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On 28 november 1869 brigham young called his daughters together and addressed them on the responsibilities of the women of zion and organized them into a.

Buy windows 10 home key uk. In 1868 brigham young signed a grading contract with the union pacific railroad to work on the transcontinental line in utah. An organization for the young women of the church came into being as part of the plans of president young to protect the saints against the gentile world at the coming of the railroad. A little known story of the people who built the final stretch of the rail line.

It clearly stipulates the land. Brigham young negotiated contracts for thousands of mormons to work on both central pacific and union pacific crews in utah. While there still was some animosity towards the mormons led by brigham young following conflicts with the army in the 1850s the mormons were very eager to help build the railroad through utah territory in hopes of bringing prosperity and trade to their region.

But just beyond the photographic images of east meeting west in utah is a more controversial story. 141 year old brigham young contract with union pacific a thorn in ogdens side. In fact brigham young was one of the first to sign on with credit mobilier.

Then of course there was the importance the saints played in building the transcontinental telegraphas with the transcontinental railroad the building of the telegraph found vigorous support from brigham young who led the saints in obtaining the necessary resources and in providing essential labor to build the telegraph through what were then large portions of arid desolate deserts. When the project was finished there was still a great deal of money owed to brigham young by the union pacific and because of their financial difficulties they were not able to meet the. Army to impose order on the territory it.

Brigham young january 17 1858 journal of discourses vol. Of hard fought negotiations between railroad executives and the legendary brigham young. The mormon workers were by all reports among the most hard working productive and non violent railroad employees in either company quite a contrast to the real life hell on wheels towns where bloody.

He founded salt lake city and he served as the first governor of the utah territoryyoung also led the foundings of the precursors to the. It details more or less 131 acres of land that young deeded to the railroad. He sublet the job to other contractors who completed the work in february 1869.

Of broken promises that created economic chaos and destroyed lives. Many in the political establishment assumed brigham young would oppose a railroad through the utah territory since it would open the land to outsiders. Coming just a few years after the utah war when general albert sidney johnston had moved against the mormons with a large contingent of the us.