Mormon pioneers

Big D Construction moves the historic Miles Goodyear cabin on Lincoln Ave. in Ogden on Tuesday, October 30, 2012.  The cabin is being moved to its permanent location at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum located at 21st Street and Lincoln Ave. in Ogden.  (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Weber DUP Museum makes move -- again

More than 100 years of history moved a few city blocks Tuesday as the Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum building was moved from its current location at 2148 Grant Ave. to 2104 Lincoln Ave. on a half-acre lot donated by the city.

The building is being relocated through the joint efforts of Weber County DUP, Ogden city and the LDS Church in conjunction with the renovation of the Ogden LDS Temple.

Photo courtesy Utah State History Research Center
A father and son hunt ducks on the Great Salt Lake mudflats for the markets in Salt Lake City.

Exploring diets of Mormon pioneers

From molasses to corn cakes, the food our ancestors ate is an important part of history and can tell a story in itself.

“Pioneers were eating all kinds of surprising and interesting things.

LDS public relations topic for Ogden SUP

OGDEN -- The Ogden Pioneer Chapter Sons of the Utah Pioneers will meet at noon Monday at Comfort Suites Inn, 2250 S. 1200 West.

Blake Whalen will speak about "Public Relations for the LDS Church."

Whalen is the general manager of The Boyer Company at Business Depot Ogden. He also is the director of the Utah Public Relations Council for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The cost of one meeting for potential members is paid for by the chapter. For other guests, there is a $12.50 charge.

The historic cabin of Miles Goodyear is moved from the site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ogden Temple, which is being remodeled, to a temporary site in November. The cabin will be moved, along with the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, to a new permanent site in Ogden. The museum moves today; the cabin will be moved when the weather allows for landscaping. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Weber County DUP museum changing locations today

OGDEN -- After spending the past few months in limbo, a pair of historic buildings owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon have permanent homes.

More than 100 years of history will move a few city blocks today as the Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum building will be moved from its current location at 2148 Grant Ave. to 2104 Lincoln Ave. on a half-acre lot donated by the city.

Mormon Trail life is library topic today

OGDEN — The Ogden branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will feature guest speaker Mel Bashore today. He will talk about life and death on the Mormon Trail.

The library is at 539 24th St. The talk begins at 10 a.m. The talk is open to the public in Room 12.

Bashore has worked at LDS Church History Library for 35 years and has been researching the history of LDS immigration to Utah. He has created a Mormon Trail database on the church website at http://lds.org.

Following are workshops on other history research

OGDEN -- The Ogden branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will feature guest speaker Mel Bashore today talking about life and death on the Mormon Trail.

Standard-Examiner file photo
The exterior of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum in Ogden is pictured in this 2010 file photo. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to move the museum, along with the nearby historic Miles Goodyear cabin, as part of the Ogden Temple grounds renovations.

Pioneer museum, historic cabin in Ogden to be relocated

OGDEN -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to relocate the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and a historic cabin to make way for an underground parking garage to complement renovations at the Ogden Temple.

The church will pay to move the museum and the circa-1845 Miles Goodyear cabin, both in the 2100 block of Grant Avenue, to a half-acre lot owned by the city on the southeast corner of 21st Street and Lincoln Avenue, said Richard McConkie, Ogden's director of community and economic development.

Thousands celebrate pioneers, service to country and community

OGDEN -- Beginning with a flyover by F-16 fighter jets from Hill Air Force Base, the Ogden Pioneer Days Parade set off along Washington Boulevard on Monday morning.

At her home in South Ogden, Elizabeth Bateman wears a dress made by either her great-grandmother or great-great-grandmother (she is not sure) for the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple in 1893.

MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner

Pioneer spirit

The pioneer era seems so long ago that it's hard to comprehend these are people alive today who knew actual pioneers.

"To me, it's not that long ago because my grandmother lived to be 96 or 97, and she was only 2 years old when she crossed the plains, so I knew her for many years of my life," said Elizabeth Bateman of South Ogden.

Bateman, who is 88, remembers her grandmother talking about making the trek to Utah in 1861.

"She could remember her feet being pricked -- I guess she didn't have shoes -- being pricked by the stickers," said Bateman.

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