July 24th is Utah’s unique holiday. It commemorates the arrival of religious pioneers fleeing persecution in the Midwest. For many in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their arrival ...

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a standard crossing-the-Plains narrative: Pioneers traversed the Mississippi River on the ice led by Brigham Young. Everything was well ...

A trailblazing researcher in the study of early Latter-day Saint women, including the faith's female Relief Society, has died ...

For many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pioneer Day is more than just a historical remembrance, it’s personal. Descendants of early church pioneers carry stories of ...

Church service missionary Robert Dangerfield helps Serafina Christensen, 6, and her brother Austin Christensen, 3, both from North Salt Lake, play with dancing dolls during a Pioneer Fair hosted by ...

2,500 Mormons created a settlement called “Cutler’s Park” in August 1846 in what is now Omaha. The settlement is considered Nebraska’s first town. The settlers got permission from a U.S. Indian Agent ...