Author: Kathryn J. Kappler
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478737018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Follow the fascinating true stories of one family through the Mormon pioneer era—stories that follow four generations and several of the author’s family lines as they and their fellow pioneers help shape the early history of the Mormon Church, the American West, and even Mexico. This memorable journey is the culmination of fifteen years of painstaking research as the author carefully reconstructs the pioneer struggles from before 1830 to 1918 using information from family journals, memoirs, histories and letters. Volume II (Pioneering the West/Defending Zion, 1847-1880) continues the history by recounting the family’s involvement in the opening and colonization of the Great Basin. It recounts in detail the dangerous crossing of the plains in covered wagons, with handcarts, and on foot. It tells of explorations, of planting tiny settlements in remote regions, eating roots and rawhide to survive, and fighting insect hordes and hostile Indians. Volume II also tells how the Mormons faced off the U.S. Army, and how they helped build the railroad across the plains. My Own Pioneers is an important work illuminating the legacy of the Mormon pioneers. It is a compilation of true chronological accounts through which their lives, their sacrifices, and their considerable accomplishments, despite terrible hardship, may be honored. With its extensive index, this book provides an excellent research tool for academics as well as history enthusiasts; and it uplifts every reader by showcasing the enduring strength and mighty faith of these pioneers.
My Own Pioneers 1830-1918
Author: Kathryn J. Kappler
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478737018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Follow the fascinating true stories of one family through the Mormon pioneer era—stories that follow four generations and several of the author’s family lines as they and their fellow pioneers help shape the early history of the Mormon Church, the American West, and even Mexico. This memorable journey is the culmination of fifteen years of painstaking research as the author carefully reconstructs the pioneer struggles from before 1830 to 1918 using information from family journals, memoirs, histories and letters. Volume II (Pioneering the West/Defending Zion, 1847-1880) continues the history by recounting the family’s involvement in the opening and colonization of the Great Basin. It recounts in detail the dangerous crossing of the plains in covered wagons, with handcarts, and on foot. It tells of explorations, of planting tiny settlements in remote regions, eating roots and rawhide to survive, and fighting insect hordes and hostile Indians. Volume II also tells how the Mormons faced off the U.S. Army, and how they helped build the railroad across the plains. My Own Pioneers is an important work illuminating the legacy of the Mormon pioneers. It is a compilation of true chronological accounts through which their lives, their sacrifices, and their considerable accomplishments, despite terrible hardship, may be honored. With its extensive index, this book provides an excellent research tool for academics as well as history enthusiasts; and it uplifts every reader by showcasing the enduring strength and mighty faith of these pioneers.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478737018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Follow the fascinating true stories of one family through the Mormon pioneer era—stories that follow four generations and several of the author’s family lines as they and their fellow pioneers help shape the early history of the Mormon Church, the American West, and even Mexico. This memorable journey is the culmination of fifteen years of painstaking research as the author carefully reconstructs the pioneer struggles from before 1830 to 1918 using information from family journals, memoirs, histories and letters. Volume II (Pioneering the West/Defending Zion, 1847-1880) continues the history by recounting the family’s involvement in the opening and colonization of the Great Basin. It recounts in detail the dangerous crossing of the plains in covered wagons, with handcarts, and on foot. It tells of explorations, of planting tiny settlements in remote regions, eating roots and rawhide to survive, and fighting insect hordes and hostile Indians. Volume II also tells how the Mormons faced off the U.S. Army, and how they helped build the railroad across the plains. My Own Pioneers is an important work illuminating the legacy of the Mormon pioneers. It is a compilation of true chronological accounts through which their lives, their sacrifices, and their considerable accomplishments, despite terrible hardship, may be honored. With its extensive index, this book provides an excellent research tool for academics as well as history enthusiasts; and it uplifts every reader by showcasing the enduring strength and mighty faith of these pioneers.
Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: P-Z
Author: Dan L. Thrapp
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803294202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Includes biographical information on 4,500 individuals associated with the frontier
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803294202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Includes biographical information on 4,500 individuals associated with the frontier
Dialogue
Author:
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Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A journal of Mormon thought.
Publisher:
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Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A journal of Mormon thought.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
William B. Smith
Author: Kyle R. Walker
Publisher: Greg Kofford Books
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
2016 Best Biography Award, John Whitmer Historical Association Younger brother of Joseph Smith, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Church Patriarch for a time, William Smith had tumultuous yet devoted relationships with Joseph, his fellow members of the Twelve, and the LDS and RLDS (Community of Christ) churches. Walker's imposing biography examines not only William's complex life in detail, but also sheds additional light on the family dynamics of Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, as well as the turbulent intersections between the LDS and RLDS churches. William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet is a vital contribution to Mormon history in both the LDS and RLDS traditions.
Publisher: Greg Kofford Books
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
2016 Best Biography Award, John Whitmer Historical Association Younger brother of Joseph Smith, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Church Patriarch for a time, William Smith had tumultuous yet devoted relationships with Joseph, his fellow members of the Twelve, and the LDS and RLDS (Community of Christ) churches. Walker's imposing biography examines not only William's complex life in detail, but also sheds additional light on the family dynamics of Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, as well as the turbulent intersections between the LDS and RLDS churches. William B. Smith: In the Shadow of a Prophet is a vital contribution to Mormon history in both the LDS and RLDS traditions.
Gila Monsters and Red-eyed Rattlesnakes
Author: Don Maguire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This opportunity would only last a few years, for the railroads also perceived the economic potential of the region and were moving in.
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This opportunity would only last a few years, for the railroads also perceived the economic potential of the region and were moving in.
Utah, the Right Place
Author: Thomas G. Alexander
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Deseret: A Defense and a Refuge
Author: Jeffery W. Olsen
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1685621961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
In this tale, people scattered throughout the world are woven together in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Forty years after Napoleon’s defeat, the development of modern warfare on the Crimean Peninsula sends reverberations across the globe, alerting all of the growth in technology, the precursor of the US Civil War in weapons and tactics, as well as the needs of multitudes of dispossessed and underrepresented. The shrinking planet is growing crowded. The bumping into one another becomes increasingly violent. Women and men stand to be counted, molded of numerous talents and abilities, striving for relief and equality, demanding rights and opportunity. Slavery, reservations, women’s suffrage, polygamy, and Manifest Destiny are swirled into the murky vat of the United States. Protesting members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known derisively as Mormons, are challenged over religious freedom. Despite the continued criticism heaped upon them for their unique doctrines, missionary work and its effects spread throughout the nation and the earth. The 1850s see the homeland of Deseret plowing against Bloody Kansas, Buchannan’s Blunder, Mountain Meadows, the Sevastopol Policy, the Pony Express, and the Transcontinental Telegraph. These ventures combine with similar troubles and shove the nation into the red-hot furnace of civil war.
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1685621961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
In this tale, people scattered throughout the world are woven together in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Forty years after Napoleon’s defeat, the development of modern warfare on the Crimean Peninsula sends reverberations across the globe, alerting all of the growth in technology, the precursor of the US Civil War in weapons and tactics, as well as the needs of multitudes of dispossessed and underrepresented. The shrinking planet is growing crowded. The bumping into one another becomes increasingly violent. Women and men stand to be counted, molded of numerous talents and abilities, striving for relief and equality, demanding rights and opportunity. Slavery, reservations, women’s suffrage, polygamy, and Manifest Destiny are swirled into the murky vat of the United States. Protesting members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known derisively as Mormons, are challenged over religious freedom. Despite the continued criticism heaped upon them for their unique doctrines, missionary work and its effects spread throughout the nation and the earth. The 1850s see the homeland of Deseret plowing against Bloody Kansas, Buchannan’s Blunder, Mountain Meadows, the Sevastopol Policy, the Pony Express, and the Transcontinental Telegraph. These ventures combine with similar troubles and shove the nation into the red-hot furnace of civil war.
Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies
Author: Davis Bitton
Publisher: Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher: Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Stilson/Stillson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
All persons with this surname in the U.S. are related to Vincent Stilson born ca. 1620 in England/Wales. He is believed to have been in Milford, Conn. in 1646, and in Marblehead, Essex Co., Mass. between 1668 and 1674. He died in Milford in 1690. He was married twice: 1. ca. 1655 to Grace (ca. 1639-1676); 2. to Mary?. He had eight children born between ca. 1656 and 1682. Family has spread across the United States from New York, Vermont, Maine and Connecticut then moving westward. Later generations settled in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Washing- ton, California and elsewhere.
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
All persons with this surname in the U.S. are related to Vincent Stilson born ca. 1620 in England/Wales. He is believed to have been in Milford, Conn. in 1646, and in Marblehead, Essex Co., Mass. between 1668 and 1674. He died in Milford in 1690. He was married twice: 1. ca. 1655 to Grace (ca. 1639-1676); 2. to Mary?. He had eight children born between ca. 1656 and 1682. Family has spread across the United States from New York, Vermont, Maine and Connecticut then moving westward. Later generations settled in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Washing- ton, California and elsewhere.