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Mormonism and the Founding of Nauvoo
During the bitter winter of 1838-1839 some 5,000 Latter-day Saints crossed the Mississippi River from Missouri and settled in western Illinois. Since the organization of the Mormon church almost ten years before, this group of religious pioneers, led by Joseph … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Edward Hunter, Far West, George Miller, History, Independence, Joseph Smith, Kirtland, Missouri, Mormonism, Nauvoo Temple, Ohio, public perceptions, Thomas Gregg, Warsaw
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An Iowa Sheriff Comments on the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois
In 1995 I published with John E. Hallwas a documentary history about the Mormon experience in Illinois in the 1840s. The book, Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois (Utah State University Press). In this book … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois, Danites, Democrats, Fort Madison, George M. Hinkle, George Miller, Hawkins Taylor, Hosea Stout, Illinois, John E. Hallwas. Utah State University Press, Joseph Smith, Keokuk, Macomb, McComb, Melina Walker, Montrose, Mormonism, Nauvoo, Nauvoo Legion, Nauvoo Temple, religion, theocracy, Western Illinois University Library, Whigs, whistling and whittling brigade, William Smith
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