Spiritual Schooling First and 337 Statistical Report of the Y. M. G. Maeser........ 146 371 Take Heart.... Tale of Two Citizens, A............ 765 Dr........... 469 vinity of the Church, A...... 203 PAGE. 168 779 World 127 Time and Eternity..... 279 it Should be Centered, The 418 342 337 Value of Historical Knowl- edge......... 424 259 495 623 Tribute, A ..619, 928 739 ... PAGE. Vaughn, Gov. Vernon H....... 401 Visit to the Countess of War- Water........ War in the Transvaal..... 895 901 What Shall we Read?.... Why Were the Disciples of 66 721 682 512 304 549 710 Why the Era Should be Sus- 73 Earth 58 With the Remnants at Nauvoo 273 Wording of the Lord's Prayer 306 100 World is Growing Better, The 219 Yaquis and the Yaqui War, The 333 169 I Zion's Teacher....... 393 IMPROVEMENT ERA. VOL. IV. NOVEMBER, 1900. THE GOVERNORS OF UTAH. No 1. BRIGHAM YOUNG. One of the features of the present volume of the ERA referred to in the prospectus for volume four was full page portraits of governors of Utah, with accompanying short historical and biographical sketches. As a step towards the fulfillment of this promise, we have pleasure in presenting in this number a portrait of President Brigham Young from a daguerreotype taken in December, 1850, shortly after he was appointed governor of Utah. It is a striking likeness of the governor as he appeared at that time, and it is not difficult to read in it the many-sided character traits of the great leader the founder of our State. Brigham Young, the first governor of Utah Territory, was born June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont. He was appointed governor on September 28, 1850. "An act to establish a Territorial Government for Utah," was signed by President Millard Fillmore, and went into effect on the 9th of September, 1850, but the news of the organization of the Territory and the appointment of governor and other officers, did not reach the val |
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