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Reprints of two pioneers' diaries available
Copies of original pioneer diaries, including those of B.H. Roberts and Frederick Kesler, are available through the University of Utah's Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library.
'DWTS' finalist Katherine Jenkins to join Tabernacle Choir for Pioneer Day concert
Mormon Life says: Don't forget to register for tickets starting tomorrow (May 19).
As far as Mormon Tabernacle Choir director Mack Wilberg is concerned, Katherine Jenkins is a renowned Welsh mezzo-soprano who has extraordinary stylistic range, having sold millions of albums...
Researching Family History: Great-great grandpa's shiny boots he wore across the plains and mountains to Utah
Wearing his red military uniform jacket, black trousers and the large black fur hat that the Danish queen's guards were proud to display, Capt. Jens Martin Christensen showed his skills with the queen's horses. He was an expert at this sort of thing. With a military stride, he guided Her Majesty's...
The Mormons Sit Out the Civil War
Mormon Life says: A little church history story for your afternoon.
On May 1, 1862, Capt. Lot Smith led a cavalry company of a little more than 100 volunteers from Salt Lake City east into the mountains. Their mission was simple: to help the Union Army guard the...
Mormon California teens take a pioneer trek for spring break
Mormon Life says: What great examples these youth are.
Instead going to the beach, Disneyland or hanging out at the mall, teenagers from the Riverside California Stake pushed and pulled handcarts during their Pioneer Trek Youth Conference in the...
In Our Lovely Deseret: Where does our journey take us after baptism?
What things have you found yourself doing, year after year, on your baptism day? Brigham Young was baptized on April 14, 1832. On the same date, 15 years later, he began a journey to gather the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West. This journey of 1847 was to...
Old age among myths of Daughters of Utah Pioneers membership
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers organization has another "secret" that Maurine P. Smith, the DUP's international society president, would love to dispel.
"Too often people think that we're an organization of old ladies," she says.
Book shares truth about the movie '17 Miracles'
When T.C. Christensen's film "17 Miracles" was released last year, Mormon audiences embraced the compelling pioneer stories of courage and inspiration.
But many had questions about what was historically accurate and what was artistically altered.
Canada newspaper features the Mormon Trail of Tears
Mormon Life says: The article features some beautiful photographs.
This was a rut I was grateful to be stuck in one crisp, blue-sky morning in western Wyoming. Standing deep in a trough on a sparsely wooded hill overlooking the North Platte River near the outskirts...
Example set by handcart pioneers
When trials like those experienced by the Martin and Willie handcart companies bring individuals' faith together, they weave a "warm tapestry of faith" that protects them from the chilling winds of iniquity and adversity. That was the message Elder Marcus B. Nash of the Seventy and current...
Group asks for pioneer stories
The Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, in conjunction with two of its anchor partners, is asking people to share their stories and documents of pioneer heritage from the central and southern Utah area. Since the MPNHA's inception five years ago, it has worked with communities and other...
Young Men Lesson 49: We Have a Wonderful Legacy
Mormon Life says: "If you can understand [the early Saints] so long-suffering, so tolerant, so forgiving, so Christian after what they had suffered, you will have unlocked the key to what a Latter-day Saint is." -Boyd K. Packer
Discussion Questions• What specific blessings have you received because the gospel is on the earth today?• What are you doing now that will help your family have a good reputation?• What do you want...
Thanksgiving and the Mormon migration
During Thanksgiving time Americans remember the Pilgrims as they celebrated their safe voyage to America and their first harvest in the new land. By eating turkey, mashed potatoes, yams and cranberry sauce Americans remember the Pilgrims' successful harvest. Only that is completely wrong,...
Bound for Zion, 1887
Mormon Life says: Journal entries from one President George Teasdale on his journey west.
I love reading accounts of the Mormon emigrant experience, whether crossing the ocean, riding the trains, or traveling by wagon or handcart. Most of our stories come from the early years of that...
LDS Church-service missionaries: 'A dedicated, passionate work force'
For the past six months, Larry and Casi Smith have been living in a trailer on the windy plains of Wyoming. As church-service missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they assisted 18,500 pioneer trekkers — mostly LDS teenagers and their adult leaders — among the Mormon...
