by dwhite | Feb 12, 2013 | Historical Stories
Mark L. McConkie, a professor in the school of public affairs at the University of Colorado, compiled hundreds of eye witness accounts of Joseph Smith to create his book Remembering Joseph: Personal Recollections of Those Who Knew the Prophet Joseph Smith. Below are...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 11, 2012 | Historical Stories
In the 1970s, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are sometimes called Mormons, wanted to build a center in Jerusalem where students at church-owned colleges could study. However, it was extremely difficult to obtain land and permission to...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 11, 2012 | Historical Stories
Meridian Magazine tells the unusual story of a missionary serving in Europe just after World War II, as Mormon missionary work was beginning to ramp back up. It should be noted this is in no way typical of missionary service and would have been allowed only if the...
by Keith L. Brown | Aug 2, 2012 | Historical Stories
By Doris Jeremiah Morgan was raised by a loving, single mother, in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (RLDS). This group broke off from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often misnamed the “Mormon Church”) in 1860, after many of...
by dwhite | Jul 11, 2011 | Historical Stories
Though this is not a personal account of Mary Fielding Smith, it is a testament to her enduring faith. She went West with the Saints after her husband, Hyrum Smith, had been martyred at Carthage Jail with his brother Joseph Smith. This is part of her story: Mary...
by dwhite | Apr 14, 2011 | Historical Stories
George Edward Anderson was a bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon Church) for four years in the early days of Utah.The legacy he left behind is one of more than 14,000 photographic images of life in the West from the...
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