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== Storytellers Rule the World == | == Storytellers Rule the World == | ||
The past is rich with wonderful stories about fascinating lives and great adventures, sinking tragedies and soaring triumphs. History is so much more than just names, dates, and places. Sometimes, as family historians, we get overwhelmed with cataloging the data and miss the intricate and delightful drama of past lives. This session will discuss how to capture those stories from the record and how to tell them accurately and interestingly. | The past is rich with wonderful stories about fascinating lives and great adventures, sinking tragedies and soaring triumphs. History is so much more than just names, dates, and places. Sometimes, as family historians, we get overwhelmed with cataloging the data and miss the intricate and delightful drama of past lives. This session will discuss how to capture those stories from the record and how to tell them accurately and interestingly. | ||
== The Utah War: The Coming of "Johnston's Army" == | |||
Among benchmarks in nineteenth-century Mormon history are such events as the arrival of the first pioneers in the Valley in 1847, crossing the Plains, and the 1890 Manifesto. As people do family history, they often use these happenings as watershed moments and points of reference. Another common event that appears often in family histories is “the coming of Johnston’s Army.” Some ancestors resisted this army during the Echo Canyon War as members of heroic guerrillas under legendary Mormon leaders such as Porter Rockwell and Lot Smith. Others participated in the “Move South” to evacuate the northern settlements in case the army breached the mountain defenses and the resistance of the Nauvoo Legion. In spite of this, few understand what actually happened during this frightening confrontation with the U.S. government in 1857-58 that historians call the Utah War. This workshop will reveal the basic details and meanings of the arrival in the West of the Utah Expedition under orders from President James Buchanan to quell a so-called “Mormon Rebellion.” It will outline the dangerous potential of this episode and discuss how it ended with the army establishment of Camp Floyd in Cedar Valley west of Utah Lake. | |||
== '''Visualizing Historical Boundaries''' == | == '''Visualizing Historical Boundaries''' == | ||