Tree Planted by President Brigham Young

The accompanying photographs of the tree planted in pioneer days by President Brigham Young, at Florence, Nebraska, is sent to the Era by Mrs. Mary Smith Ellsworth, of Chicago. The president of the West Iowa conference gave the portrait to Mrs. Ellsworth. The old tree measures 18 feet in circumference and shades a space of 100 by 90 feet. The missionaries are R. V. Johnson, Huntington; Arnold Nielsen, Hyrum; Leroy Anderson, Richmond; Lola Johnson, Hyrum, Utah; Jesse Stowell, Idaho; and William Ellsworth, Safford, Arizona. The elders, the Saints and their friends of Omaha, belonging to the Western States mission, and of Council Bluffs, belonging the Northern States mission, to

often meet to celebrate the 24th of July, in honor of the pioneers, and to enjoy their luncheons and picnics under the shades of this famous tree. A stand is erected where musicians on these occasions are in attendance to furnish entertainment for the assembled companies. It is reported that this tree grew from a green stake planted in the ground by President Brigham Young as a flagstaff to signify the place at which the next company of immigrants was to halt.

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