![]() “It was transformative in basically every aspect of life,” Dowdle said. The completion of the transcontinental railroad was “revolutionary” and “transformative” for Utah and the Church, the historians agreed. Dowdle, historians at the Church History Library, ahead of the upcoming 150th Golden Spike Anniversary on May 10. The misconception was one of 12 interesting notes shared by Brent M. We want the benefits of this railroad for our emigrants, so that after they land in New York they may get on board the cars and never leave them again until they reach this city.” “I want this railroad to come through this city and to pass on the south shore of the lake. “As for this people not wanting the railroad, why there is no people in the world that will take the matter into consideration but will see at once that we need it more than any other portion of the community,” the Church leader said. He dispelled the myth in an 1868 discourse. ![]() On the contrary, President Brigham Young understood the economic benefits of a national rail line and how it would bless the Saints. The common belief, which stemmed in part from plural marriage issues, was that Latter-day Saints preferred insularity and isolation from the rest of the world.Īn 1867 New York Tribune article reported, “The Mormon difficulty, which has perplexed us for so many years is rapidly solving itself … will see the polygamists of the great plains quietly absorbed by a law-abiding and industrious race of new settlers.” In the late 1860s, a misconception existed among most Americans that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints didn’t want the transcontinental railroad passing through Utah.
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