Mrs. McLeese are residents of St. George. […]
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This article originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 1971 issue of pioneer Magazine During the summer of 1868, as Mormon boys worked on the union pacific railroad grade and their people prepared for the coming of the rails, the Church used the partially constructed facilities to expedite and to enlarge the annual emigration from Great Britain. […]
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Two corrections are necessary, one from last weeks newsletter and one from the June 1 Trail Marker. First, in last week’s newsletter I wrote that the June Board Meeting to which chapter presidents or their designee should attend on zoom would be June 16. That is WRONG. It will be WEDNESDAY June 17th at 6:00 […]
Written by Wayne Hinton
Raised in Gunnison, UT; Mid-wife for over fifty births; Husband left on a mission only one week after being married; worked in the Manti Temple to support husband; early day Wyoming Pioneer.
Written by LaRon Taylor
At Pueblo they laid over for a day and a half to wait for another train to come through the mountains. The mountains were so steep that the only way to get the trains up over them was to put one engine on front and the other on back (one to push and one to pull) up the steep hills and then to hold them back as they went down the steep grades. Maggie was very frightened of the mountains and very homesick. When they were on the high ridges where Maggie could look down into the canyons she was very sure that they would fall down into them. The high mountains did not look very beautiful to the little fifteen year old from the low rolling hills of the Bluegrass country of Kentucky, and Tennessee and Illinois. She was very thankful when they reached Salt Lake City and the long trip was over.
Written by LaRon Taylor
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