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Show Page 6 tftlfe tEimeS'fcfoe Wednesday, August 20, 1997 Nephi, Utah Pioneer Portraits 3cl)ool Revs. . . utahs iEurppssjm Commmta Utah Tterritory in 1850, but by 1910 the number had reached 7,524. The German presence was felt not only in popu-bin their contributions lation, to education, architecture, music, breweries, and mining. ut Utah: A place of religious lives with remarkable ease. The ly Exploration and economic freedom Our small number of Irish natives in German immigrants have had Swedish Immigrants Helped States historical ties to Eu- 1870 followed a different pattern. significant roles in Utahs early Build Zion h The first They supplied a higher propor- history since they entered the rope Swedish-America- tion of professional and, person- region due to the fur trade. The resident of Utah was John Erik al services. In many ways they first German to explore Utah Forsgren, who, as a veteran of were predecessors of a new type was John H. Weber, who was a the Mormon Battalion, reached of immigrant from the British part of William H. Ashleys ex- Salt Lake City in 1847. Forsgren Celebration Coordinating Coun- Isles, the who had pedition in 1822. In 1824, Weber went back to proselytize in Swecil honors the history and culture just begun to respond to the op- led a party of trappers into den, a work which eventually of Utahns with European ances- portunities in Utah, particular- present-da- y northern Utah by brought about 9,000 Swedish try. According to the Utah Histo- ly in the mining and railroad in- way of Bear Lake, which was ini- Mormons to immigrate to Utah ry Encyclopedia, Utah's ties to dustries. tially known as Webers Lake in in the nineteenth century. AlThe Continent have always Danish Artisans Enriched his honor. though religious freedoms in been strong and a source of pride Utah Other Germans came to Utah Sweden were few, the Mormon descenDenmark supplied more immi- in the following two decades. One missionary effort brought about amongst the modern-dadants of our states early Euro- grants to Utah in the nineteenth was Frederick A Wislizenus, a another 2,000 each decade from century than any other country traveler who attended the last 1860-8pean settlers. Utahs Largest European except Great Britain. Most of great mountain man rendezvous - While most Swedish emigrants Saints these Danes, nearly 17,000, were in 1836 and then visited the to Utah were Latter-da- y Group: The British More immigrants have come to converts to the LDS Church. Flaming Gorge area of northwho generally settled in Utah Utah from the British Isles than This is a surprise due to the fact eastern Utah. In 1843 Charles soon after their arrival in the from any other area, and are in- that generally Danes were rela- Preuss, who was the official car- United States, volved in most aspects of Utahs tively slow to respond to the en- tographer and artist for the Fre- also filtered into the state, parmont expedition explored the ticularly in the 1880s, respondhistory. Even as the area vias ticements of America. first being explored, British trapHowever in 1848 a revolution- Great Salt Lake. Other German ing to the employment opportupers and traders helped oen the ary, liberal constitution was travelers passed through- Utah nities in Utahs mines, mills, and West for settlement on their smelters. While Utah had no expassed in Denmark which pro- over the Hastings cut-oIn the beginnings of the LDS vided for freedom of religion, way to California. It wasnt un- clusively Swedish settlements, Church, many of its first con- which led to Mormon proselytiz- til 1847 that German settlers by 1930 a majority of residents verts wereimmigrants from the ing in 1850. Their efforts were made Utah their home. Among of Iboele County were of SwedBritish Isles. Thousands of oth- concentrated in the receptive the original Mormon pioneers ish descent. er British were converted due to northern Jutland area, and had was Konrad Kleinman. Swiss Quickly Called Utah the efforts of the LDS Churchs most of their success with the Mormon missionaries arrived Home British Mission, which was es- youth who were journeyman ar- in Germany in the Beginning in the tablished in 1837. Hundreds tisans. Danish Latter-da- y Swiss immigrants, virtually all Saints but the greatest number of more Mormons left for Utah from were part of the first Mormon converts came converts from early, successful the British Isles during the party to enter the Salt Lake Val- from Switzerland. However, one LDS proselytizing in their homeCrimean War years of 1853-5- 6 of the first and most famous LDS land, began arriving in the Utah ley in 1847. and the American Civil War, both The second wave of Danish converts was Karl G. Maeser, territory. They came to Utah as of which were economically dif- emigration into Utah occurred in who was later asked by Brigham either or dificult times for the British. The 1852 when a group of Mormons Young to move to Provo in 1876 rectly from Switzerland as part last great migration was in 1868 left Copenhagen and eventually and establish the Brigham Young ofthe Gathering to Zion. By the as part of a colonizing effort to sailed to the United States. Academy, thefpierunner to year 1900, some 115,000 Swiss reinforce Mormon numbers in There they joined an additional Brigham Young University. were living in Utah. Mormon Utah prior to the completion of 19 Danes and a larger coippany While being members of the Swiss had arrived in almost evthe transcontinental railroad. By of Scandinavian converts! The LDS faith was the main reason ery corner of the state, traveling that time there were more than peak of Danish immigration to for most German emigrants to by covered wagon, stagecoach, come to Utah, other 31,000 Latter-daand by the railroad. Saints, almost Utah came in the years 1862-624 percent of the total popula- during Denmarks failed annexcame as miners or merThe Swiss were an industrious, tion, that had left the British ation of a neighboring countrys chants, the latter being German-bor- n disciplined and productive peoIsles for Utah. With their America- territory and the American Civil Jews who established busi- ple, well satisfied with their new n-born children, it was esti- War. During this period, nearly nesses in Salt Lake, Ogden, and arid homeland by becoming part mated that they could have com- 2,000 Mormons immigrated from in many of the mining commu- of the many hundred communiprised as much as half the popu- Denmark. Although the heaviest nities. The decades between 1850 ties in Utah. However, there lation of the state. Danish immigration came dur- and 1910 saw a steady increase were predominantly Swiss setBy 1870 although just under ing the first quarter-centur- y of of German emigrants coming to tlements of Santa Clara, Midhalf of the English, Welsh, and the Latter-da- y Saint settlement Utah, with immigration peaking way, and Providence. There the Scots had occupations in agricul- of Utah, no exclusively Danish at the turn of the century. There Swiss continued to make great ture, the immigrants from Brit- communities were established. were only approximately sixty contributions to their new home. ain adapted to their new, rural. Germans: Part of Utahs Ear German-bor- n residents in the In commemoration of Utahs culturally diverse, pioneering peoples past and present, the Utah Pioneer Sesquicentennial non-Mormo- ns . y 0. non-Mormo- ns - Joni Lee Jackson u-- J Jackson graduates from BYU Jensen graduates from CEU Joni Lee Jackson graduated Christianna Jensen, daughter of Christian and Marygray Jensen of Nephi, graduated from the mer Commencement Exercises. College of Eastern Utah with an She graduated from the Col- Associate of Science Degree. While attending CEU, she perlege of Biology and Agriculture with a Bachelor of Science De- formed with the college dance gree in Animal Science with a company in The Nutcracker minor in Business. and Cinderella. Joni Lee is the daughter of Christianna plans to attend Dale and Vicki Jackson. CEU in the Fall and continue performing with the College of Eastern Utah Ballet Repertory Ensemble and Dance Company. from Brigham Young University on August 15, 1997, at the Sum- Everitt graduates from BYU Maria also received certificates in Gerontology and First Aid. While at BYU, Marla was a memMarla Everitt, daughter ofLaMar ber of Eta Sigma Gamma, the naand Darlene Everitt, graduated tional Health Sciences honor socifrom Brigham Young University ety, and served as a representative August 15, 1997. She received a for United Utah Schools. Bachelor Degree in Health Science Marla currently lives in Provo and with an emphasis in Community is employed by Marketing Ally Health. Teleservice. M! mid-1850- mid-1850- s, German- -speaking Swiss-America- y 3, ns non-Mormo- IF The Central Utah Water Conservancy District is proposing to increase its property tax revenue in Juab County. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on a $82,000 residence will be $18.04, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity will be $32.80. Without the proposed increase the tax on a $82,000 residence would be $1 4.57, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity would be $26.49. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District is proposing to increase its property tax revenue from $101,302 collected last year to $124,820 proposed this year, an increase of 23.2. Total tax revenue from all property within the taxing entity for 1996 was $14,355,404. The anticipated total tax collections for 1997 will be approximately $18,139,527, an increase of 26.5. The 1 997 proposed tax rate is 0.0004. 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