Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Brigham Old, Brigham Young, Just Brigham...

August 29, 1877, BrighamYoung, second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dies...

"...Young was perhaps the most famous
polygamist of the early church. Young married some 50 women and had 57 known children. In 1856 he built the Lion House to accommodate his sizable family. This remains a Salt Lake City landmark, together with the Beehive House, another Brigham Young Family home. A contemporary of Young wrote: "It was amusing to walk by Brigham Young's big house, a long rambling building with innumerable doors. Each wife has an establishment of her own, consisting of parlor, bedroom, and a front door, the key of which she keeps in her pocket"..."

Good work, if you can get it...