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For many years, pioneers who arrived in the valley before 1869 were honored with a dinner each July 24. The last living pioneer died January 1, 1968. Her name was Hilda Erickson and she was 108 years old.
The interior of the Salt Lake Tabernacle as decorated for the Deseret Sunday School Union's July 1875 Pioneer Day celebration.. The earliest precursor to Pioneer Day celebrations in Utah occurred on July 24, 1849, [19] when the Nauvoo Brass Band led a commemoration of the second anniversary of the Latter-day Saints entering the Salt Lake Valley.
Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union army troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day. World Sjogren's Day. July 24. National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. National Thermal Engineer Day. National Drive-Thru Day. National Cousins Day. National Amelia Earhart Day
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Pioneer Day Festival is Skiatook’s “annual founder’s day” celebration, according to their official website. This year, the event kicked off with the carnival on Thursday, Sept. 12 and ...
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Over the next several years, tens of thousands of Mormon pioneers emerged from Emigration Canyon and first saw their new home from this same location. A Utah state holiday, Pioneer Day, occurs each year on July 24 to commemorate the entry of the Mormon pioneers into the valley. View of the Salt Lake Valley from the original 1921 monument