In the News

In an article written the 24 July 1884 in the Utah Journal[1], we discover much about Robert and Jemima and their life as it was in Hyde Park. The article starts out with the settlement in the dugout.

Meetings were held 

The families went to work and helped each other out in building homes, first rough log homes and then framed houses. Their meetings were also held in a dugout and later moved to a log meeting house. When the meeting house became to small to hold the blossoming community of Saints, Bishop Hyde put the people to work building a rock meeting house. The new meeting house was finished in 1865 with a seating capacity of 550.

Picture posted with the kind permission of Dale Z Kirby.

After the death of Bishop William Hyde, Robert was appointed the second Bishop of Hyde Park. Jemima was made a counselor in the Relief Society. The family was actively involved in leading the church in Hyde Park. 

Robert, as well as William my great grandfather, were involved in managing the Co-op.

Picture posted with the kind permission of Dale Z Kirby.

The character of Robert was articulated well at the end of the article, " The people respond readily to any call made upon them, and all bear witness to the efficient manner In which Bishop Robert Daines acts as leader and adviser, as well as the universal esteem to which he is held."

[1] "Hyde Park, Facts and Figures Connected with this Thriving Settlement, Its Origination, Early History and Present Existence" Utah Journal, 1886-07-24, Utah Journal Co. (1882-1889) Digitized by: University of Utah, Utah Digital Newspapers  ark:/87278/s6281ms1, accessed 24 Oct 2015.