Which pioneer woman was married to two prophets and a sister to a third?
A) Eliza R.
Snow
B) Janath
Cannon
C) Mary
Fielding
D) Caroline
Lightner
Yesterday’s answer:
(C) The Bidwell-Bartleson Party
You might be surprised to realize that the
first wagons to enter Utah did not belong to the Saints. This distinction goes to
the Bidwell-Bartleson Party, non-member pioneers on route to California in
August of 1841, a full six years before the Salt Lake Valley welcomed the
Saints.
Michael S. Durham, Desert between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997), 73-76; William Goetzmann, Exploration and Empire (New York: Alfred
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