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Foreword

THIS book of PIONEER STORIES has been prepared at the request of the Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is their desire that the young people of the Church shall acquire and retain a more active interest in the heroic deeds and daring accomplishments of their pioneer forefathers who settled and subdued this desert country and founded a prosperous empire.

All the stories printed in this volume have been taken from books and magazines on file in the Church Historian's Office, and, as far as the compiler knows, they are all the record of true experiences.

It has been a pleasant task to prepare these stories for publication. One lives again in the days of "the old West," when a noble and God-fearing people, guided by a sublime faith, endured the trials and difficulties of pioneer life, that we, their descendants, might enjoy the comforts of civilization and peace.