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America 250 The Mayflower Compact generated by AI

 The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony, signed on November 11, 1620, by 41 adult male passengers aboard the ship Mayflower. It established a "Civil Body Politic" to create "just and equal laws" for the general good of the colony, essentially founding the first self-governing colony in the New World. 

Historical Context and Purpose

• Purpose: The settlers, comprising both Separatist Puritans ("Saints") and non-Separatist passengers ("Strangers"), were supposed to land in northern Virginia but landed in present-day Massachusetts. The Compact was created to ensure legal order and unity, as they were outside their authorized territory.
Significance: It is considered a cornerstone of American democracy and a precursor to the U.S. Constitution, establishing the principle of government by the consent of the governed.
Content: The document bound the signatories to obedience to the elected government and laws, providing a framework for managing the colony's survival during their first, difficult winter. 

Key Principles

• Self-Government: The signers agreed to create and follow their own laws rather than being ruled directly by a foreign power.
• "Just and Equal" Laws: The emphasis was on fairness and the common good of the colony.
• Civil Body Politic: The signatories pledged to combine into a single, organized group to form a government. 

The Compact remained in effect until 1691, when Plymouth Colony was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

The full text of the Mayflower Compact is as follows:

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, etc.:

Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another; covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

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A little history by Dorothy John Dearden

 

You may have seen me post a picture of my mother’s permanent wave machine that she used in her Beauty Salon between 1938-1941 in Randolph, Utah.

Over the years I’ve tried to decide what to do with it. At one time I thought I’d build a salon and put it in the window. But I never did that.

I stored it in the barn at the farm, hoping to figure it out….When we moved here to SS, it moved into our garage. And there it sat…for nearly 20 years!

Today as I walked past it, a thought came to me to call the Hutchings Museum to see if they would accept it as a donation. They were thrilled! And I was OVER THE MOON excited about it.

We loaded it in the truck and couldn’t close the tail gate cuz it was so big. I drove 15 mph all the way there with people backed up behind me. Sorry, not sorry. 

As we got closer I couldn’t contain myself. I was absolutely GIDDY with delight with what had just happened… that I was led to find a place for it; that the museum was open; that the curator was there

; that they were excited to see it; that they unloaded it and then talked with me forever about it. They’d not seen anything like it!

They are working on having a women’s section at the museum and this will go perfectly in it!!!!

And I am beyond thrilled for that prompting out of the blue to make that phone call.

I’m still smiling inside and out. It feels SO good to know that crazy old machine and my mother’s history about it will be preserved for others to enjoy for the foreseeable future.

I’m just SOOOO happy 

The Hutchings Museum is in Lehi, UT

by Carol Ann Dyer

 

Rich County Hosting a Cattle and Forage School

 

Bear Lake Responds MRC-This is an important group to see and know the future plans for safety updates on the West side of Bear Lake

 

Wednesday, January 28th 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Garden City Fire Station 145 W Logan Rd Garden City, UT 84028

What to Expect 📣  Get the latest Bear Lake Responds MRC updates 📘  Learn about ICS & how to get more training 👥  Connect with fellow volunteers—both seasoned and new 🍪  Enjoy a light snack

All local Bear Lake Responds MRC volunteers invited to attend.  New applicants welcome! Please RSVP.

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Questions? Contact Annie using one of the following methods. Email:  mrc@brhdut.gov  Voicemail:  435-792-6509 Text or call:  435-881-3843

Laketown Planning & Zoning Agenda

  Laketown Planning & Zoning Commission Agenda

January 28, 2026
8:00 PM  

10 N. 200 E., Laketown, UT 84038
       Welcome

1.	Pledge of Allegiance

2.	Minutes

3.	Beau Dean building permit

4.	Greg Jolley subdivision and building permit

5.	Minor Subdivision application revision

6.	Report from City Council

7.	Other
8.	Around the Room

					

Synopsis of Martin Luther King's adress

 I say to you today, my friends, though, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still  have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” 

 I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

. I have a dream today . . . This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning. “My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, from every mountain side, let freedom ring.” And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

 So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

 Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

 Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado. 

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. 

 Let freedom ring . . . When we allow freedom to ring—when we let it ring from every city and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last, Free at last, Great God a-mighty, We are free at last.”

America 250-The ship, the Mayflower

 The Mayflower was the iconic English merchant ship that transported the Pilgrims, a group of English families seeking religious freedom, from England to the New World in 1620, establishing the Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts and shaping early American history. After a challenging 10-week voyage, the ship landed near Cape Cod, where the passengers, including "Saints" (Separatists) and "Strangers" (non-religious colonists), drafted the Mayflower Compact before their arduous first winter.

The passengers on the Mayflower were predominantly English, consisting of two main groups: Separatist Puritans (the "Saints") from England who had lived in Leiden, Netherlands, and other English adventurers and families (the "Strangers") seeking opportunity, with the crew also being English; while the Separatists sought religious freedom and English culture, the diverse backgrounds reflected different English regions and religious beliefs, but the core nationality remained English.

• There were roughly 102 people on the Mayflower, including about 40 adults and 50+ children/servants/hired hands. 
• Separatists (Pilgrims) & Families: 
  • William & Dorothy Bradford: William was a leader; Dorothy was his wife.
  • William & Mary Brewster: William was a leader, with sons Love & Wrestling.
  • John & Katherine Carver: John was the first governor; Katherine was his wife.
  • Isaac & Mary Allerton: With children Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary.
  • Stephen & Elizabeth Hopkins: With children Constance, Giles, Damaris (born at sea as Oceanus).
  • Francis & Sarah Cooke: With son John.
  • Edward & Mrs. Fuller: With son Samuel.
  • Edward & Ann Tilley: With niece Humility Cooper and nephew Henry Samson.
  • John & Joan Tilley: With daughter Elizabeth.
  • William & Susanna White: With sons Resolved & Peregrine (Peregrine born on the ship).
  Non-Separatists & Others: 
  • John Billington: With wife Eleanor and sons John & Francis.
  • Christopher Martin: With wife Mary.
  • William Mullins: With wife Alice and children Priscilla & Joseph.
  • Myles Standish: Military expert, with wife Rose.
  • Richard Warren: A prominent passenger.
  Servants, Crew & Others: 
  • John Alden: Hired crewman who stayed.
  • John Howland: Servant to John Carver, survived a shipwreck on the voyage.
  • Edward Doty & Edward Leister: Servants to the Hopkins family.
  • Jasper More, Richard More, Mary More, Ellen More: Wards of other passengers.
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