August 11, 2016
Utah pioneer historian, Tom Alexander, came and spoke with Provo Rotary this week. He shared many things about the pioneers concerning life after they entered the Salt Lake Valley. The pioneers thought the valley was beautiful when they entered. There were groves of trees and plenty of land ready to be farmed and irrigated. Struggles came though because of hardships with the weather and shortages of food. Some of the farmers would sell their grain to emigrants passing through to California, but it would mean that others still in the valley could not buy bread so all were encouraged to only sell grain to those in the valley. Conditions improved after 1849 when most of the shortages ended.
Two local students were also awarded Rotary scholarships!
Lovely view from the Riverside Country Club
