Erastus Fairbanks Snow - St. George, Utah
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BruceS
N 37° 06.476 W 113° 35.010
12S E 270434 N 4109969
Quick Description: Bust of early leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in St. George, Utah
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/4/2008 7:19:56 AM
Waymark Code: WM53BT
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Long Description:
Erastus Fairbanks Snow
Missionary, Founder of St. George,
President of the Cotton Mission
Erastus Snow was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in
1818. He entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 21, 1847, in
advance of the first company of Mormon Pioneers. He was
ordained an Apostle at the age of thirty. As a missionary for
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he crossed the
Great Plains seven times and published the first foreign
translation of the Book of Mormon in Denmark in 1850. Elder
Snow presided over the Cotton Mission from 1861 to 1888 and
supervised the construction of the St. George Temple and
Tabernacle.
This monument is dedicated to Elder Snow's
leadership and the great sacrifice of the Cotton Mission
Pioneers.
May 24, 1997
