Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Utah Historical Society announces its largest artifact for display in the Museum of Utah, the Mormon Meteor III land speed ...

It’s been 177 years since the first Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, traveled through Emigration Canyon into the Salt Lake Valley — and the celebration of that day, July 24, remains a highlight ...

A look at Mormon crickets, a seasonal insect that has plagued the American West for centuries, traveling in large bands and devouring the landscape. Origin of Name According to legend, the insects got ...

Utah officials, along with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, unveiled a monument Friday honoring African American pioneers at a park in Salt Lake City. The monument, entitled ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most people are gathering Friday in Utah to celebrate the state’s Mormon heritage at Pioneer Day parades featuring floats, carriages and women in prairie dresses. But many ...

Pioneer Day is a holiday Utah doesn’t share with any other state, marking the day — July 24, 1847 — when Brigham Young and the first Mormon pioneers, crossed Emigration Canyon and caught their first ...