Tagged with "Pioneers"
Roll out the red carpet: BYU gets a taste of Hollywood with an early film screening
MR says: *Ephraim's Rescue,* a film about the rescue of the Martin Handcart Company, will be released in just over a week. BYU students will be able to participate in a question and answer session and free screening of the new film “Ephraim’s Rescue” before it opens in theaters. “Ephraim’s...
'Ephraim's Rescue' Official Trailer - from the Makers of '17 Miracles'
MR says: We're pretty excited about this one. It will be released this summer.
Black History Month: Talking about LDS pioneer Jane James
MR says: A really interesting piece. Good reading, especially if you're unfamiliar with this black LDS pioneer. ane James haunts me. Not in the way you’re thinking—I don’t see her ghostly specter on cold evenings, or hear her humming a tune in the other room as I’m trying to sleep. What I mean is...
Missionaries march in freezing temperatures to commemorate Nauvoo exodus
MR says: This is actually really cool to read about. There are some great pictures at the full story. Bracing themselves against a stiff February wind blowing across the frozen Mississippi, modern-day descendants of the Latter-day Saints who were forced to cross the river in 1846 and others assembled in...
Church History Museum: 'Pioneer Christmas' celebration
The Church History Museum and the Pioneer Heritage Company are partners again this year to produce "Pioneer Christmas: A Time for Celebration." This family program will be held in the museum auditorium Saturday, Dec. 8. Performances are at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. For reservations, call...
How early Mormons shaped Utah
Mitt Romney's run for president has drawn new attention to Mormonism, but if you really want to learn about the church and its roots in Utah, the Romney you may want to talk to is the candidate’s distant cousin Clive. Clive Romney (he and the Republican nominee share a great-grandfather, Miles...
Co-founder of the National Mormon Trail Foundation dies at 75
The co-founder of the National Mormon Trail Foundation, C. Booth Wallentine, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 24. He was 75. Wallentine was involved with many organizations throughout his life, such as the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, the Utah Council on Economic Education, the Utah Board of...
Exploring diets of Mormon pioneers
MR says: This new book explores the history and relationship Mormon pioneers had with food. From molasses to corn cakes, the food our ancestors ate is an important part of history and can tell a story in itself. “Pioneers were eating all kinds of surprising and interesting things. Brigham Young liked...
Walking in footsteps of their Mormon ancestors – sort of
MR says: More and more media outlets seem to be covering the trend of Mormon youth pioneer treks. Here's yet another story. Two hundred forty human figures moved across the field, working, playing, gossiping, preparing their wagons for the next leg of their trek from Manchester to Raymond – over three...
Canada's Mormon town, Cardston thrives for 125 years
MR says: Pretty photo gallery. In heart, soul, history and demographics, it is every bit as much Mormon country as anywhere in Utah, yet Cardston is some 735 miles to the north, just over the Canadian border on the rangeland and prairie of Alberta. The location of one of the Church's oldest temples,...
Mormon Media Observer: Reporters still neglect story of the Mormon trek
MR says: Pioneer treks are showing up in more places than the West. Italy, Siberia, and other parts of the world are hosting treks for their youth, too. While journalists have told tens of thousands of news stories involving members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — often referred to as...
Living History: Pioneer generosity shines in a time of need
MR says: This is a great story from pioneer history. I love reading about the small miracles. The early years of Anglo settlement in the Salt Lake Valley were years of shortages. Some later told their children that seagulls had beaten back the crickets one year and saved part of the growing grain, but the...
SPONSORED: Worldwide Release of New Youth Video “Rise and Shine” from artist Wayne Burton
The new video is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Well known LDS singer and songwriter Wayne Burton has just released a brand new song for youth titled “Rise and Shine." Written for the Church-wide youth theme “Arise and Shine,” this single calls to all of us, young and...
Mormons around the globe re-enact pioneer trek
MR says: Mormon pioneer trek re-enactments are showing up in more than Utah and the Intermountain West but across the nation as well as in distant places such as Mongolia, Siberia and Japan. On the first day of a long-awaited pioneer trek re-enactment in 2011, 44 eager Mormon teens from Milan, Italy, were...
Flake descendant ironically embodies LDS, pioneer history
MR says: 165 years later, a pioneer story has new meaning for a modern Mormon family. When Brigham Young first entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, he did so in the back of a fine, white carriage donated to the Mormon pioneer leader by a faithful follower, James Madison Flake. Young was ill...
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