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The Expulsion of Mormons from Jackson County, Missouri in 1833 resulted in the forced removal of Latter Day Saints (commonly known as Mormons) from Jackson County, Missouri. The expulsion occurred amidst escalating violence between Mormon residents and non-Mormon vigilantes. Mormons began establishing a community in Jackson County in 1831, an ...
The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and their neighbors in Missouri. It was preceded by tensions and episodes of extralegal violence targeting and involving Mormons, dating back to their initial settlement in Jackson County in 1831. State troops became involved after the Battle of Crooked ...
Site dedicated and temple announced by Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 26, 1838. ( edit) Adam-ondi-Ahman ( / ˈæd.əm ˈɑːn.daɪ ˈɑː.mən /, sometimes clipped to Diahman) is a historic site in Daviess County, Missouri, about five miles south of Jameson. It is located along the east bluffs above the Grand River. According to the teachings of ...
63.27 acres (25.60 ha) Website. www .churchofchrist-tl .org. The Temple Lot, located in Independence, Missouri, is the first site to be dedicated for the construction of a temple in the Latter Day Saint movement. The area was dedicated on August 3, 1831, by the movement's founder, Joseph Smith. [1] It was purchased on December 19, 1831, by ...
April 6, 1990. Completed. 1994. The Temple in Independence, Missouri, is a house of worship and education "dedicated to the pursuit of peace". [ 1] It dominates the skyline of Independence and has become the focal point of the headquarters of the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). [ 2]
Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River. The clash had been triggered when a state militia unit from Ray County seized several Mormon hostages from Caldwell County, and the ...
The first LDS temple in Missouri was dedicated by Gordon B. Hinckley in the St. Louis area in 1997. [6] For much of the early 20th century, Liahona The Elders' Journal was published in Independence, Missouri this was the main LDS publication aimed at church members living in the United States outside of the Mormon corridor.
Zion is the central physical location to which Latter Day Saints have gathered. The term has been applied to: Kirtland, Ohio; Jackson County, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and the Salt Lake Valley. Zion is also, according to Joseph Smith, the entirety of the Americas. Smith stated that "the whole of America is Zion itself from north to south".