Pioneers
Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:
Photograph of Salt Lake Temple
The item is a photograph of the Salt Lake Temple. The photograph was taken between the laying of the capstone in April 1892 and the dedication in April 1893. A part of the Salt Lake Tabernacle is barely visible on the left side of the photograph. Trees surround the Temple, but the gardens have not yet been planted. Two ladders and a man can be seen on the west spires.
Pioneer Margaretta Lemon King : came to Utah in 1847
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Margaretta Lemon King was born in Indiana in 1839. Her family soon joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1847. She married Robert Edison King at age 16 in 1855, and they moved to American Fork, Utah, in 1856. Margaretta had 10 children and died in 1922.
Pioneer Oliver Thornton : came to Utah in 1852
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Oliver Thornton was a native of Canada who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and settled in American Fork. He died in 1891 at the age of 85.
Pioneer, Robert Edison King : came to Utah in 1852
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. King was born in 1834 in England and was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age eight. He migrated to the United States and settled for a time in Nauvoo, Illinois. He came to Utah in 1852 and resided in American Fork. He had three wives, many childen, and died in 1921.
Johan Christian Poulsen autobiography and diary
Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary in Danish. The autobiography covers Poulsen's life to 1864 when he began his diary. Poulsen was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1862. He served as a missionary for that faith in Denmark from 1864 to 1866. He migrated to the Utah and settled in Millard County. Also included are patriarchal blessings of family members in English.
Orson Pratt papers and postcard
Handwritten letter to Nelson Pratt concerning the immigration of the Mormon pioneers to Ohio and Utah and the welfare of the Parley and Orson Pratt families. Also includes a handwritten postcard from Milando Pratt to Nelson Pratt concerning the death of Orson Pratt.
Biography of James Whitmore Preston
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Preston was born in 1822 in Massachusetts, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and married Emeline Houston in 1851 in Nauvoo, Illinois. He migrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. He took a second wife, Katherine Nash, and died in 1898.
George Q. Cannon promissory note
Handwritten note promising to pay on demand $103.66 to George P. Cannon for "hand cart shares" and provisions. The item was signed by William Horn. The note was written in Florence, Nebraska on July 6, 1860. Apparently, the note was written by Cannon, including his own name, and endorsed by Horn.
Biography of Lydia Ester Hall Pulley
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Lydia Ester Hall Pulley was born in 1854 in England and migrated to Utah in 1860. She married James Pulley in 1874 and moved to American Fork, Utah.
A record of a company of emigrants
Handwritten records dated 1858 and 1859. These records include information of a company of emigrants from Nebraska City, Nebraska to Genoa, Utah and from Camp Floyd, Utah to Carson Valley, Nevada. Included are accounts of the travels, articles of incorporation, and notes on the meetings of the company. Also included are bound photocopies of the documents.