SALT LAKE CITY Another Pioneer Day celebration goes in the books this weekend that s 174 Utah birthdays if you re keeping score and for the Sons of Utah Pioneers the festivities mean another significant addition to their clubhouse in Salt Lake City.
Already full of pioneer-era artifacts, from Avard Fairbanks sculptures to hundred-year-old oil paintings to the best collection of trek diaries this side of the official archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Sons of Utah Pioneers headquarters building near the mouth of Parleys Canyon took possession this week of a hand-painted American flag that s even older than Pioneer Days.
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Tammy Uzelac Hall
Tamara Uzelac Hall grew up in Utah and Missouri fully intending to get married, raise her 12 children while putting her husband through medical school, God had other plans. She went to college and received both her bachelor s and master’s degrees from BYU. She served a mission in Fresno, California, and worked as a social worker until God steered her life in a completely different direction, becoming a full-time seminary and institute teacher instead. After buying a house and settling nicely into a family ward, she was set up on (another) blind date with a widower, which miraculously worked and catapulted her into married life and became an insta-mom to two little girls. Currently, she and her husband are the parents to four girls and live in Utah. She is a host for Time Out for Women, a featured speaker at Temple Square Youth Conferences, Retreat for Girls, girls’ camp, and has been a speaker at BYU Women’s Conference. She loves all things scripture and is
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What is Emma Smith’s greatest accomplishment?
Jennifer Reeder smiled at the question and shared the first thought that came into her mind.
“That she survived,” she said.
The simple response is not intended to diminish the role and influence of the first Relief Society president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the person responsible for compiling its first hymnal. But it begins to offer some insight into the complex life of Emma, church founder Joseph Smith’s beloved wife, who Reeder calls the “first woman of the Restoration” in her new book, “First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith.”
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Left, business owner Brian Christiansen stands with a light in an underground vault while historian Joseph Johnstun climbs down a ladder. Some think the space could be a tomb commissioned by early Latter-day Saint leader Joseph Smith before he was martyred.
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Brian Christiansen has spoken with so many reporters in recent days that he is starting to lose his voice.
The businessman from St. George has fielded several interview requests because news outlets want to know more about the discovery of an old brick vault located under the sidewalk in front of his Nauvoo, Illinois, business.