Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, Number 3, 1977

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Shadows of Brigham Young as Seen by His Biographers B Y D O N A L D R. M O O R M A N

Brigham Young ca. 1850. Note the Masonic pin that has been added or retouched on his shirt front. Courtesy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

X. H E TEMPLE STOOD SOMBERLY incomplete on the Sunday afternoon of September 2, 1877, as the mourning procession passed through the streets of Salt Lake City to honor its fallen leader, Brigham Young. That year of Dr. Moorman is professor of history at Weber State College.


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