A statue of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum stands outside ... the present century,” Gregg wrote about the Mormons in Nauvoo. Illinois was a new home where members settled after being driven ...

Among them was the “pepperbox” revolver used by church founder Joseph Smith to shoot three of his killers when he was murdered at Carthage, Illinois ... Grail — the Nauvoo Legion-era ...

The state of Illinois responded by threatening military retaliation against Nauvoo, and by adding a ... power of the executive branch, which Joseph Smith had wanted to strengthen, and to uphold ...

In “Kingdom of Nauvoo,” historian Benjamin E. Park takes advantage of information kept secret in church records for 150 years and insightfully re-creates the story of their Midwestern sojourn and ...

RNS: This effort was spearheaded by Joseph ... the Nauvoo Legion. Smith boasted he had 3,000 men who would muster at a moment’s notice, and that probably was not an exaggeration. Illinois ...

The project team for the Joseph Smith ... that Joseph Smith was involved in during this period,” Dowdle said. “The volume also includes the minutes of the meetings of the Nauvoo City Council ...

Sam Houston State University history Professor Benjamin Park chronicled the founding of Nauvoo, Illinois, by Mormon leader Joseph Smith in 1839. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C ...

Joseph Smith, no date, original 1888 ... He became the leader of the LDS community, which settled in Commerce, Illinois. They renamed the town Nauvoo (meaning “to be beautiful”) and formed the Nauvoo ...

Joseph Smith announces a revelation setting ... Smith falls from the second floor window and is killed. Illinois authorities revoke Nauvoo's city charter and ask the Mormon community to leave.

For instance, in 1835, a 22-year-old Illinois woman named ... until 10 years later in the Nauvoo period of Mormon history, when other evidence indicates Joseph Smith began the practice.

a member of Community of Christ's Council of Twelve Apostles who oversees the Joseph Smith Historic Site in Nauvoo, Illinois. Community of Christ, formerly called the Reorganized Church of Jesus ...

Joseph Smith Jr. Larsen, 79, is a great-great-grandson of Smith, who was killed by a mob near Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844. Among the effects passed down to Larsen was a pocket watch that bore the ...