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...ht|alt=The Wasatch Front|frame|Part of the Wasatch Range, the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains]] ...and salt flats in Bonneville Desert. Archaeologists have found a plethora of fossils and dinosaur bones and footprints.

...the Relief Society, the women's organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] ...18 who are married or are single mothers, are welcomed into the sisterhood of Relief Society.

...sacre.com/ Mountain Meadow Massacre], as it is known, has remained a topic of interest and controversy as Mormons and historians struggle to understand t ...ed all of what would become California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of modern-day Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.)

...ticle reports a few of the favorable reactions and support that the Church of Jesus Christ received. ...iative that amended the state constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. In a move that may make gay-rights supporters' heads

...was of German descent. George's father was a master tailor in the West End of London. ...discovered, in the ground, some plates which he had translated by the help of the Urim and Thummim. George had been told by someone that the Urim and Thu

* [[Brett Helquist]]: Illustrator (illustrated ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' novels). * [[Tom Holdman]]: Creator of stained glass, which appears in temples and buildings throughout the world.

...haps the most active missionary program of any world church. As of the end of 2022 the Church had 62,544 full-time teaching missionaries, 27,070 senior c ...w-the-missionary-age-change-announcement-changed-the-work.html] By the end of 2013, the total would be 83,035.[https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2022

...g The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], announced the building of a temple in Rome, Italy. ...on of the colonnades and columns. And that started this very early concept of a curved church, a curved temple, and temple building both on the exterior

...alued the covenants he made in the [[Temple|temple]] more than the desires of society. ...are; my boyhood a tragedy."<ref>Quoted in [[Truman G. Madsen]], ''Defender of the Faith: The B. H. Roberts Story'' (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1980),1.</

==A Period of Peace and Growth== ...he end of this period, just after World War II, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was set to become an international church.

...takes him on a tour. They enter a long hall with doors lining either side of it. ...e Buddists reading the The Diamond Sutra. In the next room contains people of various Islamic faiths reading the Qur'an, and the next has Catholics readi

...that the members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]—known as Mormons—be driven from the state or extermi :"Headquarters of the Militia,"

...humb|<center><span style="color:#0D8ED3">St. George Utah Temple. The first of four pioneer-era temples.</span></center>]] ...ter the death of [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] Located in the city of St. George, Utah, it was the first Latter-day Saint temple built in the Rocky Mountains. It

...Saints], announced the '''Calgary Alberta Temple''' in the opening session of the 178th Semiannual [[General Conference]] on 4 October 2008. ...adjacent to the Royal Oak Chapel in northwest Calgary. Over 18,000 members of the Church in 6 [[stake]]s will use the temple.

...urch Historian and Recorder|Church Historian and General Church Recorder]] of the Church from 1854 to 1871. In 1873 he was appointed and sustained as Tru ...google.com/books?id=fNkBAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA35&as_brr=1#PRA2-PA35,M1 History of Salt Lake City, 1886], by Edward William Tullidge (pp. 35–36).==

...thumb|<center><span style="color:#0D8ED3">Cedar City Utah Temple (Courtesy of Bobby Valero)</span></center>|right]] ...n]] announced the construction of a Latter-day Saint temple in Cedar City, Utah.

...Patriarch]] of the Church from 1937 to 1942 and [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] from May 25, 1945, until his death. ...s [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|President of the Quorum of the Twelve]] from 1898 to 1899.

...de the stone wall just east of the ''Deseret News'' corner. He was the son of President [[Daniel H. Wells]] and Louisa Free. ...ct, Professor Monch and later by Dr. [[Karl G. Maeser]]. Under the tuition of these educators he took a scientific and classical course, such as was at t

...f the Seventy]][[Category:General Authority Seventies]][[Category:Regional representatives]][[Category:Assistants to the Twelve]] ...Twelve Apostles]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] from July 1981 until his death in July 2004.

...uncil of the Seventy at that time. Later it would be called the Presidency of the Seventy.[https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Seventy#First_Council_of_the_Sev ...enter and joiner trade, and his education was confined to a limited period of time.

...Wilford Woodruff]] said that he would “use my influence with the members of the Church over which I preside to have them do likewise.”[https://www.ch ...nd of the practice were directed by revelation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operates on revelation from God.

...irst Presidency]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...established during the migration westward and is now within the boundaries of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

...of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], serving as a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] from 1900 until his death in 1941. ...and the Smoot Investment Company. He also served as a director of ZCMI and of the Deseret Savings Bank in Salt Lake City.

...and organization of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He was born at Leek, Staffordshire, England on December 23, 1816. At the age of thirteen, he clerked at a law office. After eight years there, he began wor

...le]] of the Lord for [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] who earlier in his life, in 1849, was sent on a mission ...n Richelieu" by the press. He was also five-time Territorial Delegate from Utah[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Q._Cannon].

...|<div align="left"><span style="color:#0D8ED3">A rendering of the Syracuse Utah Temple. ©2021 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.</span></d ...is County, following the [[Bountiful Utah Temple]] (1995) and the [[Layton Utah Temple]] (preparing for dedication).

...dent and took up boxing. In 2018 he was selected to the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. ...as elected in 1982 to the first of two terms in the United States House of Representatives.

...''[[Journal of Discourses]]'' '''6''':320 and Heber C. Kimball, ''Journal of Discourses'' '''6''':29.</ref> ...p of [[Pioneers|Mormon pioneers]] from [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, to the [[Utah|Utah Territory]].

...served as vice president of the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America. ...nd was a lawyer. He also served two terms as a member of the Utah House of Representatives.

...discussed; his close relationship with [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]]; and the rise of his leadership following Smith's death. ...Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] when he was young, and they came to [[Utah]] Territory in 1864 in [[William B. Preston]]'s [[Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]]

'''Ernest James Istook Jr.''' was a U.S. representative for the state of Oklahoma and held his congressional seat from January 3, 1993 to January 3, ...Warr Acres Chamber of Commerce. In 2006, he ran for governor of the state of Oklahoma.

...is a former United States Congressman from the 14th district in the State of California. ...d. In November 1978, he was elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives where he served through January 3, 1991. He had been re-elected five times

...to fight alcohol abuse. He also served in the Church as managing director of Public Affairs, bishop, and stake president. ...s from 1972 to 1976. He was also director of the University of Utah Bureau of Community Development and an adjunct professor at [[Brigham Young Universit

...general president of the [[Relief Society]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often mistakenly called the Mormon Church. She served i ...edical books, since she saw many, including her own mother, suffer because of poor medical care.

...on. He also lost in his initial attempt to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He was the 1988 nominee for the U.S. Senate. ...ervices and the Pocatello, Idaho, City Council. He also served as chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party.

.... She is best known for her devotion to art and encouraging the artists of Utah. ...t in art. At age fourteen, Alice entered the University of Utah|University of Deseret and pursued classes in art, art education, literature, and writing.

...including president of the Arizona Tempe Mission, Regional Representative of the Twelve, stake president, bishop, and patriarch. ...a younger brother of [[Bruce R. McConkie]], a past member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]].

'''David S. King''' was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963, and again from 1965 to 1967, a time when civil rights le ...r three years. He was appointed by U.S. president Jimmy Carter as director of the World Bank.

...of Representatives from 1973 to 1975 and from 1987 to 1993. He represented Utah’s 2nd congressional district. ...e also served as Western states coordinator for the presidential campaigns of both Robert Kennedy (1968) and Edward Kennedy (1980). He was a delegate to

..., the Society became incorporated and affiliated with the National Council of Women. ...rsecutions heaped on [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].

.... He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...rve gas storage facility, and securing funding for the further development of Capitol Reef National Park, Glen Canyon, Arches, and Zion National Park.

...t the time that Governor Herbert selected him to step into the office. The Utah Senate unanimously confirmed him. ...nth governor of the State of Utah in the November election with 63 percent of the vote.

...daughters’ education equaled that of her sons’, despite the inequality of the era. Their home was often filled with “artists, lecturers, school adm In 1916, [[George H. Brimhall]], president of [[Brigham Young University|Brigham Young Academy]], asked Algie to serve a

...e 22, 1915, in Stanley, Arizona, on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, one of ten children, including brother [[Lyman Tenney]]. He grew up in rural Arizo ...es in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 10, 1939, and they became the parents of eight children.

...presentatives from 1973 to 1980; he was Speaker of the House the last year of his term. Hansen ran for governor of the state of Utah in 2004 but was defeated at the Republican convention by [[Jon Huntsman, Jr

...venty]] from October 6, 1985, until August 15, 1987, and in the Presidency of the Seventy from August 15, 1995, until August 15, 1998. ...o 1998. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the Boy Scouts of America for his work to integrate [[Scouting]] into the Church’s Young Me

...March 22, 1972, in Landstuhl, West Germany, and was raised in Castle Dale, Utah. During his high school years, he was named All-State three times and earne ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], of which he is a member. After his mission to Australia, he decided to enter t

...f [[Utah]], serving from January 4, 1909, to January 1, 1917. He was Chair of the National Governors Association from August 24, 1915, to December 14, 19 ...ilson to reconsider the impending execution of Joe Hill (who was convicted of murder in a controversial trial) and allowed the execution to take place on

...ea Authority, [[Area Seventy]], [[Regional Representative]], and president of the Norway Oslo Mission (1990–1993). He also served a full-time mission t ...den, Utah. When he was ten years old, his father bought a farm in northern Utah and Halverson spent his youth helping with the animals.

...job almost requires a marriage. It’s like being married to the House of Representatives, and I want to go back and be a father, grandfather, and husband again.”[ ...he temple: "I learned that when you pray to the Lord and you get some kind of an answer and confirmation, you better believe it. The confirmation I recei

...passengers “down and back” from Missouri to Utah. He built a carriage house in Beaver and the structure was relocated in 2000 to the [[This Is the Plac ...m 1861 to 1863. In 1864 he went to Beaver where he was the first president of the Beaver Stake (1869–1891), was ordained a patriarch, and essentially r

...hrist of Latter-day Saints]. She is also remembered for her service in the Utah State Legislature from 1988 to 1991. ...[Norman Bangerter]] appointed Hales to fill a vacancy in the Utah House of Representatives. In the following November election, she was voted into the slot and served

...he 2002 Olympics. He represented the organizing committee on the first leg of the international Olympic torch relay after the flame lit in Olympia, Greec ...t Rice-Eccles Stadium. He founded the Keys to Success program to encourage Utah students to focus on education.

...ouncil of Fifty]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...o [[Joseph Smith]]. He lived with the Smiths for a time and delivered some of [[Emma Hale Smith|Emma’s]] children.

...was one of the Prophet [[Joseph Smith]]’s closest friends. Within a year of their arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, they were called to colonize an area ...ayor of Ogden and president of the Weber Stake, so Sarah’s home was full of many children and visitors, including Native Americans who pitched their te

...]], would later serve in that quorum and would eventually become president of the Church. ...tish Isles, the Sandwich Islands, and Scandinavia, as well as later in the Utah Territory. He also worked on the [[Nauvoo Temple]] and served in several le

...the third woman and first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from Utah. ...n Salt Lake City and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. She then obtained her law degree from [[Brigham Young University]].

...ent of the [[Daughters of Utah Pioneers]]. She served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915, and in 1921. ...ther published and edited. In 1883 she wrote ''The History and Objectives of the Relief Society'' and co-authored the ''Relief Society Handbook''.

...y sought for political office in the state. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 1997 to January 2001. ...the Salt Lake County Commission. He lost each time. He ran for governor of Utah twice, the first in 1988 and the second in 1992; he placed third and second

...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], of which she was a member. ...nal Silver Antelope Award at the National Court of Honor by the Boy Scouts of America in New Orleans.

...ily Dental Practice in Blackfoot, Idaho, before entering the U.S. House of Representatives. He has served since 1999 in Idaho’s Second Congressional District. ...and Labor, Health and Human Services and Education. He also serves on the House Budget Committee.

...3 to 1975. He served in the Utah State Senate from January 1997 to the end of December 2000. ...served a part-time mission at the [[Missionary Training Center]] in Provo, Utah.

...She was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. .... She was unsuccessful, however, but she was elected to be the co-chairman of the Young Republican Organization for eleven western states for a two-year

...Lockhart was past Chair of the Legislative District. She was also a member of the Republican State Central Committee. ...16 Gubernatorial Election. However, tragically, she began developing signs of an illness before Thanksgiving that put her into the hospital a few days af

...aslind]] and [[Robert K. Dellenbach]]. He also served as general president of the organization. From 2005 to 2008, Hammond served as president of the [[Washington D.C. Temple]]. He also presided over the Bolivia Cochabamb

...nd he resigned. A map of the district misled him and about 2,500 residents of that district. ...arty chairman Thomas Wright. Governor Herbert nominated Richardson and the Utah Senate confirmed her for her current appointment on the State Records Commi

...esus Christ of Latter-day Saints], and a Utah Congressman. He was a member of the Cannon political family. ...served as first assistant to [[George Q. Morris]], general superintendent of the [[Young Men]]’s Mutual Improvement Association. He served there until

...will retire from Congress midway through his sixth term in office serving Utah’s 2nd District, after “an orderly transition can be ensured.” He indi ...acle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World''. He is the author of the Great and Terrible fiction series.

...candidate to back his independent run at Lee — an unprecedented move in Utah politics, perhaps anywhere. McMullin has gone hard after Lee, especially on ...ed and doesn’t even have a girlfriend,’ the ad targeting about 200,000 Utah residents said, among other things.”[https://www.deseret.com/2022/9/2/232

...entatives from Utah from 1991 to 1997. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for Utah governor in 2000. ...and juris doctorate degrees from [[Brigham Young University]]. At the age of sixteen, he was hired by the Internal Revenue Service and continued to work

...r. He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...d for [[Brigham Young University]]. He was voted freshman defensive player of the year and as a sophomore was a first team All-American. As a senior at B

...a's 1st district from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2001. He was a member of the Arizona Senate from January 3, 1991, to January 3, 1995. ...his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, and his Master of Public Administration from [[Brigham Young University]].

[[Image:Matilda_Cahoon.jpg|200px|thumb|frame|Matilda at the time of her college graduation|right]] ...hared her talents in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and through teaching.

...2018, 2016, and 2014. During the 2016 legislative session he served as the House Minority Leader. ...wyer and a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].

...ffice, he was Utah's only Democratic congressman, and his district was one of the most Republican-leaning districts to be represented by a Democrat. ...ribune'' said, “it suggests that Matheson is just what he says he is—a Utah Democrat.”