Descendants of Latter-day Saint pioneer Theodore Turley
By Mary Ann Clements A new true-crime documentary premiered on Netflix earlier this week about the 1985 Salt Lake City bombings by forger Mark Hofmann. The BBC-Netflix documentary, “Murder Among the Mormons,” was co-directed by Jared L. Hess, a 4th-great
By Mary Ann Clements Right now you can participate in an event that’s only happened 24 times in the history of the United States of America. Every ten years since 1790, the federal government has conducted a count of all
By Mary Ann Clements Over the years, Theodore Turley’s descendants have disagreed about various details of his life, but one item has rarely been disputed, his death date of 12 August 1871. Now, historical evidence has come to light that
One hundred and seventy years ago, Theodore Turley was in a wagon train en route to Salt Lake City. On the morning of July 24, 1849, Theodore woke up with other members of the Silas Richards Company in their encampment
On July 24th, both the state of Utah and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide celebrate Pioneer Day, a commemoration of the arrival of Latter-day Saint pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Theodore