For most residents the safety and convenience of this central (fort) location was satisfactory, especially since many also had five-acre plots in the Big Field set aside for farming. The city lots were large enough for...
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Assignment In October 1853, Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave Apostle Lorenzo Snow a special assignment. He was to choose 50 families to take with him and his family to...