Pioneer by Robert Barrett Color_Pink Two angels talking to Mary

Two angels talking to Mary at the tomb of Christ

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan

and then He came

Valley Wide Panoramic

that they might have joy

Pioneer by Robert Barrett Color_Pink Two angels talking to MaryAbout this Image: Though many pioneers experienced hardship and tragedy on their journey, not all memories were sad. The broad prairies were covered with lush grass and dotted with larkspur, verbena, and geranium and offered vistas of dramatic beauty. My own great grandmother Elna Jorgensen crossed these plains with her family as a teenager. Her family left Sweden for Utah in October of 1855, but they did not enter the Salt Lake Valley until September