Disaster on the rails: “That journey I shall never forget”
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 Read More »
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Gathering Early Saints Through Liverpool
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 Read More »
History Minute: Rail Strikes in Salt Lake City
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 Read More »
New Use for Old Mill
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. Read More »
History Minute: Railcar Rivalries
As long as the price of the fare was right, just about anyone could lay rails and run a streetcar. This created unregulated railcar rivalries Read More »
Emigrants Cost $65 per Head on new Union Pacific Railroad
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 Read More »
June 3, 2020 Message from the SUP National Executive Committee
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 Read More »
CHRISTENSON, Tilda Christena: History
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 sup…
FERRELL, Maggie Anna: A life history
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 …
