This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson The Prophet Joseph Smith often referred to Eliza R. Snow as “Zion’s poetess.” When she joined…
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ALLEY, George H.
It is not difficult, then, to see this young man fitting perfectly into the scene, when, on April 3, 1860, the riders of the Pony Express began their mad, daring dash between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. He was ideally equipped for this adventure. His career as a "Pony Rider" began when he signed in at the Salt Lake City Station located on the east side of Main Street between First and Second South Streets.
WHITMER, Mary: God Comes to Us
By Rickard D. Kirkham, AVP Pioneer Stories Many of the early saints of the Church were good and faithful people who believed in God and the ministering of angels. It…
CULMER, William Harrison: The Last of the “Dickens’ Boys”
“Billy the Cartwheeler”, does some reminiscing By HELEN MILLER LEHMAN, Improvement Era, July 1938 IN his tiny room in a fraternal home in northern California, sits a white-haired, pink-cheeked old…