The Pioneers

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a view taken in the Southwestern part of the cemetery. The iron railings are a recent addition, members of the Reorganized church having been buried here also, hence their presence. The old Florence Bank building still stands with its char- acteristic "Mormon" permanency of construction. It is still used as a bank, although its antiquated structure recalls a day that has now passed into history forever. With the advancing of time since the days when Florence was a "Mormon" village, the scenes have shifted. Today Omaha with two hundred thousand inhabitants and its varied enterprising business interests, has caused the western bluffs of the river to teem with life and activity, and has changed for- ever the vista, that met the eye of the "Mormon" pioneer, as he gazed across the Missouri river to the setting sun. And with the change the faithful work of the elders, who came east- ward again with the gospel, have been rewarded. A thriving branch, with a comfortable and commodious chapel, and a corps of energetic elders, are doing their best to proclaim the message of truth that inspired and enabled the "Mormon" pio- neers to do what they did in the days when Winter Quar- ters was established. Omaha, Nebraska

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