Indexed. Biography/stories with photos, family information, and genealogies of 1500 men who settled throughout the West, beginning in early 1800s. This is the story of a people driven by an unquenchable need to find freedom. In wagons, handcarts, on horseback ,and on foot they traveled mile after mile across the United States to a remote territory they only envisioned. Courage and determination drove these pioneers day after day, amidst incredible hardships, deprivations, deaths and yes, even romance and happiness. These are the people who actually lived the pioneer stories told again and again to children and adults now living in a fast-paced, highly developed society, a legacy begun by their forebears. These men, women, and children contributed much to the settling and building of the West. This work is sponsored by the National Society for Sons Of Utah Pioneers and is a collection of life histories and genealogies of these 1500 men and their families.
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CONQUERORS OF THE WEST: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers
This is the story of a people driven by an unquenchable need to find freedom. In wagons, handcarts, on horseback ,and on foot they traveled mile after mile across the United States to a remote territory they only envisioned. Courage and determination drove these pioneers day after day, amidst incredible hardships, deprivations, deaths and yes, even romance and happiness. These are the people who actually lived the pioneer stories told again and again to children and adults now living in a fast-paced, highly developed society a legacy begun by their forebears. These men, women, and children contributed much to the settling and building of the West. This work is sponsored by the National Society for Sons Of Utah Pioneers and is a collection of life histories and genealogies of these 1500 men and their families. Florence C. Youngberg Editor
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"Should we not lift the heroic story of early Mormon pioneering from musty archives and make it live again, that we may better sense the accomplishments of our honored forebearers, and thereby better understand the requirements of our own times?" Anonymous
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Peter, his wife Margaretha, and three children came to New York in 1859 and settled in Pikes Pond, N.Y. for four years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
west with the saints, handcart company, polygamous wife, endowment house, tithing office, road supervisor, shoemaking trade, trek west Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Utah Arrived, New York, Utah Born, England Parents, Utah Married, Mary Ann, Brigham Young, England Died, West Jordan, Spanish Fork, Fountain Green, Box Elder, Council Bluffs, Spring City, Winter Quarters, Pleasant Grove, England Born, American Fork, Heber City, Utah Died, Utah Parents, Calls Fort, Mormon Battalion, Mill Creek, Utah John New!
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Peter, his wife Margaretha, and three children came to New York in 1859 and settled in Pikes Pond, N.Y. for four years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
west with the saints, handcart company, polygamous wife, endowment house, tithing office, road supervisor, shoemaking trade, trek west Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Utah Arrived, New York, Utah Born, England Parents, Utah Married, Mary Ann, Brigham Young, England Died, West Jordan, Spanish Fork, Fountain Green, Box Elder, Council Bluffs, Spring City, Winter Quarters, Pleasant Grove, England Born, American Fork, Heber City, Utah Died, Utah Parents, Calls Fort, Mormon Battalion, Mill Creek, Utah John New!
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