Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah Pioneer, 1847 by John R. Young, first published in 1920, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great librarie

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Excerpt from Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah Pioneer, 1847 His words thrilled me like fire; and from that hour I looked forward to the day when I should be a mis

On September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with