Pioneer Days

It has been a long held family tradition to celebrate the Saints reaching the great Salt Lake Valley on July 24th in Pine Arizona. We are VERY proud of our pioneer heritage. My Great Great Great Grandfather Edmond Ellsworth was married to Elizabeth Young, Brigham Young's eldest child. He asked Edmond to lead the first handcart company across the plains. On this journey he married our great great great Grandmother Mary Ann Bates in 1856. So through the years we have put on our Pioneer finest and marched down the main street of Pine in the parade.

My Father and his brothers and sisters

About 1958

1995