Did Ed Creighton loan $100,000 to Brigham Young?
Having $100,000 in 1874 was the same as being a multimillionaire today. Few people ever amassed so much money, and fewer still were rich enough to make a loan of that ...
Mormonism
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Winter Quarters Monument and commemoration
During the winters of 1846-47 and 1847-48, more than six hundred members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died in their encampment, called Winter ...
Omaha’s “Tragedy of Winter Quarters” Monument
More than 600 Mormon pioneers died in their Nebraska encampment during the winters of 1846-47 and 1847-48. The camp, called Winter Quarters, is the site of a monument in ...
She Didn’t Know She Was a Statue
Lucy Vander Sterre’s face was used as a model for a prominent statue in Omaha. But she didn’t know the statue existed for more than 30 years. In the Fall 2014 issue of ...
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