pioneers

If you hear these names, your ears might perk up: YOU KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE FROM UTAH! These are the MOST UTAH names ever! GIRLS: 1. Afton Peak Popularity Year: 1916 How Unique: 60x more popular in Utah than any other state. My cousins middle name is Afton, but besides that...

Hi Friends! HAPPY PIONEER DAY! This is such an important day to all of us. It’s about those faithful, brave pioneers who gave all, some even their very lives, to follow their God with faith unmeasured. How thankful we all should be for them. B...

Pioneer Day is just a few days away and ironically, National Cowboy Day is just two days prior, and Utah loves both.   National Cowboy Day is held on the fourth Saturday of July and has been celebrated since 2005, the National Day Calendar said. It’...

In 1864 Brigham Young had a plan to bring goods and people up the Colorado River by boat then by wagon through Nevada to Southern Utah and on to Salt Lake.

Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank was the toughest pioneer woman you will ever know about, and she lived right here in Cedar City Utah.

In the 1860s, the neckbeard was all the rage. And no one rocked the neckbeard as well as Utah Pioneers.