by Guest Author | Sep 7, 2016 | Early History
Excerpts used in this article were taken from the original article “What 17 Famous People Have Said About Mormons” by Danielle B. Wagner for the 31 August 2016 online edition of LDS Living.com. People have a lot to say about the Mormons these days, what...
by Guest Author | Apr 26, 2016 | Early History
This article which was written by Danielle B. Wagner appeared in the 25 April 2016 online edition of LDSLIving.com. Fear, fed by rumors and confusion, led the pioneers in Circleville, Utah, to kill at least 30 Paiute men, women, and children in an act that, in the...
by Guest Author | Nov 6, 2015 | Early History
The following article was published on 5 November 2015 by the LDS Living Staff in the online edition of LDS Living magazine. Did you know that there were special dedicatory sessions of the Salt Lake Temple set aside just for children? Primary kids throughout the...
by Guest Author | Nov 6, 2015 | Early History
This article originally appeared in the 4 November 2015 online edition of the Utah Valley 360. 1. When President Monson was born in Salt Lake City in 1927, some of the original Mormon pioneers were still living there. In fact, when Gary E. Stevenson — the youngest...
by Keith L. Brown | Jul 3, 2015 | Early History
As part of the 50th annual conference of the Mormon History Association which took place at the Utah Valley Convention Center, a new generation of historians collaborated to present a more appealing view of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to outsiders....
by Keith L. Brown | May 25, 2015 | Early History
Wilford Woodruff was born on 1 March 1807 in Farmington, Connecticut, to Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. He was one of nine children. His father was a miller by trade, and as a young man, Wilford worked in a saw mill and flour mill owned by his father. His mother...
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