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Roger williams was it founder of rhode island and also the founder of the First Baptist church in america. Williams was born in london around 160 thr3. Were not sure of which because his birth records were burned up in the great london fire. He became a chapel for one of the great pureten lords. But because he was a puriten. He fled to england, arrived in at boston in february of 1631. This is a radical idea at this time. Every country had had a state church. They all had their own state support...

Other earlier american and even british and other explorers never chose to settle here. This was seen as a difficult place to live. And not a desirable patch of land. That was part of the logic for mormons taking it. Brigham young wanted a place that could be isolated from other american settlers so that they wouldnt run into the same kinds of conflicts that they had experienced in the east. That dream was only partially realized because not only does the gold rush bring some 30,000 nonmormons t...

Organist is really unique. This ceiling does a remarkable ceils of projecting the soupd no the back of the room. It is like a warm bath when you hear this organ play. When you hai sit on this befrmn huge wall of sound going over me and out into the room. I have been here 23 years now and im still thrilled as much as i was the first time i heard them. One great story has to do with helen keller who was here in the early 19 hundreds and spoke at the pulpit behind where im seated here, if you can c...

It was in 1849 that welch pioneers came to the valley and they sang in harmony and welch. They decided you need to be the nucleus. It started in 1849. They used to sing in the tabernacle. When that was too small they started building this particular building which was in the late 1860s. It was completed at the end of the civil war. The tabernacle here has been the home of the choir ever since. As we had voisitors come one of the things they first noticed is the organ. It is right there and has b...

Mormons taking it. Thought it could be isolated from other mac and settlers so they wouldnt run other american settlers so they wouldnt run into the ideas of the east. Only does the gold rush bring 30,000 nonmormons through utah in the first three years of settlement, first five years of settlement, but 20,000 or so , theseamericans here stories became as difficult as the ones the mormons had experienced before. Misunderstanding, cultural alienation, violent conflict. Case, native americans are ...

With help from our Comcast Cable partners we will ask for the history of the city. Visit the Brigham Young University Museum of paleontology the hear about how one man changed the way dinosaur skeletal remains are displayed in museums. Mr. Fluhman the metal rods the support of the animal are hidden within the bounds. When you can hide the armature in the steel supports, the animal looks more alive. Later, see artifacts recovered from one of provos early structures in the story they tell about th...

Of the mayors 2030 task force we were members of. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors my name is restraining order lane i wrote to you a couple letters on the issues i hope you had time to read them i live in south san jose you may wonder why im not in support of this project in its current form a lack of capacities on the cost of mous how can anyone stand in front of and ask you to spend 6. 75 percent of the fleet we have bike capacity reached over 50 percent when you put...

Will not make it well make a motion and clerk linda wong and thank you Jennifer Lowe and march. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the august 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can what he get a motion to excuse our chair farrell today. All right. Without objection thank you item one please. Item number one reduces for the rec and Park Department to accept from the how admin...

All right. Good morning, everyone thank you for your patience welcome to the tuesday, july 26, 2016, meeting im katie tang and to my left is supervisor yee and chair farrell will not make it well make a motion and clerk linda wong and thank you Jennifer Lowe and march. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the august 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can what he get a motion t...

Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the august 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can what he get a motion to excuse our chair farrell today. All right. Without objection thank you item one please. Item number one reduces for the rec and Park Department to accept from the how administration a design and Development Services for approximately 1. 7 million for the ocean beach t...