"Father took me to Milford, north of Lund, in a bug,^ and I proceeded on my way to Salt Lake City. 'This was the first time I had heen on a train, I had never been to Salt Lake City hcfore, nor stayed in a hotel or bought food in a restaurant. No...
America was on the ocean for six weeks, and she was so seasick that she wished the ship would sink. Elder Lunt put her in the charge of Brother and Sister Swindle who agreed to furnish her a passage over the plains. They proved to be true and...
and invited a number of saints to a sumptuous supper. September 22: Brother Walker and I left Philadelphia on board a steamboat for New York. We decided to sail on the fine sailing vessel, Constitution, to Liverpool and paid our passage by...
and tens of thousands of men and women are out of n work and, but for soup kitchens being established i the large towns, some would starve to death in this, the wealthiest nation on earth. 1 saw a brother at the conference in Nottingham named...
Rowley, Ann Jewell; Huntington (Utah); Willey Handcart Company; Pioneers
Ann Jewell Rowley married William Rowley in England. She and her seven children, plus a step daughter traveled by ship, rail and then handcart to Utah with the Willey Handcart Company. She and her children all lived to see Utah. She lived in...
assumes the appearance of an old settled country. Then, when I passed through, there were only four houses at Payson and but an old shabby fort at Provo. [The 'Word of Wisdom,' as Joseph Smith had announced it, had not been a biding commandment in...
beautifid new land. They passed along great swamps of cypress trees which were nonexistent in England. Finally they reached their destination, New Orleans, which was the portal through which most immigrants going west entered. Upon arrival, one of...
Beuna Vista leavirlg Liverpool Fch. 25, 1849, under the direction of Elder Dan Jones, with 249 \Vclch S a i n t on hoard.' Their destination wnc New Orlea~is, Louisiana, in the United Stntrs of .\merica. Thomas Jeremy, m e of the company, dcseribed...
CHAPTER 1
he coastline of England becarne a speck in the distance as Henry Lunt stood on the old plank deck of the ship, Argo, straining to get the last view of his homeland.' It was a bleak n day i January 1850. A cold brisk breeze filled the...
CHRISTOPHER J. ARTHUR Biography 1832 - 1919 Christopher Jones Arthur was born March 9, 1832, in t h e village of Abersychan, Monmouthshire, South Wales. His f a t h e r . Christopher Abel A r t h u r , and his mother, Ann Jones A r t h u r , were...
commissioned officers in the Bntish Army. When the Gospel message happened to reach the ears of grandfather and grandmother Gower, it found such a responsive chord in their hearts that the spirit of the gathering to Zion seized them and they...
Fulmer, Aimon L., Supt of roads, 39 Furguson, James, Adjutant General, 81
G Gallespie, Robert, 146 Gates and Company, gristmill, 265 Gates, Jacob, St George Temple, 300 Gates, Susa Young, dtr Bngham Young, 298 General Land Office, 312 George...
George and proceeded down the main street, the cattle became restless and unsettled hecause of the commotion made by the people gathered around watching them. The result was a regular bedlam. The cattle were to be delivered to Apostle Erastus Snow,...
HENRY LEIGH Biography 1843, - 1920 Henry Leigh was horn December 31, 1843, in Llanelly, South Wales, the son of Samuel and Ann Davis Leigh. He emigrated to America with his family, February 1849, on the ship Buna Vista, with 250 saints on board,...
Henry worked in the store with the idea of saving his earnings, not to be a merchant, but to travel to America to be with other Mormons. Jeter Clinton was in charge of organizing the 402 Saints who boarded the ship Argo. They left England Jan. 10,...
In 1867, Josiah Rogerson, who was schooled in the operation of the telegraph, came from Beaver to Cedar City to give instruction to interested people who could hegin operating the telegraph line in Cedar City. Among those to be instructed were...
In humility before God, together with the rest of my fellow pioneers, I dedicate the ground just surveyed, the surrounding land, the minerals, the water, the timber and grass to the service of God in the manufacture of iron, machinery etc., that...
It spread its fragrance al around l The pleasant spot on which it grew Yet, so lovely and so sweet, 'Twas full of grace and modesty, And strove to hide its loveliness From the rude gaze of passers by. But there was one of beauteous form, Of gracehl...