This is a lecture Heidi S. Swinton gave in July of 2005 at "This Is The Place Heritage Park" at the mouth of Emigration Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For more information about "This Is The Place Heritage Park" visit there website.

Heidi S. Swinton is an award-winning author and screenwriter. The American Association of Independent Booksellers awarded her First Place in the Biography category for 1999 and Deseret Book presented her with the Excellence in Writing Award for 1999.

Mrs. Swinton serves as Vice Chair of This Is the Place Heritage Park. She is a member of the LDS Relief Society General Board and has been a member of the LDS Church Curriculum Writing Committee for Teachings of the Presidents of the Church.

She and her husband, Elder Jeffrey C. Swinton, have five sons (four living) and one granddaughter.