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{{Short description|Historical organization focusing on Utah, United States}}
The '''The National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers''' (SUP) is an organization dedicated to preserving the memory oflegacy and studying the history of the [[Mormon Pioneers]] of [[Utah]]. and the West. The organizationsorganization is open to "All good men of every age and circumstance who have an interest in the early Utah Pioneers. It is not necessary to have pioneer ancestry to join."<ref>[http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.org/about_sup.htmabout/ Information page at Sons of Utah Pioneers website]</ref>
 
[[File:Nephi L Morris.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Nephi L. Morris]]
The Sons of Utah Pioneers was officially organized in 1933. The first National president was [[Lawrence T. EspersonEpperson]]. He was succeeded by [[Nephi L. Morris]], who was also [[Stake president|president]] of the [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake]] [[Stake (LDS Church)|Stake]] of the LDS Church at the time. In 1947, whenduring theythe centennial of the entry of the first Mormon pioneers into the Great Salt Lake valley, the Sons of Utah Pioneers organized aan centennialelaborate commemorative journey forof the original Mormon trek to SaltUtah. LakeProminent City,Mormon writer and newspaper publisher [[Wendell J. Ashton]] was the nationalNational president of the SUP at that time.
 
In 1982 a national headquarters building was completed in the East Mill Creek area of Salt Lake City. Administrative offices and a print library are housed there, as well as meeting rooms for local and national events.
 
Membership is divided into chapters where members meet, usually monthly, to hear speakers on subjects of interest in history, geography, biography, as well as topics on [[Mormon culture]]. Chapters often organize "treks" lasting one day to a week where members travel to historical sites to learn more about pioneer history, as well as to socialize with others of like interests.
 
The Sons of Utah Pioneers publish the quarterly ''Pioneer'' magazine, a full-color print publication containing historical articles, photographs and artwork about the Mormon Pioneers as a group, the individuals and families who comprised the Mormon Pioneers, and the places they settled.
 
The organization sponsors an annual [http://www.sup1847.com/symposiums/ historical symposium] at the headquarters building in Salt Lake City, and periodic regional history symposiums in other areas of the intermountain west.
 
==See also==
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* [[List of Mormon family organizations]]
* [[Mormon pioneers]]
* [[List of Sons of Utah Pioneers historic monuments]]
 
==References==
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==Sources==
*[httphttps://www.sonsofutahpioneerssup1847.orgcom/ahistoryofthesonsofutahpioneers/about_sup.htm A History of the Sons of Utah Pioneers] by [[Thomas G. websiteAlexander]]
*[http://www.mediauen.utah.eduorg/UHEutah_history_encyclopedia/s/SONSOFUTAHPIONSONS_OF_UTAH_PIONEERS.html Utah History Encyclopedia article on Sons of Utah Pioneers]
 
==External links==
*[https://www.sup1847.com/ Current website]
* [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11546 George A. Smith chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers papers, MSS 8520] at [https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/ L. Tom Perry Special Collections], [[Brigham Young University]]
* [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/7947 Merrill C. Mickelson collection of Red Rock Chapter newsletters, MSS 7753] at [https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/ L. Tom Perry Special Collections], [[Brigham Young University]]
 
[[Category:History of Utah]]
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