On a sunny summer’s day in Provo’s North Park, hundreds of children are out with their parents, lining up for pretzels, lining up for face painting, and lining up to pet sheep. On a stage set up in front of a children’s playground, a folk band entertains a crowd of smiling people in shorts and T-shirts. At the park’s north end, men and women dressed in period costume sit on wooden chairs and embroider cloths by hand, spool yards of wool on a knitting wheel, or guide visitors around a pioneer village.
It’s July 24, Pioneer Day, a state holiday in Utah. It marks the 166th anniversary of the arrival of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon settlers in Salt Lake Valley. Pushed out of Illinois and Missouri by suspicious locals, the group of 1,600 pioneers established a new colony in an inhospitable region of mountainous scrublands. To survive, the pioneers had to show resourcefulness and determination that would withstand the elements – the dry, dusty summers, and the frigid winters, when lakes turn into ice cubes.
Pioneer Day celebrates that resilient spirit. Today, there have been parades. Tonight, there will be fireworks.
Reporting from Provo this week, I have spent a great deal of time trying to figure out why Mormons are so exceptionally entrepreneurial. It’s a phenomenon that can be traced back to those pioneers. “Everyone here can feel it,” Provo Mayor John Curtis had told me the day before Pioneer Day, speaking of the area’s entrepreneurial streak. “It’s hard sometimes to articulate it.” Full story...
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It’s July 24, Pioneer Day, a state holiday in Utah. It marks the 166th anniversary of the arrival of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon settlers in Salt Lake Valley. Pushed out of Illinois and Missouri by suspicious locals, the group of 1,600 pioneers established a new colony in an inhospitable region of mountainous scrublands. To survive, the pioneers had to show resourcefulness and determination that would withstand the elements – the dry, dusty summers, and the frigid winters, when lakes turn into ice cubes.
Pioneer Day celebrates that resilient spirit. Today, there have been parades. Tonight, there will be fireworks.
Reporting from Provo this week, I have spent a great deal of time trying to figure out why Mormons are so exceptionally entrepreneurial. It’s a phenomenon that can be traced back to those pioneers. “Everyone here can feel it,” Provo Mayor John Curtis had told me the day before Pioneer Day, speaking of the area’s entrepreneurial streak. “It’s hard sometimes to articulate it.” Full story...
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