Utah Central Railroad
Everyone in the Church realizes that we are
best known by our nickname, the Mormons. I can understand though. Our eldest
son is a huge hockey fan. Makes sense since he was born and partially raised in
Canada that he would be this way. His favorite hockey player as a kid was John
Vanbiesbrouck, goaltender for the New York Rangers and then the expansion
Florida Panthers. John’s nickname was Beezer. So guess what? Everyone called
our son Beezer. In fact, an award was named after him and still presented to
this day, The Beezer Award given to the Provo High baseball player showing the
most heart. One day my wife had to go to Provo High School to track down our
son. She asked a number of students in the hallway if they knew where James
Barker was. No one knew who she was talking about, then the thought struck
to use his nick name. She had no problem locating him after that. I’ve gotten
side tracked. The Utah Central Railroad was formed in Utah. What was this
railroad's nick named?
a.
The Mormon Railroad
b.
Brigham’s Railroad
c.
The Saints Railroad
d.
The Book of Mormon Railroad
Yesterday’s answer:
True
President Abraham
Lincoln had a special request of President Brigham Young during the Civil War,
what was it?
This in reference
to Gordon B. Hinckley’s grandfather, Ira Hinckley: At least twice Ira
left his family to make trips back over the plains to help others. One of those
times was in 1862 when, at the request of Brigham Young-who had received orders
from President Abraham Lincoln to equip a Utah volunteer cavalry to guard mail
and telegraph lines during the Civil War-he enlisted in the United States Army.
Sheri Dew, Go Forward with Faith, The Biography of Gordon B.Hinckley (Salt
Lake City: Deseret Book Company), 1996,11-12
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