Friday, February 21, 2014
Flashback Friday
Jeffrey and Ressa recently posted on their President's Day Weekend trip which included a stop at the Golden Spike National Historic Site. Dad asked Jeff if he noticed the historic photo documenting this event of joining the country with rail lines. The photo includes Jeffrey's great-great-great grandpa Neeley - William Neeley. William was a pioneer whose newlywed parents joined the Mormon Church in Illinois in the 1830s. He left Nauvoo with the main body of Saints in 1846 and spent a few years in Winter Quarters working with his father - Lewis - to help others move West. In Winter Quarters his mother - Helen Miller - died. William, with his father and siblings immigrated to Utah in the 1850s and located in the Brigham City area of North Utah and was there for the big event in 1869 when the Golden Spike was set and the nation was linked. He died in 1913 in Neeley, Idaho, which he founded.
If any of you other kids visit the Golden Spike site make sure to notice the dapper man in the lower right corner in the black hat and black coat.
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WOW!!! Thanks dad. This is the first of hopefully many Flashback Fridays where dad and I are going to post stories and pictures about our family history. We have a great heritage and you kids may enjoy it in bite-size pieces.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I guess I do remember seeing the photo. I must have initially mistaken it for a mirror because I can totally se the resemblance. Very, very cool story. Don't worry. Another Spiral jetty trip will happen and we'll be sure to stop by the Golden Spike.
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