Kate B. Carter’s Happiness Is Unearthing Pioneer Tales Continued from Page B-l as fast as we can. He who for¬gets his heritage will have no heritage at all," she exclaimed. For Mrs. Carter the work of preserving history is never completed. "The history of Utah will never be completely written until the history of every Pioneer is told," she said. Mrs. Carter urged that a "true" story of the Handcart Pioneers be written. "A story should be written telling about the years that they came - 1856 to 1860 - and no other," Mrs. Carter said, noting that too many wri¬ters have "dwelt on the "death and sorrow" of their trek, "forgetting the ones who lived, came through and made a contribution to Utah history. Why not write and talk about them?" she asked. Born in Spanish Fork, the daughter of immigrant parents (father, Finnbogi Bjornson (Bearnson) of Iceland, and mother, Mary C. Jensen of Denmark), Mrs. Carter grew up in a home where the "his¬tory of an early nation was taught." And her children and grandchildren "all love books." Salt Lake City. Her life is wrapped up in the Pioneers, "for each one had an important part in the temporal and spiritual develop¬ment of Utah." The recipient of an early DUP number (2,000), Mrs. Carter was a charte ember of the DUP organization in Span¬ish Fork. Since 1930 she has searched pioneer records, read diaries, traveled thousands of miles to visit the living Pioneers more than or to hear the stories of those who knew them. A widow for eight years, Mrs. Carter travels widely when she isn't working on local DUP matters and serv¬ing as co-president of the "Days of '47" celebration in Mystery of the plaque A heavy bronze plaque which appar¬ently at one time marked a monument to Brigham Young, early prophet- president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was found Tuesday evening in the Avenues area. Norden Johnsen, 177 L St., said that he was approached byayoung man who gave him the plaque, asking if it was the property of the church. Johnsen, who was assisting with a road show production at the 21st Ward meetinghouse, 1st Ave and K St., took the plaque from the man, who said he found it at M Street between South Temple and First Avenue, where some buildings are being demolished. Early Wednesday, church officials had not determined where the plaque had originally been placed. It identifies Brigham Young as a prophet, statesman and pioneer and is marked with his birth and death dates.