{"id":1175,"date":"2011-12-24T18:08:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T01:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2012-05-15T19:40:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T02:40:52","slug":"utah-pioneer-day-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=1175","title":{"rendered":"Utah Pioneer Day, 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Click<\/a>Utah’s Mormon pioneers
\n who entered Great Salt Lake
\n Valley 128 years ago might be
\n surprised by the flourishing
\n sateof today.
\n It could be a happy surprise
\n for many. The Saints of 1847
\n and succeeding years made
\n the “desert blossom as a
\n rose.” but succeeding
\n generations have added
\n industry, expanded education,
\n and progress on some fronts
\n the pioneers perhaps could not
\n laveforr-seen,
\n liue there are things to be
\n dune – pollution to tame.
\n poverty to deal with. buildings
\n to build. payrolls to develop.
\n cultural activites to promote.
\n Bit generally Utah can look
\n back on over a century and a
\n quarter of satisfying growth
\n andprogress. ”
\n Perhaps unlike any other
\n state. Utah was founded as a
\n spiritual empire. with religion
\n as the prime motive. Others
\n went on to California to find
\n wealth in gold and land but
\n generally the Mormons stayed
\n with the soil in Utah Territory
\n and the wisdom of this has
\n beenevident.
\n Utahis own holiday –
\n Honeer Day. the 24th of July
\n – mas being commemorated
\n in lively fashion today. with
\n the “Days of ’47” celebration
\n at Salt lake City. Fiesta Days
\n at Spanish Fork. and major
\n Pioneer Day oriented acti-
\n vities at Mapleton. Many other
\n communities. of course, also
\n areholdingcelebrations.
\n Provo’s commemoration
\n cane earlier in the week when
\n nearly 300 persons gathered at
\n Eldred Center fora dinner and
\n program sponsored by the
\n Carter Utah County Board.
\n Ilaugiters of Utah Pioners.
\n with city and county officials
\n and officials of the Sons and
\n Daughters of Pioneers of
\n Provo participating. Tributes
\n were paid the pioneers.
\n Throughout each
\n commermration is woven the
\n significance of the 24th of July
\n – the day in 1847 when
\n Brigiam Young and his party
\n arrived in Great Salt Lake
\n Valley, following the advance
\n ard main units of the first
\n picneer company into the
\n valley.
\n Vlhth a whole parade of
\n wagon trains arriving in
\n succeeding years, Brigham’s
\n ooloniration policy was put
\n into effect and colonies fanned
\n out through the state,
\n establishing settlements
\n ‘lhe first colony of settlers of
\n the Provo area arriveed on the
\n banlm of the river April 1, 1849
\n and two days later started
\n building a fort for protection
\n against the Indians. Other
\n settlements were established
\n quickly across the valley.
\n Fort Utah at Provo. first
\n located just south of the river
\n at some point in the vicinity of
\n the Geneva Road. was moved
\n a year later to the
\n approximate location of
\n today’s North Pa rk.
\n ‘lhat was the beginning.
\n Today. the cities of the area
\n are bustling with progress
\n Continued growth and
\n expansion is forecast.
\n It’s a far cry. all right. from
\n t.he beautiful though desolate
\n area the pioneers found. Who
\n can say exactly what kind of
\n ciues the pioneers of 1847 and
\n 1849 envisioned? One thing is
\n obvious. they left their mark
\n and much of their own
\n indtstry. culture. and spiritual
\n values still bear their imprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Utah’s Mormon pioneers who entered Great Salt Lake Valley 128 years ago might be surprised by the flourishing sateof today. It could be a happy surprise for many. The Saints of 1847 and succeeding years made the “desert blossom as a rose.” but succeeding generations have added industry, expanded education, and progress on some fronts… Continue reading Utah Pioneer Day, 1975<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,14,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}