[Hinckley] Held meetings with members in Alaska, the first time a president of the Church has done so (1)
-- 15 years ago - 1995 17-23 June
[Plains] Warren Foote Company begins crossing plains (2)
-- 160 years ago - Jun 17, 1850
[Lucy Mack Smith] John Taylor visits Lucy and reads part of her finished manuscript. (3)
-- 165 years ago - Jun 17, 1845
1 - LDS Newsroom, Time line of Significant Events as President, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/time-line-of-significant-events-as-president
2 - Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, Chronological Company List, http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanylist-chronological/0,15765,3968-1,00.html
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
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