Clive Romney is a folk musician and composer whose family history research sent him on an odyssey to discover ancestral stories throughout Utah. His songs, poetry, and ballads (and those of his artistic friends) tell those stories and led him to found Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts, which produces the Legacy Series and Story Road Utah. These efforts help to tell the pioneer stories of Utah—county by county—through music and art.
While there are many fascinating stories and facts about the Zion’s Camp expedition, here are three you may not have heard before.
Explore three places that have been made sacred by the faith and determination of Mormon pioneers, the charity of their rescuers, and God’s watchful care for all of them.
Joseph Smith learned that men and women were co-eternal with God and could become like Him. Speaking with revealed assurance, he taught: “The soul, the mind of man, whare did it come from? The learned says God made it in the beginning, but it is not so. I know better. God has told me so.”
In June 1989, the government of Ghana banned LDS Church meetings. As long as the ban lasted, Church members had to observe the Sabbath without meeting as wards and branches.
Clive Romney is a folk musician and composer whose family history research sent him on an odyssey to discover ancestral stories throughout Utah. His songs, poetry, and ballads (and those of his artistic friends) tell those stories and led him to found Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts, which produces the Legacy Series and Story Road Utah. These efforts help to tell the pioneer stories of Utah—county by county—through music and art.
Mary Whitmer and Maria Louise Cowdery belonged to families who played vital roles in the Restoration of the gospel from its earliest days.
Samuel H. Smith, though not as well known as his older brothers Joseph and Hyrum Smith, played an influential role in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
As Brigham Young passed through poverty and plenty time and time again in the early years of the Church, he developed a key insight that he later passed on to his daughters. “Our time is all the capital God has given us,” he told them, “and if we waste that we are bankrupt indeed.”
Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from November 1869 to June 1910 (1911), 9
While there are many fascinating stories and facts about the Zion’s Camp expedition, here are three you may not have heard before.
The Church's spiritual, artistic, and cultural legacy grows every day! Learn more about the Church's past, present, and future from guest speakers and performers from around the World.
Joseph Smith learned that men and women were co-eternal with God and could become like Him. Speaking with revealed assurance, he taught: “The soul, the mind of man, whare did it come from? The learned says God made it in the beginning, but it is not so. I know better. God has told me so.”
Behold, there shall be a record kept among you.D&C 21:1
