by dwhite | May 19, 2011 | Modern History, Mormon Historical Sites
Though small, the 93-year-old LDS Church Administration Building (CAB) which sits on Temple Square (headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in between the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and the Lion House is quite striking in both...
by dwhite | Apr 27, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
After the martyrdom of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, the Saints were forced to leave Nauvoo, Illinois, and head West. Emma, Joseph’s grief-stricken widow, did not want to leave the bodies of her beloved husband and his brother behind....
by dwhite | Feb 24, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
It may come as a surprise even to those who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the Mormon Church) that until the last few decades, very few of Joseph and Emma Smith’s direct descendants were members of the...
by | Jun 25, 2010 | Mormon Historical Sites
Kanesville, Iowa, was a settlement built in 1847 as the first group of Saints continued West to the Salt Lake Valley from Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Located just across the Missouri river from Winter Quarters, Kanesville was named in honor of Thomas L. Kane. The...
by | Jun 14, 2010 | Mormon Historical Sites
Craig Ostler and John Livingstone, among other Brigham Young University Religious Education professors, have come together to work on a wonderful new project: Hallowed Grounds Sacred Journeys. The early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spans...
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