Next month Joseph City is celebrating the founding of the community by Mormon pioneers in 1876. This photo shows the groundbreaking for the LDS Church in Joseph City in 1967. John Taylor (left) who was believed to have been the Snowflake stake president at the time, Bishop Raymond Randall (second from the left), Hugh Hubbard (second from right) and another unidentified man each take a shovel to the earth to signify the beginning of the construction.
Next month Joseph City is celebrating the founding of the community by Mormon pioneers in 1876. This photo shows the groundbreaking for the LDS Church in Joseph City in 1967. John Taylor (left) who was believed to have been the Snowflake stake president at the time, Bishop Raymond Randall (second from the left), Hugh Hubbard (second from right) and another unidentified man each take a shovel to the earth to signify the beginning of the construction. Photo courtesy of Amber Fish