Orson Hyde: The Olive Branch of Israel

Orson Hyde: The Olive Branch of Israel by Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781888106718.

Orson Hyde was chosen as an original member of the Council of the Twelve in 1835, when the Mormon Church first organized this governing body. Orsons most well-known accomplishment was as a Mormon missionary to Jerusalem (1840-1842) to dedicate the land for the return of the Jews. In 1979 civil authorities in Jerusalem invited the development of a five-acre hillside garden, in honor of Orson Hyde. Participating in the Mormon drama of crossing the plains in the U.S. several times and settling the West, Orson was a colonizing leader in western Iowa, also in what became western Nevada, and in central Utah. He was a major figure in Utahs Black Hawk Indian War (1865-1872). Using facts, details and personal experiences never before in print, Myrtle Hyde, the Hyde family genealogist, has used diaries, letters, notes, documents, reports, articles, speeches and letters to present a real-life depiction of Orson Hyde, apostle, teacher, missionary, orator, scriptorian, journalist, editor, lawyer, judge, statesman, colonizer, and administrator; also the husband of eight wives, the father of thirty-three children. 16 Photos 12 Maps; 25p Index; Notes Section; Bibliography.