The people are going to miss the frontier more than words can express. For four centuries they heard its call, listened to its promises, and bet their lives and fortunes on its outcome.

—Walter Prescott Webb

ON THE COVER: Lakeside pioneers pose for a picture in their Sunday best at the Bowery, an outdoor pavilion with a plank floor and brush roof supported by wooden poles. Before the Latter-day Saints were able to build a church, they held services at the Bowery in summer and in the schoolhouse in winter. The structure was also used for dances, picnics, and other gatherings. (Courtesy Louise Willis Levine.)