One of several billboards announcing Jacob Harper’s Pioneer honor.

American pioneers went into an unknown wilderness and endured many hardships.

Jacob Harper is a pioneer because he has gone to where few others have been while battling a great hardship.

In March of 2022, Jacob, then twenty-three, was diagnosed with a rare form of juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that is caused by a mutation in the fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene. The onset of his…