| Statue of Eliza Roxey Snow | |
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| The statue in 2021 | |
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| Artist | Ortho R. Fairbanks |
| Year | 1952 |
| Subject | Eliza R. Snow |
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 40°46′34.8″N111°53′28.1″W / 40.776333°N 111.891139°W | |
A bronze statue of Eliza Roxey Snow is installed in front of the Pioneer Memorial Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] The artwork commemorates pioneer women. [2] The statue was sculpted by Mormon artist Ortho Rollin Fairbanks in 1952. [3]
Eliza Roxey Snow was one of the most celebrated Latter-day Saint women of the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine. Snow was married to Joseph Smith as a plural wife, and was a plural wife to Brigham Young after Smith's death. Snow was the second general president of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which she reestablished in the Utah Territory in 1866. She was also the older sister of Lorenzo Snow, the LDS Church's fifth president.
Pioneer Day is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. state of Utah, with some celebrations taking place in regions of surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, where the Latter-day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois, and other locations in the eastern United States. Parades, fireworks, rodeos, and other festivities help commemorate the event. Similar to July 4, many local and all state-run government offices and many businesses are closed on Pioneer Day.
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Hannah Dorcas Tapfield King was a 19th-century British-born American writer and pioneer. After converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England in 1850, her family emigrated to Utah in 1853 where she became endeared to the people of that state. She was the author of Songs of the Heart, several poems, and writings addressed to young readers. She was the last of 56 women sealed to Brigham Young. She died in 1886.
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