by Guest Author | Nov 22, 2016 | Early History
This article titled “The Quincy Miracle: How One Town Saved Thousands of Mormon Refugees” by Glenn Rawson appeared in the 19 Movember 2016 edition of LDS Living.com. On October 27, 1838, Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued an extermination order...
by Guest Author | Jul 7, 2016 | Historical Stories
This article by Jerry Borrowman, author of “How 4 Feet of Plywood Saved the Grand Canyon” appeared in the 6 July 2016 online edition of LDS Living.com. In today’s world, the internet is a vital invention that has completely changed the face of...
by Keith L. Brown | Sep 10, 2014 | Early History
Above is an infographic from The Trek West page of history.lds.org. The first section shows major events that took place in the lives of pioneers before and after they survived the trek to the Salt Lake Valley. The graphic depicts the timeline of the lives of two...
by Keith L. Brown | May 31, 2014 | Mormon Historical Sites
The Mormon Battalion, a volunteer unit of between 534 and 559 Latter-day Saints men, served from July 1846 to July 1847 in the 1846 U.S. campaign against Mexico. It was the only religiously based unit in United States military history. The battalion made an arduous...
by dwhite | May 23, 2014 | Mormon Women Leaders
by Doris White Eliza Roxcy Snow is one of the most revered women in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (frequently misnamed the “Mormon Church”). She was an incredible woman who, once she found the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ,...