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The Sego Lilies
| Title | 019_FRAMED PICTURES of Morgan County Pioneers and Art |
| Contributors | Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Morgan County |
| Description | Collection of Morgan County Pioneer Portraits, along with several original pieces of art either from or depicting the pioneer time period. |
| Subject | Morgan County (Utah)--History; Mormon pioneers; Mormons--Utah |
| Digital Publisher | Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Date Digital | 2017 |
| Temporal Coverage | 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900 |
| Medium | History |
| Item Description | A collection of paintings, drawings, and photographs (mostly portraits). |
| Spatial Coverage | Morgan County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5778525/ |
| Type | Image/StillImage |
| Conversion Specifications | JPG images were scanned with a Kodak PS50 scanner. Handwritten transcription by Morgan County Daughters of Utah Pioneers; typed transcription by Minoushka Ruiz using ABBYY Fine Reader. PDF files were created for general use. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Morgan County Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Morgan, Utah. |
| Source | Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Morgan County |
| Format | application/pdf |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s63t6382 |
| Setname | wsu_mdupc |
| ID | 47861 |
| Reference URL | https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s63t6382 |
Page Metadata
| Title | The Sego Lilies |
| Creator | Corpany, JoAnne |
| Description | This is a collection of portraits of Morgan County Pioneers plus some art pieces from or about that time period. |
| Biographical/Historical Note | This painting depicts the Utah State Flower. By an act of the Utah State Legislature, approved on March 18, 1911, the sego lily was declared to be the State floral emblem. Kate C. Snow, President of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, in a letter dated April 17, 1930, says that "between 1840 and 1851" food became very scarce in Utah due to a crop-devouring plague of crickets, and that "the families were put on rations, and during this time they learned to dig for and to eat the soft, bulbous root of the sego lily. The memory of this use, quite as much as the natural beauty of the flower, caused it to be selected in after years by the Legislature as the floral emblem of the State." The sego lily was made the official state flower after a census was taken of the state's school children as to their preference for a state flower (Utah’s Online Library: onlinelibrary.utah.gov/research/Utah_symbols/flower.html). (A copy of JoAnne Corpany’s painting, The Sego Lilies, is Item No. 2017-16 in the Morgan, Utah Pioneer Memorial Building.) Born: 21 Nov 1841, Ohio. Married Jacob Arthurs, 1865. Died 30 Dec 1916, Roy, Weber, Utah. Mother of Henry Arthurs who was the grandfather of Earl LaMar. Portrait Donated by Earl LaMar, a great-grandson (Item No. 2009-1). |
| Subject | Morgan County (Utah)--History; Mormons--Utah |
| Date Original | 1995 |
| Date | 1995 |
| Type | Image/StillImage |
| OCR Text | Show |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Setname | wsu_mdupc |
| ID | 49569 |
| Reference URL | https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s63t6382/49569 |