Mt Pleasant Relic Home Museum

05/22/2026

Come help us learn how to preserve the headstones at our beautiful cemetary! Today, Friday, May 22nd at 10 am.

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05/22/2026

*REMINDER*
Mt Pleasant Pioneer Historical Association is working to start preserving and restoring some of our historical headstones at the Cemetary. We have an opportunity to be taught from a Utah State Expert on how to properly clean and maintain headstones. This rep will there today, May 22nd at 10:00am. Anyone interested in coming and learning we’d love to have you. See you there !

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04/28/2026

03/29/2026

Walk With the Dead Highlight
James Simpson - Ethan Mendicino
1867 – 1918
Railroad man, stockman, father.
His life was cut short by influenza,
yet through his children
his name traveled the world.
My name is James Simpson, born June 29, 1867, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, the son of Danish and pioneer stock. I married Delia Rebecca Beckstrom, and together we raised eight children, our lives shaped by the land, the railroad, and the steady work of survival. For twenty-five years, I served the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, carrying freight and livelihoods across Utah, later trading livestock and working the soil of Sanpete. My life was cut short by the influenza epidemic of 1918, my body passed in fear from a window, yet my name lived on through my children. I buried two too soon, but others grew strong—some teaching, some raising families, and one, my Joseph, traveling farther than I could have dreamed. From Spring City he rose to stand beside Robert Ripley of Believe It or Not!, circling the globe, walking with kings and commoners alike, bringing back the wonders of the world. I, who worked the rails of Utah, gave life to a son who crossed oceans. My story ended early, but through Joseph, the Simpson name reached every corner of the earth.

03/27/2026

Don't forget the Annual Pioneer Luncheon tomorrow! The address has changed and will now be at the yellow church, 295 South State Street, Mt Pleasant. We will be having a bake sale, quilt raffle, and vintage items for sale.

03/24/2026

Our annual Pioneer Luncheon is coming up on Saturday, the 28th. Come join the fun! The address has changed and will now be at the yellow church, 295 South State Street, Mt Pleasant. Come celebrate the women of Mt Pleasant City's past!

02/25/2026

It is time for our annual pioneer luncheon. Come and join us for food, entertainment, and reminiscing (over 80 eat free). If you have any stories of Women of Mt Pleasant that you would like to share, please send them to [email protected].

02/05/2026

Walk With the Dead Highlight

Emma Tidwell - Kathy Hafen
1841–1916
Nauvoo-born pioneer
Crossed the plains as a child
Raised 14 children
Remembered for her strength, faith, and loving care

Emma Sanders Tidwell (1841–1916) was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, to pioneer parents who knew the Prophet Joseph Smith. Enduring hardships of mob violence, sickness, and the trek west, she crossed the plains as a child and later settled in Utah. She married James Harvey Tidwell in 1857, and together they raised 14 children on their Mt. Pleasant farm, building a home filled with faith, music, and community. After her husband’s death, she lived in Moroni for 20 years, loved and cared for by her children and grandchildren. Remembered as a strong, devoted, and religious woman, Emma embodied the pioneer spirit and left a lasting legacy of family and faith.

12/30/2025

Walk With the Dead Highlight

Thomas Isaac Ivie - Jay Wright
1844 – 1926
Born in Missouri, forged in Zion.
Son of a fallen pioneer,
husband of Elizabeth,
farmer, builder, faithful father.
In fight and in faith,
his life strengthened Mount Pleasant.

Thomas Isaac Ivie (1844–1926) was born in Missouri and came west with his family in 1848 as part of Brigham Young’s company, settling in Mount Pleasant, Utah, where the Ivies became known as both builders and fighters. His father, James Russell Ivie, helped establish the town but was killed in 1866 during the Black Hawk War, a loss that left a deep mark on the family. Thomas remembered his mother’s resilience and faith, symbolized by the treasured “black chest” she carried across the plains. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Evans, and together they raised a large family while farming 360 acres and building a strong household filled with music and hard work. Though the Ivies carried a fiery reputation, Thomas found peace in faith, family, and community, leaving behind a legacy of endurance and devotion that helped shape the early life of Mount Pleasant

12/18/2025

Walk With the Dead Highlight
Jack and Joan McAllister played by Mike and Becca Breinholt

A man of family, law, and land.
He lived with faith, worked with integrity,
and held others steady,
as his father once held his hand.

Jack McAllister was shaped by the steady hand of his father, John Savage McAllister, and the gentle heart of his mother, Nellie Sundwall, growing up with faith, family, and service at the center of life. A graduate of Wasatch Academy, BYU, and the University of Utah Law School, he married his high school sweetheart, Joan LaRee Stevens, in 1962, and together they raised five children in Sanpete, where Jack managed the Fairview Land and Livestock Sheep Ranch for nearly forty years. He balanced that devotion to the land with a long legal career as Sanpete County Attorney, Assistant Attorney General, and counselor to schools and state projects, always striving for honesty and fairness. Deeply committed to his faith, he served as a missionary in Uruguay and later as bishop, high councilor, and other church callings. To his children and grandchildren, he passed down the lessons of hard work, love of nature, and service to others — living by the same example of honesty, kindness, and quiet strength that his father had shown him when he first crossed the Virgin River hand in hand.

12/13/2025

Come Join Us at the Christmas Open House tonight! 5-8 pm