Our dinner meeting on September 19 will be our annual fundraiser for the scholarship awards. Once again it will be held at the beautiful Eagle Mountain Ranch in Gunlock, which is owned by Gail and Hyrum Smith. After the dinner, colorful St. George resident and prominent doctor, Dr. Craig Booth will speak to us. 

Our August 15th Dinner Meeting features guest speaker Dennis Holland, older brother to Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles. 

Dennis was born and raised in St. George, Utah. His great great grandparents were among the first wagons into the Valley of the Great Salt Lake with Brigham Young and were called by Brigham Young to settle St. George and what is now Carson City, Nevada. Growing up in St George and having this ancestral heritage has given him his love of LDS pioneer history.

An alumnus of Dixie College, he enjoyed a successful career as a pharmacist before retiring and beginning many years of service to the church and western history. He has served as LDS director of Public Affairs, and as mission president of the California Living History Church Service Mission. 

He is author of the book, “Sierra Saints” A Brief history of the Mormons in Western El Dorado County from 1847 to 1997, and was involved in the production of the video produced by the LDS  church, “More Precious Than Gold, Contributions of the Mormon Battalion,” which was a gift from the LDS Church to the State of California for the Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of Gold in California. He was part of the delegation that presented it to then Governor Pete Wilson. 

Dennis was also a driving force for the building of the popular interactive Mormon Battalion Historic Site Visitor’s Center in Old Town San Diego. 

REMEMBER:  You can now pay for our Dinner Meetings online!

Members of Sons of Utah Pioneers and Daughters of Utah Pioneers are invited to bring their families and friends to the This Is The Place Heritage Park (www.thisistheplace.org) in Salt Lake City, Utah.  DISCOUNT PRICING IS $5 PER PERSON WITH DISCOUNTED ADMISSION TICKET.

• Native American Dancing
• Train Rides
• Panning for Gold
• Pioneer Games
• Craft Projects
• Petting Corral
• Native American Village
• Pony Rides
• Great Grub
• Shopping

Devotional Speaker is Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The June dinner meeting coincides with our annual Chapter membership drive - SO INVITE A FRIEND!

We are pleased to have David T. Hinton speak to us at our monthly dinner meeting June 20. Meet and greet is at 5:30pm with dinner starting at 6pm.

David has served on the board of the Hurricane Valley chapter Sons of Utah Pioneers for the past 21 years with two of those years as the chapter president. David is currently serving a second term as the National Area Vice President for the far southern region of Utah, serving the Hurricane Valley, Cotton Mission, Dixie Encampment and Red Rock Chapters of the SUP.

David served a mission to Scotland in the mid-1960’s. He graduated from Hurricane High School, and continued his studies at Dixie Junior College where he received an Associates Degree. He went on to earn a Bachelors Degree from Southern Utah State University in Cedar City. 

After graduation from SUSC he went to work with Skagg’s Drug Center in St. George, moving with them to Las Vegas and then returning to school in Cedar at SUU to obtain his Elementary Certification.

He has served on the Hurricane Utah Stake High Council, and on the Hurricane Utah North Stake High Council and then 5 years as a bishop. He and his wife are the parents of 7. 

 It’s time to hit the road again. Our trek committee has been hard at work planning our next trek to the Fillmore Territorial Statehouse and the old Cove Fort. We will have tour guides at both locations, where we will learn about the history of Central Utah while getting to know each other better. 

According to trek chairman, David Humphrey, we will begin the tour by meeting together at the Washington Albertson’s parking lot, 915 East Red Cliffs Drive (corner of Red Cliffs Dr. and GreenSprings Dr.) at 7:45am. 

We will carpool to Fillmore, arriving about 10:30am. Following our tour of the Statehouse we will enjoy a box lunch on the grounds.  We will then depart for Cove Fort at 1pm. Thistrek will take most of the day.

If you plan to attend please contact David Humphrey at 435-231-3051. Or email him at: deh2942@gmail.com

Join us for this trek to Box Elder County in northern Utah, traveling with folks who love history, laugh a lot and have a great time together is the only way to go!

SCHEDULE:

• 8:00 A.M. Depart the Sons of Utah Pioneers National Headquarters in Salt Lake City by deluxe motor coach. Traveling north, we can make pre-arranged pick-ups along the I-15 corridor.
• 9:30 A.M. Arrive at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Visitor Center. We drive the 12-mile loop with a narration to view thousands of birds that come to this oasis in the dessert each year. Fresh water and salt water meet here. Bring your binoculars or, if you don’t have any, check out a pair from the Visitors Center.
• 12:00 P.M. Depart the Bird Refuge and enjoy an included sack lunch while traveling to the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
• 12:50 P.M. Arrive in time to witness the Jupiter and the 119 Engines steam into place. Today members of our group will be the players to re-enact the 1869 driving of the golden spike that completed the transcontinental railroad. The men will be supplied with appropriate attire and scripts for the speaking parts. Ladies, who want to participate, may bring bonnets, umbrellas, long skirts or other attire to be in a great photo, which will be published in the Trailmarker. We enjoy an excellent film at the Visitor Center.
• 4:00 P.M. We have an included chicken dinner at the famous Maddox Restaurant in Brigham City. With full tummies, we review the events of a fun day, as we travel south toward Salt Lake City.
• 7:00 P.M. We arrive back at the Sons of Utah Pioneers National Headquarters.

COST: $80.00 per person (SUP membership not required; children must be age 12 or over) SUP Members get a 10% discount ($72 per person.) Group size is limited to 50 passengers.

INCLUDES: Motor coach transportation, park admissions, sack lunch and Maddox chicken dinner

RESERVATIONS: Book on the SUP website in “the store” OR call SUP Headquarters 801-484-4441

President Cecil O. Samuelson, former president of Brigham Young University, emeritus member of the Seventy, and current President of the Salt Lake Temple, will be the keynote speaker for the 2017 National S.U.P. Historical Symposium on Saturday May 13, 2017.

The afternoon session, featuring four presenters on the subject of "Pioneer Legacies" begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Canyon Rim Stake Center, 3051 S. 2900 E. in Salt Lake City. The Dinner and Keynote session will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the S.U.P. Headquarters Building, 3301 E. Louise Ave. (2920 S.), Salt Lake City.

Tickets are $25 per person for the symposium and dinner, $15 per person for the afternoon session only, or $20 per person for the dinner session only, until April 30. Seating for dinner is limited, so plan ahead. Same day reservations will only be available at the Headquarters Building from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will depend on available seating.