The western territories in the United States led the charge for gender equality.

Kanab’s All Women City Council

ttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/900013673/how-kanab-s-1911-all-women-town-council-went-from-disgusted-to-making-history.html

https://www.history.com/news/the-state-where-women-voted-long-before-the-19th-amendment

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/woman-suffrage/

https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/234

The Settlement of Fort Harmony is a testament to the hardships of early Mormon settlers and the conflicting ideas of settlement between LDS Leaders.

https://www.fortharmony.org/History.htm

https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/fortharmony.html

A History of Washington County: From Isolation to Destination by Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks

Memorial Day is often seen as a jumping into Summer, but it has a beginning that should not be forgotten.

https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-memorial-day

https://www.history.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/songs/john_brown.html

The mining industry was the beginning of the diversity in Utah. Many mining towns went from boom to bust, and Frisco Utah became one of the roughest towns in the West.

Frisco – A Ten Year High

http://www.miningutah.com/id66.html

http://www.milfordcityutah.com/index.php/historical/history-of-frisco

Operation Tiger was the dress rehearsal for D-Day. It cost many lives, but also saved many lives on D-Day.

http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/ikespeech.html

http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/ikespeech.html

https://www.history.com/news/d-days-deadly-dress-rehearsal

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/06/fact-sheet-normandy-landings

https://www.npr.org/2012/04/28/151590212/operation-tiger-d-days-disastrous-rehearsal

http://www.exercisetigermemorial.co.uk/story-exercise-tiger

The is episode is a personal story or thought about a journey I have been on in my life. Everyone should share their stories so that we can connect as human beings. Anyone who might be on a similar journey as mine, know that you are not alone.

The Bloodiest conflict between the LDS and Native American people in Utah History.

A History of Millard County by Edward Leo Lyman and Linda King Newell

https://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/history_matters/110500.htmlhttp://www.blackhawkproductions.com/circleville.htm

http://blackhawkproductions.com/#sthash.DNZvXsgK.dpuf

Robert Carter: Historian

Forrest Cuch: Executive Director Utah State Division of Indian Affairs

Will Bagley: Historian

Lakota Ann Cutler

Remnants of Fort Deseret

I made a trip to Fort Deseret this past summer. You can still see the straw in the adobe.

Circleville Massacre Memorial, Circleville Utah

Circleville Massacre Memorial, Circleville Utah

This is the story of the Soviet 588th Night Bombing Regiment during WWII.

https://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night

https://explorethearchive.com/night-witches-soviet-union-wwii

A story of young women breaking the barriers of gender expectations in the mid 1800s!

Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence by William Bruce Wheeler and Susan D. Becker

In 1881 the first group of Saints traveled to St. George, Utah to be sealed to their spouses or soon to be spouses.

A History of Washington County: From Isolation to Destination by Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks

https://www.lds.org/ensign/1989/07/the-honeymoon-trail?lang=eng

Honeymoon Trail