I just feel so, I feel so, safe and warm inside, when I look at these clips. The mood it sets. The narrator, the music, the speed. I'm truly saddened by the state of this world.
I went there in 1996, before the Temple was rebuilt, then again in 2002, when it was dedicated. In 1996, it already looked vastly different from this film, and was like an outdoor museum of many replica buildings. Many senior missionaries were there to give informative, fun, and interesting tours. I plan to take my triplets who are in 8th grade there during a summer, before too much longer! This old film is a gem and I learned so much from watching it! Thank you for posting it!!! 😊🌞🌜⭐️🌼
Thank you. The Church is now over 17 million, maybe 18. I never had the time to make it to Nauvoo. I did see Carthage though. There were so many wonderful things that happened there during their short time there.
Thank you for sharing this! Very informative and educational! It’s amazing how much has been cleaned up and restored since then. It was very enjoyable and interesting! Nauvoo is a beautiful place.
The temple has been rebuilt, based on historical documents and modern construction methods (poured reinforced concrete). == In 1969, at dedication of expansion and preservation of Nauvoo of 1840s (Nauvoo Restoration), Nauvoo was planned to be a historical center (like Williamsburg in Virginia) of the 1850s Westward expansion of USA. Nauvoo trail, Pioneer trail, Oregon trail, Pony Express, and 1860s transcontinental railroad.
My ancestor fought in the Civil War on the Union side and I discovered that he was from Nauvoo-after seeing how this town was first persecuted and people driven out of it from showing and first arson I understand more and possibly why he fought. It appears there were a lot of back and forth attacks on Christians during the peak of the battle and I did not know that there were these persecutions prior to the peak of the Civil War and this brings a lot more understanding
I constantly brought this film up the workers there, lol. I wanted to know where things were from this. This film is important to all the work they've done since
Went back to Nauvoo for a second year in a row. I didn't bring this documentary up to the people there, but I did watch this in the tent with the temple lights glistening thru the trees. I love this film so much
There's a great book by an LDS author that shows that there's perfect harmony between the prophetic statements concerning the garden of Eden being in Missouri and the Old Testament account concerning the garden of Eden. It's called Canaan, Babylon, and Egypt A Comparative Theological Analysis on Creation sold by Eborn Books.
What about Joe's prophetic statements regarding the people on the moon? No body talk of that one. Or the way the mormons treated blacks because of prophecy.
@@rabbithole2015 Probably the most current one, Russell M. Nelson. A few interesting facts about him: He is 98, yet walks briskly with no cane! He was married for 50 years to his first wife before she passed away. They had 10 children, with 9 of them being girls! He is a former renowned heart surgeon responsible for developing a heart-lung machine, along with fellow researchers, that in 1951 supported the first-ever human open-heart surgery. After this, he was the first surgeon in Utah to perform open-heart surgery using this innovative technology. He became the longest-living President of the Church last year.
@@deboraholsen2504 And your point is? I had an uncle who was very accomplished as well and lived to 102 who also walked without a cane. Was he a prophet? I'm glad he is in good health for his age but it proves nothing. He is still just a man.
@@rabbithole2015no he is the president of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and prophet of the world . Rather or not you personally believe he is or isn’t a prophet makes no difference . You might want to heed his words .
@@lindamartinez7006 🤣prophet of the world! You can't be serious. He is only a prophet to those who believe he is such. You can't say he is prophet of world when most of the world doesn't even know who he is. You all make me laugh with your absolute exclusivity claims of truth. The bias is heavy. There are many who claim to be a prophet and their followers believe as you do. I won't be heeding to his words any time soon. I will however heed to God's Word. He has done nothing to prove he is a prophet other than spend a lot of money on temple's that do little to help humanity.
Many of the buildings have been restored and are open for tours. I was living in Iowa when the Nauvoo Temple was rebuilt and I was able to help with the Open House. If you ever visit, try to avoid July and August. That's when it is the hottest and the humidity is the worst.
@@SuttonShimai I lived in Nauvoo for 13 years. I definitely agree about the weather. What I meant in the comment was a video that showed that timeline of Nauvoo. I heard there used to be famous chain places before the temple was bulit.
You're right about Mormon temperance. At 11:19 it shows the wine cellar with a dated sign (1853), which was after the Mormons left (1846). The narrator also mentions that the cellar was made of stones from the ruined temple, which burned in 1848. Today Nauvoo is well known in the region for its wine and cheese production.
This film at one point I would have thought was lovely and uplifting. Trouble is I studied the true Mormon history not the whitewashed one. Once you learn what was really happening you can never look at this sort of film the same way again.
@@skilledrex294 Joseph Smith committed adultery with a 16 year old girl, promised fathers and mothers a higher spot in heaven if they would let a 37 year old man marry their 14 year old daughters, (Remember Helen Mar Kimball and Nancy Winchester?), married two sets of sisters and two sets of a mother and her daughter, sent men on missions and while they were gone married their wives, destroyed a printing press that printed things he didn't like, taught the first lie of Satan "Ye shall be as gods," printed phony $3 and $4 bills, set up an anti bank and when people wanted their money he just moved out of state, threatened to kill the governor of Missouri, etc..
I wish we had left Nauvoo alone; the Nauvoo depicted here was essentially gone when I visited in 1999, but at least then the temple had still not been re-built. I understand preservation and identification, but "restoration" not so much. I am so glad the Reorganization retains control over the Mansion House; by now the Utah Church would have plowed it under in the name of "restoration" and replaced it with yet another "Visitors Center"- ugghh.
Nauvoo of today (at least in 1996 and 2002, when I visited) is a historical town and I am grateful for the education my older children and I received when we visited there both times. It’s an important place, and the missionaries there “brought it alive” for us, and they were very informative. If it were only a ghost town type of place as shown in this film, we would not have found it nearly as interesting and welcoming and informative and fun. It also caused a deeper appreciation for what the early Church members had to experience! Also, the whole town of today is not restored, just a square mile or so of where the more prominent Church members resided, near the Nauvoo Temple.
And what makes you an expert on spiritual discernment? Nobody should pay any mind to your prejudiced thoughts about the church. You can always tell when someone is making stuff up when they go attacking other churches.
Oh my gosh seriously? And what pray-tell is going to happen to my soul? You should be more aware of the devil that has a hold of yours. Worry about your own salvation and leave others alone. You know nothing about me or my soul. And the worst that will happen to my soul is that I’ll end up where you will be. Sounds like you should practice a little more tolerance and love towards others regardless of what religion they belong to.
You have to wonder why the Mormons were "persecuted"? If one reads Bandittis of the Prairie, one will read how the Mormons gave sanctuary to the cutthroats and highway men. The church elders were paid for this service. Law enforcement was minimal those days and folks were afraid to go to Nauvoo at night for fear of getting their throats cut. Was it polygamy that had turned neighbors against the Mormons? I think it is unlikely. It is also interesting that the Mormons dressed as Indians and slaughtered settlers emigrating to Utah. The Mormons then took in the surviving children for their own. This is an historical fact. Who were the Mormons? Were they a benevolent religion or just another cult? It is interesting that they were driven from everywhere they tried to settle. Why?
Never underestimate satan's hate for the things of God or people in general. Joseph was persecuted as soon as he shared his experience seeing God. Instead of trying to get to know or understand them people chose hate, fear and violence. People chose lies and distortion over reality. Polygamy was a huge issue for the early members. They didn't want to but like in the Bible when polygamy was asked of that people they didn't have much choice. Only a small percentage participated but the hate was strong. As for the meadow massacre that was a crazy guy who convinced the others in that area to attack. He was told to leave them alone and wouldn't. That was a small group not the entire church. I have seen that area, it's so sad what one crazy person can do. All that said respect and communication would've prevented a lot of problems. Their goal was to worship God and help individuals thrive but narrow minds and cold hearts wouldn't leave them alone.
Heh - you have to be careful with books written in that era of American history. Peddling outrage and yellow journalism were alive and well back then, authors felt free to embellish and outright make crap up to sensationalize a story people had heard about. I inherited a book from my dad called "U.S.A.: Uncle Sam's Abcess: Or Hell Upon Earth for U.S., Uncle Sam, The Mormon Hell on Earth. Where Polygamy, Incest, and Murder Are Taught and Practised as Religion Under the All Seeing Eye". Seriously, that's the title of the book.
You’re in need of studying the truth from the source, and not from those against it. A lawyer doesn’t become a lawyer by studying medicine! Do you care to read the Book of Mormon with a heart and mind open to the truth, and will you pray about it after reading every chapter? It goes hand in hand with the Bible. It increased my testimony of Jesus Christ as the Savior of the World by at least 400% !!! Most of all, I love Jesus Christ and I try to treat others as He would have me do.
This "comment" sounds very much like "victim blaming". Do you ask what the Armenians did to "justify" the Turkish genocide? What did the Ukrainians do to "justify" the Holodomor? What about what the Jews "did to justify" the Holocaust? Or what the Native American Nations "did to justify" the Europeans' treatment of them or African's enslavement in the antebellum South? The theology of my faith insists upon a temple, where sacred ceremonies are performed. We "gather" so that the expense of such a building can be justified. Emigrants from other parts of the US and even Europe moved to Nauvoo, buying up farm land. Envious non-member settlers claimed that we were always trouble. The law didn't seem interested in investigating crimes committed against Mormons. Funnily enough, in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois, after the Mormons cleared the land for farming, and built infrastructure, the mobs would come out. After they forced the Mormons out of their homes, the "upright citizens" were able to buy the real estate for nickles on the dollar. So, @sdougreid, there's your pattern: 1 Claim that the people who are different are bad and a danger. 2 Start to make up stories and rumors to get the ignorant and envious on your side. 3a Make sure to let local political leaders know that their offices are in jeopardy if they don't do so something to protect "public safety" by the minority group. 3b Be a political leader and use the power of your office to incite hatred against the other. 4 Keep poking and prodding and make sure the police look the other way. 5 When someone in the minority group finally loses their patience, that's when you strike with indignation and greater violence and full force of the "law". 6 Force an emigration of the minority people. 7 Buy up the refugee's property for 5-10% of their value. 8 Profit. 9 Make sure to assuage your own guilt by maintaining rumor and innuendo about how dangerous the minority group was. Remember, the victors write the history.
Slavers fought the Yankee, Brit,& Scandinavian Converts that came to America and Nauvoo. The Nauvoo Legion was blue uniforms, the Carthage Greys facing off in 1844. Basically the first battle of the Civil War. The LDS had among them a fellow named Jonathan Browning who made rifles, his shop is still there. 9,000 vs 9,000. Kept the muskets at bay until the perimeter shrank and the LDS decided to leave the boundaries of the USA. However, the US was invited by Mariano Vallejo in CA to come take the place of the Brits coming to collect Alta California for Dictator Santa Anna’s payment for weapons. The Mormon Battalion was asked to be raised of them by the US Army. Three excellent books: The Carthage Conspiracy (non-fiction), and Promised Valley (fiction Random House), and Killing History by LK Samuels on the rise of slaver socialists such as George Fitzhugh in this era. The latter thought all rights come from the state and it would decide who us in manacles. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was in their way in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Lincoln in the area, read the Richmond and Charleston papers and that’s what’s in them. The Expositor, an anti-Mormon newspaper was a Protestant pro-slaver paper. Joseph Smith Jr. thought there was no redress for the slanders you quoted even to the President of the United States Martin van Buren. Smith attacked the press which he regretted, and precipitated the events of vulnerability that allowed his assassination by the hard core slaver types adjacent to Nauvoo. Check these out and get to be a more informed American.
My ancestors helped build that temple. Thanks!
I just feel so, I feel so, safe and warm inside, when I look at these clips. The mood it sets. The narrator, the music, the speed. I'm truly saddened by the state of this world.
I went there in 1996, before the Temple was rebuilt, then again in 2002, when it was dedicated. In 1996, it already looked vastly different from this film, and was like an outdoor museum of many replica buildings. Many senior missionaries were there to give informative, fun, and interesting tours. I plan to take my triplets who are in 8th grade there during a summer, before too much longer!
This old film is a gem and I learned so much from watching it! Thank you for posting it!!! 😊🌞🌜⭐️🌼
Thank you. The Church is now over 17 million, maybe 18. I never had the time to make it to Nauvoo. I did see Carthage though. There were so many wonderful things that happened there during their short time there.
18mil? Maybe 3 mil active
Thank you for sharing this! Very informative and educational!
It’s amazing how much has been cleaned up and restored since then.
It was very enjoyable and interesting! Nauvoo is a beautiful place.
This is how it looked when I went around 1981. It's utterly changed now!!!
Really enjoyed this!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so very much for sharing this God Bless you Larry Rober!!!
Ditto from Latter Day Saint in Alberta, Canada!
Nauvoo! in Joseph smiths time the city was more prominent than Chicago!!
Yes, at the peak Mormon population in 1840s,
Nauvoo was the largest city in Illinois.
I grew up in McDonough county, to the east.
The temple has been rebuilt, based on historical documents and
modern construction methods (poured reinforced concrete).
==
In 1969, at dedication of expansion and preservation of Nauvoo of 1840s (Nauvoo Restoration),
Nauvoo was planned to be a historical center (like Williamsburg in Virginia) of the 1850s Westward expansion of USA.
Nauvoo trail, Pioneer trail, Oregon trail, Pony Express, and 1860s transcontinental railroad.
My ancestor fought in the Civil War on the Union side and I discovered that he was from Nauvoo-after seeing how this town was first persecuted and people driven out of it from showing and first arson I understand more and possibly why he fought. It appears there were a lot of back and forth attacks on Christians during the peak of the battle and I did not know that there were these persecutions prior to the peak of the Civil War and this brings a lot more understanding
The attacks were on those of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I constantly brought this film up the workers there, lol. I wanted to know where things were from this. This film is important to all the work they've done since
Went back to Nauvoo for a second year in a row. I didn't bring this documentary up to the people there, but I did watch this in the tent with the temple lights glistening thru the trees. I love this film so much
There's a great book by an LDS author that shows that there's perfect harmony between the prophetic statements concerning the garden of Eden being in Missouri and the Old Testament account concerning the garden of Eden. It's called Canaan, Babylon, and Egypt A Comparative Theological Analysis on Creation sold by Eborn Books.
And you are that author?
What about Joe's prophetic statements regarding the people on the moon? No body talk of that one. Or the way the mormons treated blacks because of prophecy.
Wow what a gem of a video
Ditto from Latter Day Saint in Alberta, Canada
Thanks Larry. Love it.
love this, thank you
Crying lol beautiful
Thank you very much for sharing this video. Watching from France.
the Temple is now rebuilt. it would be great to remake this video/movie 😅❤
Looks like a 66 Chevy in one of the photos
Awe-inspiring to see this.
Thank you!!!! This is great!!!!
Looks like it was made in the mid-1960's, at least that's when the newest cars are from
It stands as a metaphor for the Mormon faith.
The Remington house stated was not the Remington house, Lots of good stuff though
What year is this clip?
Thanx dear prophet💕
What prophet?
@@rabbithole2015 Probably the most current one, Russell M. Nelson. A few interesting facts about him: He is 98, yet walks briskly with no cane! He was married for 50 years to his first wife before she passed away. They had 10 children, with 9 of them being girls! He is a former renowned heart surgeon responsible for developing a heart-lung machine, along with fellow researchers, that in 1951 supported the first-ever human open-heart surgery. After this, he was the first surgeon in Utah to perform open-heart surgery using this innovative technology. He became the longest-living President of the Church last year.
@@deboraholsen2504 And your point is? I had an uncle who was very accomplished as well and lived to 102 who also walked without a cane. Was he a prophet? I'm glad he is in good health for his age but it proves nothing. He is still just a man.
@@rabbithole2015no he is the president of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and prophet of the world . Rather or not you personally believe he is or isn’t a prophet makes no difference . You might want to heed his words .
@@lindamartinez7006 🤣prophet of the world! You can't be serious. He is only a prophet to those who believe he is such. You can't say he is prophet of world when most of the world doesn't even know who he is. You all make me laugh with your absolute exclusivity claims of truth. The bias is heavy. There are many who claim to be a prophet and their followers believe as you do. I won't be heeding to his words any time soon. I will however heed to God's Word. He has done nothing to prove he is a prophet other than spend a lot of money on temple's that do little to help humanity.
I want to know a then and now from 1960s to 2020s!
Many of the buildings have been restored and are open for tours. I was living in Iowa when the Nauvoo Temple was rebuilt and I was able to help with the Open House. If you ever visit, try to avoid July and August. That's when it is the hottest and the humidity is the worst.
@@SuttonShimai I lived in Nauvoo for 13 years. I definitely agree about the weather. What I meant in the comment was a video that showed that timeline of Nauvoo. I heard there used to be famous chain places before the temple was bulit.
What year was this gem made?
can i download this video to share with my grandma with no internet?
Wonder what the year was that this movie was filmed? And who was it filmed for?
From what I have found it premiered in 1956 on KSL TV.
Thanks, Jason !
Sounds like it was produced by Mormons.
Glenn: Probably not, sounds more like a PBS presentation.
If so, it was probably done in association the with LDS.
No date given for this production. ??
Mike McConeghey by the vehicles present in it as well as the newly placed head stone with date of 1951 I’d say made in early 50’s
Once in salt lake the vehicles all early 60 tho
1:20 That is a 1966 Chevy Belair. I drove one in high school.
I saw a 1966 Chevy Impala in the video
They had no part at all in the destruction of the printing press. None . Read up on your history .
Wine cellar? I thought Mormons were temperance people. How does that go?
You're right about Mormon temperance. At 11:19 it shows the wine cellar with a dated sign (1853), which was after the Mormons left (1846). The narrator also mentions that the cellar was made of stones from the ruined temple, which burned in 1848. Today Nauvoo is well known in the region for its wine and cheese production.
Joseph smith drank alcoholic wine the day he died. Strict observance of the word of wisdom was not enforced until the Mormons were in Utah.
Wine was used in Sacrament.
@@otmaalexis Oh yes! I was there. I saw it!
@@SMF314 Thanks for informing oldtimeway1 !
This film at one point I would have thought was lovely and uplifting. Trouble is I studied the true Mormon history not the whitewashed one. Once you learn what was really happening you can never look at this sort of film the same way again.
What true Mormon history? Maybe anti Mormon history.
@@skilledrex294 Joseph Smith committed adultery with a 16 year old girl, promised fathers and mothers a higher spot in heaven if they would let a 37 year old man marry their 14 year old daughters, (Remember Helen Mar Kimball and Nancy Winchester?), married two sets of sisters and two sets of a mother and her daughter, sent men on missions and while they were gone married their wives, destroyed a printing press that printed things he didn't like, taught the first lie of Satan "Ye shall be as gods," printed phony $3 and $4 bills, set up an anti bank and when people wanted their money he just moved out of state, threatened to kill the governor of Missouri, etc..
dum dum dum dum dum
I wish we had left Nauvoo alone; the Nauvoo depicted here was essentially gone when I visited in 1999, but at least then the temple had still not been re-built. I understand preservation and identification, but "restoration" not so much. I am so glad the Reorganization retains control over the Mansion House; by now the Utah Church would have plowed it under in the name of "restoration" and replaced it with yet another "Visitors Center"- ugghh.
Nauvoo of today (at least in 1996 and 2002, when I visited) is a historical town and I am grateful for the education my older children and I received when we visited there both times. It’s an important place, and the missionaries there “brought it alive” for us, and they were very informative. If it were only a ghost town type of place as shown in this film, we would not have found it nearly as interesting and welcoming and informative and fun. It also caused a deeper appreciation for what the early Church members had to experience! Also, the whole town of today is not restored, just a square mile or so of where the more prominent Church members resided, near the Nauvoo Temple.
The "Utah church" would not tear down an existing building if it was at all usable.
A great false new religion that has deceived so many.
Haha. What a useless comment.
A useless comment to those who are without spiritual discernment.
And what makes you an expert on spiritual discernment? Nobody should pay any mind to your prejudiced thoughts about the church. You can always tell when someone is making stuff up when they go attacking other churches.
@@skilledrex294 You should care about your own soul. Eternity is a long time to be wrong.
Oh my gosh seriously? And what pray-tell is going to happen to my soul? You should be more aware of the devil that has a hold of yours. Worry about your own salvation and leave others alone. You know nothing about me or my soul. And the worst that will happen to my soul is that I’ll end up where you will be. Sounds like you should practice a little more tolerance and love towards others regardless of what religion they belong to.
You have to wonder why the Mormons were "persecuted"? If one reads Bandittis of the Prairie, one will read how the Mormons gave sanctuary to the cutthroats and highway men. The church elders were paid for this service. Law enforcement was minimal those days and folks were afraid to go to Nauvoo at night for fear of getting their throats cut. Was it polygamy that had turned neighbors against the Mormons? I think it is unlikely. It is also interesting that the Mormons dressed as Indians and slaughtered settlers emigrating to Utah. The Mormons then took in the surviving children for their own. This is an historical fact. Who were the Mormons? Were they a benevolent religion or just another cult? It is interesting that they were driven from everywhere they tried to settle. Why?
Never underestimate satan's hate for the things of God or people in general. Joseph was persecuted as soon as he shared his experience seeing God. Instead of trying to get to know or understand them people chose hate, fear and violence. People chose lies and distortion over reality. Polygamy was a huge issue for the early members. They didn't want to but like in the Bible when polygamy was asked of that people they didn't have much choice. Only a small percentage participated but the hate was strong. As for the meadow massacre that was a crazy guy who convinced the others in that area to attack. He was told to leave them alone and wouldn't. That was a small group not the entire church. I have seen that area, it's so sad what one crazy person can do. All that said respect and communication would've prevented a lot of problems. Their goal was to worship God and help individuals thrive but narrow minds and cold hearts wouldn't leave them alone.
Heh - you have to be careful with books written in that era of American history. Peddling outrage and yellow journalism were alive and well back then, authors felt free to embellish and outright make crap up to sensationalize a story people had heard about. I inherited a book from my dad called "U.S.A.: Uncle Sam's Abcess: Or Hell Upon Earth for U.S., Uncle Sam, The Mormon Hell on Earth. Where Polygamy, Incest, and Murder Are Taught and Practised as Religion Under the All Seeing Eye". Seriously, that's the title of the book.
You’re in need of studying the truth from the source, and not from those against it. A lawyer doesn’t become a lawyer by studying medicine!
Do you care to read the Book of Mormon with a heart and mind open to the truth, and will you pray about it after reading every chapter? It goes hand in hand with the Bible. It increased my testimony of Jesus Christ as the Savior of the World by at least 400% !!!
Most of all, I love Jesus Christ and I try to treat others as He would have me do.
This "comment" sounds very much like "victim blaming". Do you ask what the Armenians did to "justify" the Turkish genocide? What did the Ukrainians do to "justify" the Holodomor? What about what the Jews "did to justify" the Holocaust? Or what the Native American Nations "did to justify" the Europeans' treatment of them or African's enslavement in the antebellum South?
The theology of my faith insists upon a temple, where sacred ceremonies are performed. We "gather" so that the expense of such a building can be justified. Emigrants from other parts of the US and even Europe moved to Nauvoo, buying up farm land. Envious non-member settlers claimed that we were always trouble. The law didn't seem interested in investigating crimes committed against Mormons.
Funnily enough, in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois, after the Mormons cleared the land for farming, and built infrastructure, the mobs would come out. After they forced the Mormons out of their homes, the "upright citizens" were able to buy the real estate for nickles on the dollar.
So, @sdougreid, there's your pattern:
1 Claim that the people who are different are bad and a danger.
2 Start to make up stories and rumors to get the ignorant and envious on your side.
3a Make sure to let local political leaders know that their offices are in jeopardy if they don't do so something to protect "public safety" by the minority group.
3b Be a political leader and use the power of your office to incite hatred against the other.
4 Keep poking and prodding and make sure the police look the other way.
5 When someone in the minority group finally loses their patience, that's when you strike with indignation and greater violence and full force of the "law".
6 Force an emigration of the minority people.
7 Buy up the refugee's property for 5-10% of their value.
8 Profit.
9 Make sure to assuage your own guilt by maintaining rumor and innuendo about how dangerous the minority group was. Remember, the victors write the history.
Slavers fought the Yankee, Brit,& Scandinavian Converts that came to America and Nauvoo. The Nauvoo Legion was blue uniforms, the Carthage Greys facing off in 1844. Basically the first battle of the Civil War. The LDS had among them a fellow named Jonathan Browning who made rifles, his shop is still there. 9,000 vs 9,000. Kept the muskets at bay until the perimeter shrank and the LDS decided to leave the boundaries of the USA. However, the US was invited by Mariano Vallejo in CA to come take the place of the Brits coming to collect Alta California for Dictator Santa Anna’s payment for weapons. The Mormon Battalion was asked to be raised of them by the US Army. Three excellent books: The Carthage Conspiracy (non-fiction), and Promised Valley (fiction Random House), and Killing History by LK Samuels on the rise of slaver socialists such as George Fitzhugh in this era. The latter thought all rights come from the state and it would decide who us in manacles. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was in their way in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Lincoln in the area, read the Richmond and Charleston papers and that’s what’s in them. The Expositor, an anti-Mormon newspaper was a Protestant pro-slaver paper. Joseph Smith Jr. thought there was no redress for the slanders you quoted even to the President of the United States Martin van Buren. Smith attacked the press which he regretted, and precipitated the events of vulnerability that allowed his assassination by the hard core slaver types adjacent to Nauvoo. Check these out and get to be a more informed American.
Enjoyable Church propaganda.
Hail to the king of kings.
My dad could detect water with sticks…I guess that is a water witch. He was a hard working christian man. Water witching means nothing bad.
Growing up in Oklahoma, I would see more than one public utilities worker use a stick to find water. The sticks were called divining rods.