The story of the Mormon Trail unfolds in this 2 hour breathtaking documentary from award wining producer Lee Groberg. The companion volume to the PBS broadcast is filled with art and artifacts, tales and tears from the Mormon pioneers who trekked across 1, 300 miles of American frontier to find peace and religious freedom beyond the Rockies.

The purpose of this page is to provide tips for those tracing their Mormon Pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah.

The official site of the U.S. Mormon Battalion, Inc. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Battalion made the longest recorded march in military history.

We would like to thank you for taking the time to review the Handcart Home Page. We hope that the information provided here will assist you in learning more about not only the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies who suffered so much here in Central Wyoming in 1856 but also all Pioneers who went west to Utah, California, Idaho and Oregon. Please take the time to view the many pictures in the ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is often referred to as the LDS (Latter-day Saint) or Mormon Church, although the former is the preferred and official name of the church. Dedication This site is dedicated to the thousands of people who had the courage to stand for something they believed in spite of the persecution that would follow. They then had the courage to leave comfortable ...

The task of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History is the scholarly study of the history, institutions, people, and culture of the Latter-day Saints. As a research organization, we have a mission to use the materials of history and the tools of scholarship to investigate LDS history and heritage and to make available what we learn, both to other scholars and to our ...

Brigham Young s Deseret Alphabet One of the curious items of early Utah history was Brigham Young s effort to introduce a new alphabet, known as the Deseret Alphabet, into Mormon use. Western historian David Bigler observed: Old Testament ideas on land ownership and marked ballots were not the only indications that Utah s earliest settlers were bent on creating a society altogether unlike the ...

Index of investigative news articles, books, documents, and sites related to this tragic massacre whose culpability continues to be denied by the Utah power base.

About Us Articles Biographies Chronologies Conferences Editorial method Home Images Links Notebooks Primary sources Redactions Reprints Announcement Recent Additions Announcement Mormon History Association Seeks Presenters The Mormon History Association has issued an invitation for papers to be presented at its annual conference, scheduled at Kirtland, Ohio, May 22-25, 2003. Varieties of Mormon ...

LDSFAQ: Questions about the Danites and the 1838 Mormon War.

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LDSFAQ: Questions about the Danites, Joseph Smith, and the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri.

The Scriptures Study Helps | Search Options | Display Options | Print Page | Help Search for: Read | Clear Marked | Find Marked LDS Home Scriptures Additional Helps Chronology of Church History Prev | Next CHRONOLOGY OF CHURCH HISTORY 1805, December 23 Joseph Smith (1805-44) born to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, Sharon, Vermont (see JS-H 1:3). 1820, Early Spring The Prophet Joseph Smith ...

The truth about the LDS Mormon Cult There are many sources and materials which Joe Smith liberally plagarized from in order to come up with the Book of Mormon. One such work was the Spalding Manuscript. This was a work written by Christian preacher Solomon Spalding during the early years of the 19th Century. Amazingly, the theme and premise of this book is almost identical to that of the Book of ...

A Pioneer Log Home by Jay L. Deuel, Jr. William Henry Deuel's paternal grandfather played the violin, which was unusual for a Quaker. His 5th great-grandfather was born in England, introduced the family name to Colonial America in 1640, and was later brought before a Puritan court for the continuing of a meeting upon the Lord's day from house to house ! The DEUEL surname has an interesting ...

An Overview of Mormon Fundamentalist Beliefs and Practices ...

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