Item Detail
-
30553
-
1
-
0
-
English
-
Young, John Willard
-
Utah History Encyclopedia
-
Salt Lake City
-
University of Utah Press
-
650-651
-
Born 1 October 1844, in Nauvoo, Illinois, to Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell, John Willard Young was ordained an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by his father on 4 February 1864. In 1866 and 1867 he filled a mission to Europe. Following his return in 1867, he became a subcontractor under his father in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad line through Echo Canyon. This was the beginning of a long career of railroad building. Young was one of the organizers of the Utah Central Railroad, which helped connect Salt Lake City to the transcontinental line to the north. In 1871 he helped organize the Utah Northern Railroad, which extended north from Ogden to Franklin, Idaho. In 1872 he became president and general manager of the Salt Lake City Railroad, a horse-drawn streetcar line. [Author]