[Iosopa Community] The land was dedicated by LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff on 28 August 1890, one year after colonization, as a gathering place for the natives of the islands of the sea. (1)
-- 120 years ago - Aug 28, 1890
Gordon B. Hinckley interviewed by Laurence Spicer of London News Service. (2)
-- 15 years ago - Aug 28, 1995
Joseph Smith asked Levi Hancock to take Fanny Alger to Missouri. She and her family left the following month, and after a lengthy stop-over in Indiana (for unclear reasons, perhaps her pregnancy), reached Missouri a year later. (3)
-- 175 years ago - late Aug 1835
1 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Iosopa Community, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/i/IOSEPA.html
2 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
3 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
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