endless. I had to run on ahead to check in since we were rather late, due to Mrs. Fletcher's nonchalance in preparing the meal she served us. Too bad we had to hurry so to eat it. The meal deserved more savoring! "Then there was our stay at the University of Michigan, in campus housing, and my shock at the 'hippies' who were stu¬dents. That was before the hippy craze had reached our area. And our trip to Bryce Canyon after a convention in Orderville on a rainy day when everything looked so fresh. Also the lady from Escalante who had lived her lifetime in the town and had never been to Bryce! We took her home with us since we had a convention there the next day. "These are just a few of the experiences I think of fre¬quently. Then to add to the joys of our travel, there was the satisfaction of good conventions and the love and consideration of our D.U.P. women. Words can't express my gratitude to you or my admiration for you. Without your leadership and constant guidance, your lifetime of research, history collecting and pub¬lishing, our organization would never have grown as it has. "With much love, "Moneta" "One year after I joined the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Tooele County, Kate B. Carter was elected president of the Na¬tional Society and has been a cherished friend and an inspiration throughout the years. She was a guiding light that never failed me when advice was needed. As chairman of the Pioneer Hall and the restoration of what is now Daughters of Utah Pioneer's Museum and Log Cabin Plaza, I consulted her on many occa¬sions. It was always a very special county convention when she was one of the guests. Her spirit of enthusiasm was felt by all members and made lasting impressions. During the month of May I had the privilege of visiting her to get approval on a marker and during the conversation she remarked that she was concerned about what to do with her personal library, suggesting that possibly she should make plans for a room in the Museum. We were delighted when we received the letter telling of your plans to do this. It will be a fulfillment of her dreams and a last¬ing tribute to her dedication and devotion." -Myrl H. Porter Tooele County Company "I had always thought President Carter must be much younger than I, as it seemed rather a mystery how she could pre¬side at all meetings as the occasion demanded and still keep her freshness, vitality and energy .She never wavered. At times I be¬came very tired, but if she did she never let it show. "The day the ladies attending the national convention were taken by bus to South Jordan was a very cold day, yet she presided through the entire program, maybe drawing her coat a little tighter around her body. The day of the Antelope Island bus tour was hot, dusty and rough, with no place to rest when we arrived, but President Carter carried out the perfect program. "The last time she viisted our camp she came by chartered bus, bringing almost her entire board. To our joy, President Carter was the first to come from the bus. Our officers received them with open arms and served a delicious luncheon before the convention. In late afternoon President Carter had the oppor¬tunity to visit the marker she had helped our camp erect on the ground where the first meetinghouse was built for the saints of La Grande and surrounding communities. Her memory will always remain in our hearts." -Geneva A. Westenskow Union County, Oregon "I read in the Utah Historical Society's monthly publication the beautiful tribute to President Carter. I commend the Central Company board members for their unstinted loyalty and devo¬tion to the great objectives and purposes for which this gallant lady dedicated her life. She was a living example of moral courage and integrity and a willingness to invest her very all to preserve records of the noble souls who have gone before." -Roland Rich Woolley North Hollywood, California Kate B. Carter, eighty-four, a lifelong recorder of Utah pio¬neer history and a leader in community affairs, died Septem¬ber 8, 1976. During a lifetime of research, travel and interviews she pro¬duced many books and historical pamphlets. She served for thirty-six years as national president of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and was the driving force behind a twenty-five-year effort to build the D.U.P. Museum, which was dedicated in 1950. Royalties from Mrs. Carter's books and other publications helped finance the cost of the museum, which houses many pioneer artifacts. Her writings dealt with the personal stories of thousands of Utah pioneers, and to the end of her life she admonished modern-day Utahns to compile their own histories for future generations. Mrs. Carter was co-president of the annual Days of '47 parade and celebration for many years- an event observing the entrance of pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. The D.U.P. carried out a program of erecting markers at his¬toric pioneer sites in Utah and other states and Mrs. Carter ex¬panded that to a worldwide program in 1965. She also authored widely distributed works on the Utah flag and the Pony Express