“Brigham Young: A Visual Journey,” Liahona, June 1998, 36
Brigham Young:
A Visual Journey
A collection of photographs, artwork, and artifacts spanning the life and ministry of the Church’s second President.
On page 1 of Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, we read: “Brigham Young was the second President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the colonizer and builder of a great commonwealth of Latter-day Saints in the American West, and a devoted husband and father. He was a faithful disciple and Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. ‘Jesus is our captain and leader,’ he testified ([Deseret News Weekly], 24 May 1871, 5). ‘My faith is placed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and my knowledge I have received from him,’ he affirmed ([Deseret News Weekly], 21 November 1855, 2). His life was centered in building up and sustaining the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ on the earth.”
The following photographs, artwork, and artifacts provide some insight into the life and character of President Brigham Young.
The birthplace of Brigham Young—Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont—as it appeared in January 1913; photograph by George Edward Anderson.
Lion House and Beehive House, serving respectively as office and residence of President Young, 1860; photograph by Charles W. Carter.
President Brigham Young, age 51, about 1852.
The compass used by President Brigham Young on the trek west to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847; courtesy of Museum of Church History and Art.
President Young’s winter home in St. George, Utah, as it appeared about 1935.
President Young, age 71, about 1872.
Newly married and not yet a member of the Church, Brigham Young lived in this house in Port Byron, New York.
President Young’s grave in Salt Lake City, about 1882; photograph by Charles W. Carter.