further that it be the sense of this meeting that every citizen of Morgan County be urged to join this organization and to participate in its activities.80 Pioneers of Morgan The Saints in Morgan showed great interest in their pioneer heritage. In 1916 the Church Historian's Office requested that someone from the Morgan Stake be appointed to visit all the pioneers still living and secure data and pictures for the historian's office. Some of the information would be placed in the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia being written by Andrew Jenson, assistant Church Historian. Elder Lorenzo H. Durrant was appointed by the meeting to fill this position 81 Andrewjenson on occasion visited the Morgan stake conference and gave the Saints encouragement and instruction on preparing family histories. Brother Henry Florence, the last of the handcart pioneers in Morgan Stake, spoke at the 154th quarterly conference in 1921. He related some of the hardships and trials of their journey to the west and told of the faith they had in the Lord.82 Henry Florence was eighteen when he crossed the plains in the George Rowley Handcart Company in 1859. It was the eighth handcart company to arrive in Salt Lake, and the only one to cross the plains in 1859. There were 235 people and sixty handcarts in the company which arrived in Salt Lake City 4 September 1859. The company was composed of English and Scandinavian Saints.83 A special program honoring the pioneers was conducted in the Morgan Stake Tabernacle on 22 July 1923- The pioneers of the stake were ushered in by the Boy Scouts and Beehive Girls and seated on the stand. An address of welcome was given by Sister Daisy Crouch, then the pioneers were introduced by Sister Annie Dickson, according to the year they came west. Those honored were: 1847 Thomas Grover 1852 William H. Dickson and William H. Toone 1853 Mrs. Carter 1855 Mrs. Benjamin Smith 1859 Daniel Heiner, George Heiner, Anthony Heiner 1860 James Tucker and Emma Rich 1861 Emma Butters and Mrs. NJ. Peterson 1862 David Coolbear 1864 F.W. Clark, R.R. Fry, Annie Turner, Hyrum Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Martha Dickson, and Thomas Palmer 1866 William Smith 1868 Joseph Durrant Each of these pioneers was presented with flowers by the Beehive girls. Then many of them shared experiences from their past. The program was concluded with a tribute to the Pioneers by H. B. Crouch, the singing of "America" and the benediction by Joseph Durrant.84 112