Friday, February 22, 2013

The Dollar Cost of the Trip



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What was the average cost of the trip to the Salt Lake Valley from Europe Via sail, rail, and trail in 1856 (This would be the cost in 1856 dollars)?

A)                 $130

B)                 $10

C)                 $86

D)                 $47


Yesterday’s answer

(D) During the 1st World War


February 9, 1919: The U.S. Congress awards Private Thomas C. Neibur the Medal of Honor, making him the first Latter-day Saint and the first private in the U.S. Army to receive the award.

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 30.

A little more information to the story:

In May of 1898, Thomas C. Neibaur, later a World War I army private awarded the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor for defending fellow soldiers from attack and taking eleven enemy soldiers as prisoners, all after being wounded in battle, is born in Sharon Idaho.

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 98.

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