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- ...mormons-of-the-wisconsin-territory-18351848/ "The Mormons of the Wisconsin Territory, 1835–1848,"] ''BYU Studies'' 37:2.</ref> ...ds., ''A Firm Foundation: Church Organization and Administration'' (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011).</ref>19 KB (2,855 words) - 13:36, 13 April 2024
- ...m Young (Terence Stamp), the head of the Mormon church and the Governor of Utah at that time; but historians...say it is unclear whether Young was directly32 KB (4,917 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- #Allen J. Stout, "Allen J. Stout Journal," under June 28, 1844, Utah State Historical Society, 14, online at <nowiki>http://www.math.byu.edu/~sm #Hubert Howe Bancroft, ''History of Utah, 1540-1886'', 505.24 KB (3,642 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 256 - Was Brigham considered a "king" over the territory? ...as the death of "Col. Johnston," in the Civil War (of "Johnston's army" in Utah) on April 6 interpreted by Latter-day Saints as a sign of divine judgment?18 KB (2,890 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...nse to claim: 325, 589n55 (PB) - Did "countless" plural marriages occur in Utah, Canada, and Mexico after the Manifesto, as the author claims? ...umber of years and borne me children…as a teacher of my religion in Utah territory, I have defended said tenet of said church as being in my belief a revelati22 KB (3,223 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...crossed into Caldwell County and began threatening Mormons '''in their own territory'''." ..."Mormons" who were driven "from their homes" were not living "in their own territory?"14 KB (2,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...adows Massacre: Arrington Lecture No. Twelve'' (Arrington Lecture Series) (Utah State Special Collection, 2007), ISBN 0874216877. Alexander's footnotes ar ...er, Utah's governor felt that any such crimes would be covered by the post-Utah war amnesty.32 KB (4,953 words) - 15:05, 13 April 2024
- ...s us that "if any court in the American West (excepting, of course, one of Utah's probate courts) had seen the evidence [the Dimick Huntington diary] conta ...op, John D. Lee'' (St. Louis: Bryan, Brand, 1877; reprint, Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, n.d.), 223. Although I have doubts about this encounte18 KB (2,923 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Are the mysterious "Danites" in Utah a source of Mormon power, terror, and control?== Critics of the Church have long appealed to the "Danites" in Utah as a source of Mormon power, terror, and control. <ref>{{CriticalWork:Abane13 KB (2,167 words) - 15:10, 13 April 2024
- ...migrants deliberately poisoned a spring and an ox carcass near the central Utah town of Fillmore, causing illness and death among local Indians. According ...rn Utah. Jacob Forney, who succeeded Brigham Young as Indian agent for the territory, makes this as an explanation in his report to the government and cites the14 KB (2,409 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...of their highly upright and excellent moral character while in the Indian territory…. Emigrating Mormons, to the number of nearly 20,000 are to be found west ===1855 Editorial, “The Mormons in Utah”, New York Times February 2, 1855, page 4===31 KB (4,585 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...im: 67 - The author notes that several new federal officials fled the Utah Territory because they felt threatened ...im: 67 - The author notes that several new federal officials fled the Utah Territory because they felt threatened==5 KB (674 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...aim: 115 - The author claims that "Indian" massacres that occurred in Utah Territory were actually carried out by "white-faced Indians who used Mormon slang" #Gustive O. Larson, "The Mormon Reformation," ''Utah Historical Society Quarterly'' 26 (January 1958).11 KB (1,687 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...</ref> Is Brigham to be held responsible for every crime committed in the territory? ...s in her book. Her stated objective was to reclaim the "suffering women of Utah." She is the sole source for this "revelation," which has no basis in histo10 KB (1,474 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...oves of Saints leaving California for Utah" and "a matching number leaving Utah of a crisis of conscience spurred by the events of Mountain Meadows" ...f van Vliet relayed news of the situation to Johnston, an invasion of Utah Territory would be expedited."12 KB (1,772 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...matic, chronological account of the main events in the past of a nation or territory; that “the” American Indians are a unitary population; and that the app ...st Vision and Its Aftermath," in Joseph Smith the Prophet (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1978), 7-18.72 KB (10,968 words) - 14:00, 13 April 2024
- ...norable man, and signed his name to it as the Governor of the Territory of Utah, and Willard Richards as Secretary. I told the mayor, in relation to these45 KB (8,661 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...vernment here; and a government has been in existence in this Territory of Utah for five years. ...xican territory; but it was soon after acquired by treaty, and became U.S. territory. Four years and a half a government has been supported here, governmental l13 KB (2,282 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...go where you please, IF YOU CAN. You may go and settle in any part of the Territory that you please; and furthermore, you may go to California if you wish. ...nd infinitely more extensive than the walling in of the whole territory of Utah. His work was given to him sixteen years ago, by the Prophet Joseph Smith,18 KB (3,447 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...he First Judicial District Court of the United States for the Territory of Utah]]24 KB (4,534 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024