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The Sons of Utah Pioneers ~ Salt Lake City Chapter
May 2026 Newsletter

Current Month Meeting

Thursday, May 14, 2026

6:00 PM

Tenth Ward Chapel
420 South 800 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
(Park and enter on the south side)

Open to all — members and non-members alike

The Overland Stage Line and Pony Express
Ron Bateman

Ron Bateman

I grew up hearing the exciting, real-life tales of Indian attacks where I lived. My ancestors settled in the Deep Creek Valley which was a home station for the Overland Stage Line and Pony Express in the 1860's. I will be presenting interesting stories about the Pony Express and local riders, the Overland stage, and the West Desert.
About the Speaker

Ron Bateman was raised in the small community of Ibapah (also known as Deep Creek), Utah which is located on the Utah Nevada border 50 miles south of Wendover. His maternal ancestors arrived there in 1868. He attended the one room Ibapah Elementary School until the end of his 8th grade year. At that time, he enrolled in Tooele High School and lived on a dairy farm in Erda. There was no junior or senior high school near Ibapah, so he had to leave home. He met his future wife Beverly in high school at the end of his senior year.

After attending Utah State University for one year, he served a two-year mission in the Great Lakes Mission. He graduated from Utah State University with BS, MS and EdS degrees in Educational Audiology. He married Beverly Christiansen in the Salt Lake Temple almost 60 years ago. He served as bishop in Granger, Utah while he and Bev were raising their four children. They lived there for 14 years and moved to South Jordan where they have lived for the past 41 years. They have 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

The Batemans served at the Conference Center at Temple Square and then a one-year mission at Bluff Fort, Utah where the “Hole in the Rock” pioneers settled. They have served in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple since 2011.

Ron enjoys researching and writing history books. He just completed one on Hilda Erickson, the last living pioneer who lived to be 108 years of age.
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National Society of Sons of Utah Pioneers

There are about 45 chapters nationwide, most of them in the intermountain west.

The mission of the society is to come to know our fathers and turn our hearts to them, preserve their memory and heritage, honor present-day pioneers worldwide, and teach these qualities to the rising generation.

We honor the Utah Pioneers for their faith in God, devotion to family, loyalty to church and country, hard work and service to others, courage in adversity, personal integrity, and unyielding determination.

 

Membership in the society is open to all good men of every age and circumstance who have an interest in the early Utah Pioneers and wish to honor them, perpetuate their memory and preserve their heritage for posterity.

 

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