Come to know our fathers, and turn our hearts to them. The following is a complete list of the pioneers of 1847, alphabetically arranged. Day by day with the utah pioneers, 1847 a chronological record of the treck across the plains. Sons of utah pioneers memorial gallery index cards. Archaeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of native americans in utah to about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Farr in the book of the pioneers volume 1 utah semicentennial commission, 1897, 233. Mormons, miners, padres, mountain men, and the openi. Latter day publications, 2008 frontier and pioneer life 232 pages. Mormon pioneers about to enter salt lake valley, july 24, 1847. This map of the mormon pioneers features their progress from nauvoo, illinois to salt lake city, utah and was originally produced in 1899 by millroy and hayes. Utah pioneers book publishing company collection cdl. Information found within this database includes the pioneer s name, birth date, birthplace, death date, death place, and name of the pioneer company he or she traveled with. Prominent men are stake presidents, ward bishops, governors, members of the bench, etc.
Pioneers and prominent men of utah brigham young university. Sons of the utah pioneers, biography files rz, 15481947. Learn more the pioneer database project began more than 30 years ago as staff at the church history library began to explore ways to help researchers better understand the experience of the latterday saints as they crossed the plains to the great basin between. Each year on july 24, utah residents celebrate pioneer day, the anniversary of the day that brigham young and the first group of mormon. The utah semicentennial commission, the book of the. Trails to utah and the pacific diaries and letters, 18461869. A history of salt lake county, utah, 1847 1900 daughters of utah pioneers on. It contains a summary of all known mormon pioneers there are 55,600 of them and how many of them have profiles on geni. Mormons, mormon pioneers, biography, accessible book. A chronological record of the trek across the plains by andrew jenson.
Each company is listed under its captains name, and basic information is provided including a photograph of the captain, where available. Preserve the memory and heritage of the early pioneers of the utah territory and the western u. Store national society of the sons of utah pioneers. Volumes 8 to 12 include the lists of immigrants from 1847 to 1851. Each month features a message from the national president, news, announcements, pioneer stories, upcoming events, chapter meeting.
The mormon pioneers viewed their arrival as the founding of a mormon homeland, hence pioneer day. The database now contains information on more than 61,000 pioneers and 384 wagon and handcart companies. Day by day with the utah pioneers, 1847 a chronological. If you have additions or corrections please contact me stephenie flora. From utah in her western setting book, by milton r. Brigham young vanguard company 1847 pioneer overland. Jun 25, 2019 the valley was uninhabited and these early pioneers had to create a civilization from the few raw materials that existed and what they brought with them.
Overland diaries and letters, 18461869 external from the brigham young university digital collections links to diaries, maps, photos, illustrations, and published guides for immigrants that provide information on the pioneers who trekked westward across america to utah, montana, and the pacific between 1847 and the meeting of. As you see from the images above, the original signatures and personal notes of the surviving pioneers make these books unique in character and of universal interest. Pioneers and prominent men of utah this is a large book and i have not been through it yet but have had occasion to look at the copy in the local library. These records are housed in the utah state archives permanent storage room. Young, utah pioneer, 1847 by young, john r 3 editions. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. It gives place and time of birth and death of most of the members, and also the present whereabouts of surviving pioneers. It also touches a corner of new mexico in the southeast. Books of mormon for pioneer day boston public library. This project covers all 2,157 mormon pioneers that arrived in utah in 1847. Jul 24, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The source for this table is the historical resource study. Book of the pioneers questionnaires utah state archives utah.
Library of congress search everything audio recordings books printed material films, videos legislation manuscriptsmixed material maps notated music newspapers periodicals personal narratives photos, prints, drawings software, eresources archived web sites web pages 3d. He returned to missssippi and brought his family to utah in 1848. A chronological record of the trek across the plains. Joseph smith in the sacred grove sons of utah pioneers. All competing young women were high school graduates ages 1825 are descendants of utah pioneers who came into or was born in the state of deseretutah territory between july 24, 1847, and may 10, 1869. Mormon pioneer national historical trail, pages 6150 by stanley b. By the end of 1847, approximately 2,000 people had migrated to what would become the state of utah. Over the next 22 years, more than 70,000 pioneers crossed the plains and settled in utah.
This summary page is auto updated and is not editable but will contain the totals from all of the individual year arrivals. Heritage gateways official sesquicentennial k12 education project sponsored by the utah state board of education, the byupublic school partnership and the utah education network. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Pioneer, hymnist, clerk of the 1846 and 1847 camp of pioneers, author of famous guidebook. Biographies, genealogies, and photographs of important utahns. Big game, including bison, mammoths and ground sloths, also were attracted to these water sources. Campbell establishing zion is a masterpiece of critical scholarship and represents one of the few attempts to objectively reveal the role of the mormon church. Utah mormon pioneer overland travel database, 18471868 description each company is listed under its captains name, and basic information is provided including a photograph of the captain, where available.
This database is an index to the biography files which have been turned in to the sons of utah pioneers library. Honor presentday pioneers worldwide who exemplify these same qualities of character. In 1847 a tired group of pioneers stood at emigration canyon gazing at the valley of the great salt lake. Apr 25, 2020 images and index of the portraits from frank esshoms pioneers and prominent men of utah. Jul 27, 2019 the expedition, more than 10,000 pioneers strong, set up camp in presentday western iowa while young led a vanguard company across the rocky mountains to investigate utahs great salt lake. Young and the first band of mormon pioneers reached the salt lake valley on july 24, 1847. Early in the mexicanamerican war in late 1846, the united states had taken control of new mexico and california. Pioneers 18471868 and prominent men stake presidents, bishops, etc. Violence and disruptive behavior on the difficult trail to. A collection of genealogical profiles related to mormon pioneers 1847. D, may 1991, united states department of the interiornational park service. All competing young women were high school graduates ages 1825 are descendants of utah pioneers who came into or was born in the state of deseret utah territory between july 24, 1847, and may 10, 1869. Book of the pioneers questionnaires utah state archives. This bibliography is largely restricted to the mormon pioneer national historic trail, the route of the pioneers of 1846 1847 between nauvoo, illinois, and salt lake city, utah, for the period 18461869.
Trail excerpt transcribed from pioneer history collection available at pioneer memorial museum daughters of utah pioneers museum, salt lake city, utah. The paperback of the day by day with the utah pioneers, 1847. The mormon pioneers were members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church, also known as latterday saints, who migrated in the mid1840s across the united states from the midwest to the salt lake valley in what is today the u. Pioneer day, celebrated on july 24, is an official state holiday in utah in the united states. Utah, pioneers and prominent men of utah, 18471868. Brigham young was the second president of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lds church from 1847 until his death in 1877.
A great presentation of day by day accounts of the first mormon pioneers to arrive in the salt lake valley in 1847. Sons of the utah pioneers, biography files hp, 15481947. If you have pictures of your ancestor that you are willing to share i would love to add them to the photo gallery. Pioneers and prominent men of utah comprising photographs genealogies biographies. A revision of the account published april 5, 1897 to july 24, 1897 in the salt lake tribune jenson, andrew on. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies salt lake city. About sons of utah pioneers card index, 18471850 this database is an index of people who came to utah between 1847 and 1850. Paleolithic people lived near the great basins swamps and marshes, which had an abundance of fish, birds, and small game animals. Utah mormon pioneer overland travel database, 18471868. Trail marker newsletter national society of the sons of.
Utah pioneer jubilee porcelain goblet 1847 1897 eborn books. Their leader, president of the church of latterday saints, brigham young, said, this is the place. About utah, pioneer index, 1850 this database is a transcription of a card index that takes up three drawers at the sons of utah pioneers headquarters in salt lake city. The questionnaires make up the largest portion of both volumes of the book of the pioneers. Yet it is more than the signatures that makes these pages so valuable. Commemoration of the arrival of the first band of pioneers into the valley of great salt lake, july 24th, 1847. The arrival of latterday saints in the valley of the. Completing a treacherous thousandmile exodus, an ill and exhausted brigham young and fellow members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints arrived in utahs great salt lake valley on july 24, 1847. It contains information on the pioneers who entered the salt lake valley between 1847 and 1850. Membership applications for the sons of utah pioneers.
Not every pioneer expressed excitement over the first view of the great salt lake valley in 1847. From the life of john clark dowdlehumor on the plains when people think of the experience of the pioneers, often the stories that come to mind are those of hunger, deprivation, and suffering. Tells the stories of mormon families and other pioneers as they moved westward across the united states to utah, montana, and the pacific between 1847 and 1869. Utah was mexican territory when the first pioneers arrived in 1847. Database from the lds church history library containing a compilation of names obtained from rosters and other reliable sources of individuals who immigrated to utah during this twodecade period. Mormons used many other trails not covered, or only briefly treated, in this bibliography. Route of the mormon pioneers from nauvoo to great salt lake, feby 1846july 1847. A chronological record of the trek across the plains jensen, andrew on. The topic of violence and disruptive behavior on the mormon trail has not been adequately studied. The official journal of the brigham young pioneer company is made available for the first time in this book.
The expedition, more than 10,000 pioneers strong, set up camp in presentday western iowa while young led a vanguard company across the rocky mountains to investigate utahs great salt lake. This collection does not include the additional material from the volume. Click to read more about day by day with the utah pioneers, 1847. The other side has a wagon entering the salt lake valley and states sons of the utah pioneers. Publication date 19 topics mormon church, utah biography, utah genealogy publisher salt lake city, utah. Pioneers 1847 1868 and prominent men stake presidents, bishops. Teach these same qualities to the youth who will be tomorrows. Derived from source materials from the collections of brigham young university, members of the utah.
The pioneer camp of the saints the 1846 and 1847 mormon trail. It commemorates the entry of brigham young and the first group of mormon pioneers into utahs salt lake valley, which took place on july 24, 1847. The trail marker newsletter is distributed monthly via email and is the official communications link between the national sons of utah pioneers and its membership, as well as nonmembers who would like to receive it. Trails to utah and the pacific diaries and letters, 1846.
He went to texas in 1847 and was disfellowshipped in 1848. Sons of utah pioneers card index, 18471850 ancestry. It is bordered by colorado to the east, wyoming to the northeast, idaho to the north, arizona to the south, and nevada to the west. Western american trail history got a boost in 1979 when john unruh published the plains across, which was arguably the first book to provide an overall history of migration across the american west from 1840 to 1860.
Brigham young was the second president of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church from 1847 until his death in 1877. Features 49 diaries, 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and seven published guides for immigrants. Home about join calendar news chapters pioneer magazine trail marker stories monuments store contact shipping for all items has been calculated for one item purchases only. He and the other two came with brigham youngs pioneer company in 1847. Book of the pioneers, digital copy of the 1897 pioneer jubilee book with blanks. Pioneers are those men and women who came to utah by wagon, hand cart or afoot, between july 24, 1847, and december 30, 1868, before the railroad. Derived from source materials from the collections of brigham young university, members of the utah academic libraries. This bibliography is largely restricted to the mormon pioneer national historic trail, the route of the pioneers of 18461847 between nauvoo, illinois, and salt lake city, utah, for the period 18461869.
Unpaginated blank souvenir book with clipped newspaper articles depicting the. The other spreadsheet is called 1847 1868 mormon pioneer arrivals totals. The 1847 company had a militarylike organization, which is captured by ronald. Pioneers and prominent men of utah by esshom, frank ellwood, b. William clayton served as historian and secretary for the pioneers, keeping a detailed journal of the wagon trains journey. He returned home, took 4 blacks to winter quarters 1947, two of which died on the way. This series contains a twovolume set entitled the book of the pioneers and described on the title page as a record of those who arrived in the valley of the great salt lake during the year 1847. Mormon pioneer overland travel 18471868 the most complete index of. If you have interest in historically accurate reports of the day by day pioneering required to cross raw wilderness and begin to settle a vacant land, this is a good place to increase your understanding. Campbell establishing zion is a masterpiece of critical scholarship and represents one of the few attempts to objectively reveal the role of the mormon church in the american west during the years 1847 to 1869. This database is an index of people who came to utah between 1847 and 1850. Images and index of the portraits from frank esshoms pioneers and prominent men of utah. One side depicts joseph smith, the mormon prophet, in the sacred grove.