New DNA research reveals pioneer James Brown Jr., who settled Ogden, had Black ancestry. He took part in temple rites, though, despite the priesthood/temple ban that then existed.

The Days of ’47 site says the festival celebrates the pioneers from 1847 and beyond who made the brave trek on the Mormon Pioneer trail, the first of those traveling companies did it without a ...

2,500 Mormons created a settlement called “Cutler’s Park” in August 1846 in what is now Omaha.

Youth from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently participated in a commemorative pioneer trek along the ...

The Days of ’47 site says the festival celebrates the pioneers from 1847 and beyond who made the brave trek on the Mormon Pioneer trail, the first of those traveling companies did it without a map.