The Juvenile Instructor Vol 62 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 62: July, 1927 President George A; Smith, (who was the son' of Father and Church Patriarch John Smith, was an apostle, and Church Historian) and a Coun selor to president'brigham Young. He was elected Quartermaster of the N _au voo Legion September 17, 1844, just after the martyrdom of his cousins Jo seph and Hyrum. Coming out to Utah in 1847, he was drafted into civil and ecclesiastical service at once. He was elected a member of the Senate of the provrs1ona1 State of Deseret in 1849. He led a company of picked pioneers and, camped. On the site -of _parowan in 1851. Immediately after choosing the site, the men went out, cutting-a roads of six miles into the canyon, fell ing a tree from which was cut a lib ' erty pole' 99 feet, and on which they raised the stars and stripes; under this flag they dedicated the ground for the settlement of the saints, then fired off a gallant salute to the starry emblem of civil and religious liberty Which floated out above their heads. George A., then only thirty-four years of age, was made a member of the Council of thethe famous old Historian's Office 'which C. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.