On Feb. 4, 1846, Saints left from New York, Nauvoo for the Rocky Mountains. A group from Mississippi soon joined them.

NAUVOO, Ill. — Sunday isn’t the best day to visit Nauvoo, unless you like being the only people milling about this Mississippi River city, known primarily as the place where Latter-day Saints prophet ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds felt the ...

In September 1846, the last of more than 12,000 residents of Nauvoo, Ill., were forced to leave their homes -- and the temple for which they had sacrificed so much since construction had commenced in ...

NAUVOO, Ill. Commanding a hill overlooking the Mississippi River in this old Mormon settlement stands the rebuilt Nauvoo Temple. Built of limestone and crowned by a 160-foot high clock tower, the five ...

For the Mormons, Quincy appeared to be a beacon of hope and safety during tumultuous times. Members of the Mormon faith began arriving in Hancock County about 1839 looking for security after having ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 4, 1846, a year and a half after the deaths of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, the first families left Nauvoo, ...