We go back in time to celebrate sacrifice and success. So, here are fast-food excerpts from years ago.
[2012] We remember the pioneers, some of whom are my Cannon and Rich ancestors. Pioneer stories are intrinsic (“belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing” -- Merriam-Webster) to the history of Utah, as well as other areas all over the world. ... Something close to two thousand Latter-day Saints in thirteen companies had arrived at the Salt Lake Valley before the end of 1847.” -- George Q. Cannon – A Biography (©1999, Deseret Book Company) by Davis Bitton, page 55)
[2013] The highlight of the day for Kay & me was attending, with dear friends who saved second-row seats, the free annual concert put on by Layton City ... Riders in the Sky performed in the amphitheater to a standing-room-only crowd ... and also the fireworks afterward.
[2014] "... the Riches [and Cannons] arrived at their destination ... on October 2, 1847. The company ... numbered about two thousand persons.”(Charles Coulson Rich / Pioneer Builder of the West by John Henry Evans, ©1936, p. 131)
[2017] About ten days of celebration ended on the 24th of July ... We honor the Mormon pioneers who endured the westward trek to Utah, some dying along the way, others arriving in 1847 and subsequent years before the railroad.
[2018] Ben Tullis wrote for the Deseret News (July 23, 2014, seen now on deseretnews.com): “What life was like for the Mormon pioneers after entering the Salt Lake Valley”. ... President Young ... looked down at the Salt Lake Valley from Emigration Canyon on [Saturday] July 24. ... he said, “It is enough. This is the right place. Drive on.”
[2019] Pioneers Close to My Heart: ... Charles C. Rich, an Apostle and a leader in the second group. George Q. Cannon and his siblings ... John Taylor, George Q’s uncle who taught the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Cannon Family in Liverpool, England, 1840. Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, called by President Brigham Young in April 1867, to build strategic Cove Fort at Cove Creek, central Utah. My family and I are grateful for our pioneer heritage. We honor the women, men, and children who endured the trek west “with faith in every footstep”.
