--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 6 published: 1917-04 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, "Tree Planted by President Brigham Young," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 6 (April 1917). source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2006unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2006unse curator_note: Source-native unpaginated front matter; no printed page number is supplied. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-04) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2006unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # 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. him ii 1. n, ii inn iiim 1 i mm i ninMinnmiinnnnmnnnmnnini iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii iiiiiiiiiiii inn iiiii inn mi ~