Actual Photo of Prophet Joseph Smith

Wow ! Have you Guys seen this " NEW DISCOVERY" of the only Photo ever taken of the Prophet Joseph Smith . The Reorganized Church only recently uncoved it in their Archives and asked our church to help authenticate it. The Church has stated that it is "Almost certainly Authentic ". All of the exsisting "Photos " of the prophet are

artist conceptions,most of which were taken from models made from the death mask after joseph had died . This Photo is Reported taken of at the time of Him at the time of his incareation in the liberty jail. The Article in meridian says the church has actualy had the photo for a couple of years working on its authentication . This is ment to be a testimony builder and to confirm that our church is the true church and that joseph smith was a prophet and the founder of the true church .

The Teton Flood

In Reviewing the teton Flood to see Pictures be sure to see older blogs after the story that have been posted , pictures tell more than stories .

Prelude to the Teton Dam Flood

this June 5 2009 will be 33 Years Since the Teton Dam Broke , Flooding the Upper Snake River Valley with 80 Billions of Water between St.Anthony - Roberts - Idaho Falls - Blackfoot and to American Falls . It was the Worst Disaster this area had ever seen , so i think it is only fitting to relive Part of History that happen in this area and what occured .

11:57 A.M. June 5,1976 is a date that will fore ever be etched in my mind. This was on a Saturday,while i was Roadmaster at Idaho Falls. I was on Weekend duty , I had the Radio on and was listening to Music, When a flash Bullentin was Announced " The Teton Dam has Breached "
I quickly got ahold of the Train Dispacher and told him to stop all trains on the 4th Subdivison, as all of our Locals were just coming on Duty at Idaho Falls, Then i got ahold of My Section Forman
at Newdale. I told him what was up and told him to check the Bridge just above Newdale. The Bridge was a 3 Span Tresel Bridge about 75 Ft. High. He called in about 15 Minutes in a Shook up voice , Saying the bridge no longer exsists, its been washed away .I knew right away the Crap had hit the Fan.

The Superindent Ed May and my Chief Engineer were at Sun Valley at a shippers convention. so i called and got ahold of them . They told me to hang tight in the Office, they called back in 15 Minutes and said there is a helicopter awaiting at the Idaho Falls Airport for me and they wanted me in the air to give them a quick assement of where i thought we would lose our railroad , We was over Sugar city just as the flood hit Sugar City . We witness what you could call a war zone . The destruction was un believable .when we got back to idaho falls , the Estimate that i gave to them was within 1 Mile of What Occured. We was able to restore all the Railroad track in seven days , It was a feat never before done on the union Pacic railroad. One day we unloaded 1200 car of ballast and one day between Sugar city and Rexburg we laid 2 miles of Track panels .The Railroad had the Laramie Panel yards working 24 hour shifts in trying to stay ahead of us. also the Simplot ballast plant at Pocatello was on a 24 hour Shift . We worked 7 days in a row with 18 hour days . when we had completed our task the railroad back into sevice .Ed May , Our Superindent brought all the section Gangs in the San Piper at Idaho Falls to buy super which was a very big Rib Steak. He singled me out , Saying that we had a man who worked like a horse in restoring the Railroad and by golly he was going to feed me like a horse, he had another steak even bigger than the First one and placed it before me ( I ate both of Them )

Onething that i would like to focus on, People always said that Idaho Falls was somehow spared major damage, But Local New 8 had a great quote from T.J.Wadworth who said "( Idaho Falls was) the City that saved itself because from major damage by the virtue of over 10,000 residents showing up to sand bag the River Banks , you can imagine what would have happened if those residents had not worked so quickly. Blackfoot down the rive sustained major flooding

another thing that i have thought over and over is what would have happened if the dam had broke at night when ever body was asleep instead of at noon . I shudder to think of what the impact of the flood would have been then

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11:57 when the dam breached on june 5,1976

a airplane wrecked at rexburg

house damage in rexburg , as you view the havoc and the look on the people faces , it almost made you cry , it made you feel sad knowing that you was helpless . and that you could feel the grief going through these people .

this is the old overpass going into st.anthony. the flood destroyed the overpass , this was the northern section of the flood of where we lost then railroad all the way to rexburg , a total of 10 miles

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Car Damage in the Rexburg Area and debris ever where

Trailer Park at Rexburg , not only was the devestion bad , but the smell of rotting animals some times would almost knock you over

house in the st.anthony area

house in ruins in the st.anthony area

This is a pile of farm Machinery mangled by the Flood just north of the overpass into St.Anthony . the water was 20 ft.deep trough out this area . the force of the water causing havoc was unbeliavable

This View is west of Menan showing how the flood twisted and wrecked the Track The track was lost 1 mile west of Menan to Plano just west of St.Anthony , We had a couple of big tressel Bridges through this Area and the cost would have been Forbidden a distance of 20 miles was lost , so this was never rebuilt .This area was hit very hard by the flood

View of Rexburg downhill north from 2 nd South and College Ave . Rexburg had 6-8 ft of waterin this View

Feb.2 - The Day i thought I died & went to Heaven

Story = Becca posted her whole wheat recipe on her blog . so we decided we would try it . now we did not have a Kitchen Aid Mixer . So we did not want to reduce the recipe so we went and got us a new Kitchen Aid . Which is something that both of us have wanted for a life time . The Picture only showed 6 Loafes But there was 7 before i Gobbled One up . When we went to Big John's in Pocatello to get the Gluton , The Owners wife said she uses 2 Cans of Glutin , One a Wheat Blutin and the other Grandma's Glutin , 2 Heaping teaspoons of Each, although the 7 loafes figured to cost $ 57.00 A Piece . and then we made Becca's Chicken soupe . I ate 3 Big bowls of Soupe and a Loaf of Bread , That Bread was out of this world , I had a ball making the bread , i never had used a wheat grinder , and you did not have to kneed the Bread , The Kitchen aid did all the Work , We love to Kitchen aid so much , it just might become my sleeping Pardner. you Grandkids needs to tell up old people about these new things , after you spend a life time making bread over a camp fire we need to know about the Progress of the World. All i can say Mover over Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay , Cause there is a mean lean new cook in town . and by the way becca ,, keep those Recipes coming , Both of these were Out of this World

memorial to my 3rd great grandfather

This Memorial is of my 3rd great-grandparents Randolph & Myzra Nix Alexander - A little story

as follows . on April 12,1842, Randolph attended a meeting of the lodge.the twelve Apostles were there,and it was voted that Randolph would go on a Mission to the South to preach the Gospel. Randolph became a convert to the church through the laborers of Wilford Wooddruff.Randolph was a member of the Nauvoo 1ST ward. Randolph moved his family after 1836 to Missouri to be with the saints,there he lived 2 miles south of Far West,Missouri, then to Nauvoo,Then to Winter quarters,then to Utah with one mule and a milk cow to pull the Family belongings, The family Arrived in the Salt Lake Valley Sept.28.1847 , Settling in Parles Canyon. , one of His Daughters name Adeline Alexander. Adeline was nine years old when the Prophet Joseph Smith was killed and she saw the the bodies of Hyrum and Joseph after the were prepared for Burial. She remembered sitting on joseph knee and talking to him many times. She and her family were at the meeting when the saints voted to substain Bringham Young as the head of the Church. at age of 15 ,she married Milo Adrus,he was 21 years older and had other wifes and children, she was not in love with him, but her father convinced her that the marriage was right , she lived in a little house in Bringham Canyon, but she did not see her husband very often, she did however bear him 5 children, milo visted shortly before randolph was born , but due to other buisness left again , when adeline gave birth to the baby m she lay hemoraragin for three days untill a neigbor noticed no smoke from the chimley, adeline went to bringham young and told him of her hardships , he allowed her a divorice on june 6,1864 . adeline later married andrew sproul and bore him 7 children , on sept.26,1911.andrew & adeline were returng home from the st.george temple when the horses became frighten and ran away , adeline was thrown out and killed instanly .

This Picture Is Mom & Dad on their 50 th Wedding . You Grandkids were a little to young to know them very well , So am going to tell you a story so you can know them Better . My dad and me had a very special relationship , we was not father and son , we were Buddies ,on our hunting trips , One time i recalled we was hunting on House Mt. which is just above Pine,Idaho when we got lost . Now dad could out walk a horse and he had amazing strength for walking ,this was when i was about 17 years old , But he had reached the stage when he said ,i have had it ,lets just shot a squirel and spend the night . well that scared me so bad , i took off walking taking 2 strides
for every step that he was taken . we must have walked 6 hrs at almost a run , we finally came to a road which a sign said house mt. 13 miles, he gave out and so i walkedthe 13 miles to get our car .
another time we was hunting on bennett Mt. just north of Hammett and a big band of deer ran across the road , i opened up and downed 7 deer before you could say " Jack Rabbit " , i turned to dad and said you want me to shot you one. He in turn said you killed enough deer to feed the whole town of hammet . on weekend we had an old row boat that we used to take into glenns ferry and then go down the snake river fishing for trout and sturgeons ,we always caught a lot of fish. we realy developed a close relation ship that most sons and fathers never have . we did all our hunting togather , Another time we was going elk hunting in to the Primitive area and we was going down a road and then i got an idea to play like the brakes went out of the truck with our 6 horses in it . dad almost jumped out of the truck .

my mom was a gentle woman , i guess i was her favorite , i never did get a spanking ( not that i didnt deserve a few , she told a story that me and shirley made a pretty Potatoe salad to suprise
our folks, after they ate with out showing no remorse , they said next time to cook the potatoes
i guess i could go on all day , we had a lot of love in our house , I always regretted that i did not
have to time to develope the Relationship that i had with my father as with my sons because
of my career on the Railroad . Mom had been in the Boise Hospital because of a heart attack
on the Day that we was supposed to go get her and bring her home , we got a phone call from the hospital saying that she had just died , I still miss my parents , But we did the temple and the feeling was very strong ,i know that both of them accepted the temple work , and i know with out a doubt that we will all be togather in the here - after

One Of My Favorites Of Becca

More Sturgeons

DID YOU KNOW THAT ...... White Sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America
. The largest white sturgeon on record weighed approximately 682 Kilograms ( KG) 1500 Lbs and was taken from the Snake River near Weiser ,Idaho in 1898 and was 17 feet in Length
( This to reaffirm my true stories about fishing for sturgeons on the snake river )
Be sure that you read the following story to give you a little more in sight .) love to hear your comments

STORY ABOUT STURGEONS

the bobsey twins