When brigham young and joseph smith met for the first time, Brigham reported the incident as follows: “We proceeded to Kirtland and stopped at John P. Green’s who had just arrived with his family. We rested a few minutes, took some refreshments and started to see the prophet. We went to his father’s house and […]
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truman g madsen tells the story of the Kirtland Temple, and how a number of Saints did what seemed to be impossible: To build a House of the Lord.
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“Joseph you are too late. William has been dead for five minutes.”
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joseph smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. About the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067… When he was twenty-four, Smith published the book of mormon; by the time of his death fourteen years later, he had attracted tens of thousands of […]
This article previously appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.2 The foremost man in Utah after the death of Brigham Young was John Taylor, who succeeded Brigham as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. John Taylor was by birth an Englishman; [born in] Milnthorpe, near Lake Windemere, in the county of […]
“The scene through which I have been called to pass since I arrived in this place from the East has almost alienated me from my country. Almost one continual round of mobocracy by night and by day. When I contemplate the scene it almost makes me shudder, and my blood run cold in my veins. I have been an eye witness to almost the whole scene from the beginning. My life has been exposed—threatened from time to time. . . when they were filled with wrath …. About a week before the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith I was arrested—marched to jail by a band of the desperate and could not even lay there in peace—was aroused about 12 o’clock by a rush of men into the yard and a loud rattleing [sic] and hallooing at the door of the jail. One of our men went down and opened the door, when they rushed up stairs and caroused about a while, and left us.”
by Orson F. Whitney, in History of Utah, Vol. 4 Upon the roll of honored names whose records as Pioneers and State-builders make up the early history of our commonwealth, few shine as luminously as that of Willard Richards, physician, theologian, historian, journalist and statesman. A member of the historic band led by Brigham Young […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [This article originally appeared in the Mar/Apr 1970 issue of Pioneer Magazine.] RECENTLY published magazine article on the great exodus of the Mormon Pioneers, credited the whole idea to brigham young, the master colonizer who moved the entire body of the “Saints” to the heart of the Great Basin. This is in error. It […]
From Whitney’s History of Utah, Vol. 4 “THERE were giants in the earth in those days.” Scarcely more apt were these words in the days described in Genesis than to the days of George A. Smith and his fellow founders of Utah. Seldom have so many great spirits been grouped in any one triod as […]
From Whitney’s History of Utah, Vol. 4 THE name of this noted man—Apostle and Pioneer—is inseparably interwoven with the early history of Utah and other parts of the West. An industrious colonizer, an eloquent orator, and a leader of more than ordinary ability, he was with the Mormon Church and people from the days of […]
Submitted by F. Martell Grover Thomas Grover was born 22nd of July 1807 in Whitehall, new york. His family lived on the northern end of Whitehall which was at the south end of Lake Champlain. At this time moving goods by water ways was big with the Erie Canal. In 1820, Thomas (age 13) was […]
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These important events, occurring in the month of September over a period of 296 years from Columbus’s landing in America to the adoption of the Bill of Rights made possible the eventual restoration of the gospel. Even though freedom of religion was guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, we are well aware that Joseph Smith Jr. and members of the Church suffered much persecution over many years as a result of their religious beliefs and practices.
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By Calvin Woolley Submitted by John Elggren Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Senior, the son of john woolley and rachel dilworth was born at West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania June 28, 1807. His father was a well-to-do farmer and Edwin was planning to be a farmer. He usually worked on the farm during the summer and attended […]
This article originally appeared in the Mar/Apr 1980 issue of Pioneer Magazine THE JOHN WALKER FAMILY—EARLY CHURCH STALWARTS by Rowland P. Corry The following is about John Walker, my great great grandfather and some members of his family. John Walker was a personal friend of joseph smith, the prophet. John’s daughter, Catherine, my great grandmother, […]
Storming the Nation: the unknown contributions of Joseph Smith’s political missionaries is the most important and interesting yet untold missionary experience in Latter-day Saint history. It answers two important questions. Why did Joseph Smith run for president in 1844 and who were the cadre of over 600 missionaries who preached and politicked for him?
One of the first missionaries of the Restoration The earliest missionary of the Church to publicly teach about the book of mormon may very well have been Solomon Chamberlain. Even before the book was published and the Church organized, Solomon was traveling on the Erie Canal (which went through Palmyra, new york) and felt that […]
June is filled with historically significant events such as D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy Invasion which ultimately resulted in the liberation of France. We also celebrate Father’s Day. I cherish memories of my father who took me with him to the farm where he taught me to work, he taught me […]
https://vimeo.com/154613439 Second Place Winner in the Family Films Category of the 2016 LDS Film Festival. Based on the writings of and narrated by the voice of Edward H. Hale (1883-1964), his grandsons E. Hunter and Richard I. Hale have produced this video illustrating an encounter Ed and his companion had with an elderly blind and […]
https://vimeo.com/6923604 Official Church Website on Joseph Smith The Joseph Smith Papers An essential resource for scholars and serious students of the life and work of joseph smith, early Mormonism, and nineteenth-century American religion. Video inspired by: Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling- by Richard Lyman Bushman
My name is Joseph Stewart Allen. I am not a large man, slightly under 6 feet and of fair skin and really curly hair. My feet are unusually small for an adult. I wear a boy size 4 shoe. I love to be around people, and love talking to just about anyone. The older I […]
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