Our next lecture of our 2026-2027 series is on Wednesday, November 18, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)!
“Getting to Know Mary: The Writings of a Cache Valley Pioneer Youth” by Emily Crumpton-Deason.
Emily Crumpton-Deason’s presentation tells the story of Mary E. Perkes through a journal she began keeping at the age of seventeen. Mary’s writings provide a unique insight as to what life was like for a Latter-day Saint pioneer youth living in early Cache Valley. The Perkes family came to the Utah Territory in 1882 and settled in Hyde Park.
Emily Marie Crumpton-Deason is an award-winning historian who works for the Church History Library as a Church History Consultant. She holds degrees in history from Idaho State University and Utah State University. Her research interests include 19th-century media, crime, gender, Latter-day Saint pioneers, and the history of Utah’s Black American communities. Emily grew up near Yosemite in Central California but has lived in the intermountain west for nearly two decades. She enjoys collecting antique books, exploring cemeteries, and spending time with her husband and their children.
All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!