The park was inaugurated on October 24, 1979, by the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Spencer W. Kimball.
As such, the prophet of the Remnant Church, President Frederick Niels Larsen, is a direct descendant (maternal 2nd great-grandson) of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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When Hinckley unexpectedly died in 1943, Howells was chosen by LDS Church president Heber J. Grant as Hinckley's successor.
In 1978, after LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball received what he announced as a divine revelation allowing black Mormon men to receive the Priesthood and act on behalf of God on Earth, Cherry sought and was called on a Mormon mission to Oakland, California.
In 2004, the Gadfield Elm Trust donated ownership of the chapel to the LDS Church, and it was rededicated by church president Gordon B. Hinckley on 26 May 2004.
In 1855, following a visit from President Brigham Young, Anson Call constructed a fort in the area, which would give the community its name for the next fifty years.
Beginning in 1875, church president Brigham Young asked Hardy, John Henry Smith, and B. Morris Young to tour the wards of the church and establish YMMIA programs in each of them.
When the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brigham Young, visited the area, he is said to have remarked that it reminded him of the Swiss Alps, so in 1850 when the area became a city, the city fathers named it "Alpine".
As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Mormon pioneers arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Hinckley had been asked by church president George Albert Smith to write a book that would introduce the LDS Church to non-members.
Brigham Young, Jr. (9 December 1899—10 October 1901) : When Lorenzo Snow became President of the Church, the next senior Apostles, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith, were asked by Snow to be counselors in the First Presidency.
Orson Hyde (27 December 1847—22 June 1868) : When senior Apostle Brigham Young was made President of the Church on 27 December 1847, the next senior Apostle, Heber C. Kimball, was asked by Young to be one of the counselors in the First Presidency.
The Mormon fundamentalists in Bountiful have divided into two groups: about half are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church), and the other half are members of an FLDS-offshoot based on the teachings of their bishop, Winston Blackmore, who split with the FLDS Church after concluding the president of the church, Warren Jeffs, had exceeded his authority and become too dictatorial.
As an area seventy, he was president of the church's Central America Area and is one of only two non-general authorities in church history to preside over an area of the church (the other being C. Scott Grow).
However, Gordon B. Hinckley, former prophet and president of the church, stated that he was sure man was to be exalted, but was unsure that God was once exalted.
Harold B. Lee (1899–1973), eleventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Howard W. Hunter (1907–1995), fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ervil's hitlist would eventually reach the hundreds and include John F. Kennedy and the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
After the statehood question was finally resolved, Trumbo and his wife moved to Salt Lake City in 1895 and took up residence in the Gardo House, a large mansion originally built by Brigham Young for one of his wives, and later the official residence of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The statue was dedicated in 1996 by Gordon B. Hinckley, then President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
In the 2000s, Duncan served as president of the church's Chile Santiago North Mission and was also the associate international counsel for the LDS Church in South America.
Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), 12th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
One of his children, Samuel Hinckley (whose mother was Mary Richards), was a direct ancestor of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as an ancestor of the former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley.
Smith designated his son, Wallace B. Smith as his successor in 1976, and on April 5, 1978 he became the first president of the church to retire to "emeritus" status — all previous presidents had served until their deaths.