Skip to main content

pioneers

data-content-type="article"
Museum & Exhibitions

Utah Storytelling Guild president recounts tales of Utah history

Dylan Eubank
By Dylan Eubank
June 12, 2024 12:00 AM
Karl Behling, president of the Utah Storytelling Guild, visited the Provo Pioneer Village on June 10. Behling has been a professional storyteller since 1999 and was the main speaker for the Pioneer Village's Monday Storytelling night.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Video

Local chapter of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers finds strength in learning about ancestors

By Emma Butler Price
March 12, 2024 12:00 AM
Each of the women in theDaughters ofUtah Pioneersis a descendant of pioneers who came across the plains to Utah.
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Devotionals and Forums

BYU assistant academic vice president encourages students to pay costs of discipleship

By Joe Wirthlin
August 08, 2023 12:00 AM
Reid Neilson, assistant academic vice president for religious scholarly publications, spoke about the known and unknown costs of discipleship in his devotional address on Aug. 8.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
State

Manti Pageant conclusion marks end of an era

By Sam Bigelow
January 28, 2019 12:00 AM
In this undated photo, children participate in the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti. (Nick Marsing)
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Campus Events

Elder L. Whitney Clayton encourages faith and religious freedom

By Sam Bigelow
June 20, 2018 12:00 AM
Elder L. Whitney Clayton, General Authority Seventy and Senior President of the Quorums of the Seventy, opened the 2018 Religious Freedom Annual Review by discussing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' pioneer history and how it continues to define church members today.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Devotionals and Forums

Elder Christofferson shares message of Jesus Christ in holiday devotional

By Jacob Osborn
December 12, 2017 12:00 AM
Elder D. Todd Christofferson urges students to remember Christ during the holiday season. (Hannah Gasinski)
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Religion

Foreign pioneer treks teach youths gratitude, perseverance

By Madalyn Mcrae
July 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Isabel Fisher's trek family (from left: Seamus Smith, Matthew Sandmaier, Dale Ruttan, Angela Ruttan, Amy Smith, Sean Terry, Isabel Fisher, Shaena Leavitt, Micah Rojas) poses for a photo during their pioneer trek on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada. Fisher they slept under the stars and played pioneer games. (Isabel Fisher)
5 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Local

Parliament of the World's Religions: Opening ceremony celebrates people of all faiths

October 16, 2015 12:00 AM
In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, members of the Ute Tribe lead the procession for the opening plenary at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions held inside the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. (Lennis Mahler/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Campus News

Young Ambassadors return to Nauvoo

By Jessica Smith
June 08, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU's Young Ambassadors have returned after five years to Nauvoo, Illinois. The group will perform its show 'Heartsongs: Melodies of Love' for audiences in Nauvoo and surrounding areas from June 2 to June 13.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Art

Local artist celebrates pioneers through art in Payson Temple

By Dana Dodini
June 05, 2015 12:00 AM
Lucinda and James Pace were early converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. James Pace helped build the Nauvoo temple before he journeyed west with his family. They settled the city of Payson with two other families.
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Gymnastics

BYU gymnastics team falls to Denver and Iowa on road

February 22, 2015 12:00 AM
Emily Vidmar competes on the beam during the first meet against Denver. (Elliot Miller)
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Soccer

Women's soccer loses another heartbreaker

September 27, 2013 12:00 AM
The No. 17 BYU Women's Soccer lost 1-0 to the No. 19 University of Denver Pioneers in a matchup of nationally ranked opponents Sept. 26 at South Field.
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Opinion Outpost

Viewpoint: Industry vs. Entitlement

August 03, 2012 12:00 AM
From their early beginnings in the East, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints developed infrastructure in Kirtland, complete with an ashery and sawmill, to produce building materials and funds for the temple. During the trek West, countless stories are told of the tireless work ethic of those heroic men and women. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, desert wasteland quickly became an oasis of industry as members were sent on missions specifically to develop the land. With the beehive as their symbol, the pioneers were always striving for an industrious society.
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Featured

BYU students proud of pioneer ancestors

July 17, 2012 12:00 AM
Many BYU students have ancestors who crossed the plains in 1856 with the Willie and Martin handcart companies to join the saints in Salt Lake.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Opinion

Man on the street: Pioneer Day

July 16, 2012 12:00 AM
'I'm related to Martin Harris. That's all I know, but I'm very proud of it. The Book of Mormon's shorter because of me — well, my family. You can stand closer to boys because of me.'
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Tennis

Women's and men's tennis hit the road

February 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Both the BYU men's and women's tennis teams are taking to the road this weekend, one to Washington, the other to Colorado.
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Campus Events

Black History Month speaker encourages students to learn history

By Sara Hall
February 08, 2012 12:00 AM
George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King, Jr. are icons learned about in grade school. While many students are taught about these significant individuals, a specific part of black history is not as well known.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=