Monthly Archives: June 2023

History of Lehi’s first schools

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Published by Lehi Free Press on January 11, 2018,  Much of the information in this article was taken from Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town by Richard Van Wagoner. Unlike many small towns of the American West, those who settled … Continue reading →

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Site of First Chapel in Lehi

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

By Jacob Barlow Site of the first meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lehi, Built in 1855. Replaced in 1972. Also used for civic meetings and upper rooms for school. This marker commemorates the ancient, … Continue reading →

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The Thurman School in Lehi, Utah

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This interesting piece was posted to the Lehi Historical Society and Archives facebook group by Lee Anderson on 10 June 2023.  Our Bushman family members attended this school, so it’s very likely they were involved in some of these antics! … Continue reading →

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John Bushman 1843-1926 by Lenore B. Carpenter, granddaughter

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This account is found in the book, Pioneer Men of Arizona by Roberta Flake Clayton, pp. 63-70. John Bushman, pioneer, colonizer and church leader, was born June 7, 1843, at Nauvoo, Illinois in Bishop Hunter’s home. His father, Martin Bushman … Continue reading →

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Jesse Nathaniel Smith –a letter to his family after his death from Apostle Heber J. Grant

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Jesse Nathanial Smith b. 2 December 1834, d. 5 June 1906. This history is taken from Roberta Flake Clayton’s book “Pioneer Men of Arizona,” pp. 449-450, including part of a letter written by Apostle Heber J. Grant, shortly after the … Continue reading →

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