The LDS Church said Tuesday it will continue to pursue development of a new visitors center near its Nauvoo Temple. “Some of my best and dearest friends are with the Community of Christ historic ...

The Iowa temple will resemble other Mormon temples ... which served as a waystation as persecuted Mormons left Nauvoo, Illinois, for Utah's Great Salt Lake Valley in 1846, according to the ...

Some of these images show the city of Nauvoo as it looked during the Mormon period, including the original temple and the Expositor newspaper office. Also included in the collection are images of key ...

The U.S. declares war on Mexico in May, and a Mormon Battalion of some 500 soldiers enlists, although they see no action. April 30: The Nauvoo Temple is completed and dedicated. During the days ...

But the group is soon caught up in the middle of an undeclared war between Indigenous nations, the U.S. government, pioneers heading west and the newly powerful Mormon church, its Nauvoo militia ...

Completed in 1893, the Salt Lake City Temple ... Did the Mormons really think for themselves or did Joseph Smith think for them?" The cycle of violence climaxed in 1844 in Nauvoo, Ill., ...