Category: Historical Locations
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Canoe, Escambia County, Alabama, United States
Canoe is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.Originally called Canoe Station, the settlement was a stop along the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad. During the American Civil War, Confederate forces operated out of the area and on March 27-March 28, 1865 10,000 Union soldiers camped in Canoe during the Canoe Rendezvous. During…
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History of the Mormon Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York. Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had…
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church or, colloquially, the Mormon Church) is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement, a Christian primitivist movement that was started by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening. The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations (called…
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Fort Supply
Robertson, Wyoming, USA Fort Supply, located approximately 12 miles southwest of the well-known Fort Bridger, was established in November 1853 under the direction of Apostle Orson Hyde. John Nebeker and Isaac Bullock were captains of the two companies that settled the area. Brigham Young hoped the settlement would provide crops and supplies for the Saints…
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Nauvoo, Illinois
The area of Nauvoo was first called Quashquema, named in honor of the Native American chief who headed a Sauk and Fox settlement numbering nearly 500 lodges. By 1827 white settlers had built cabins in the area. By 1829 this area of Hancock County had grown sufficiently so that a post office was needed and…
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