On February 4, 1846, members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began their journey west from Nauvoo, ...
On Feb. 4, 1846, Saints left from New York, Nauvoo for the Rocky Mountains. A group from Mississippi soon joined them.
(RNS) — In 1857, when Latter-day Saints deemed actions emanating from Washington, DC, to be significant breaches of ...
The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...