The First Ten Years in the West

The First Ten Years in the West

From 1847 to 1857 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) established over 100 colonies in the West.  With the sustaining help of the Lord and by their own industry, the Saints established a strong refuge within the ten years.  The...
Westward Migration

Westward Migration

The Mormon Battalion was not the first group of Latter-day Saints to reach the west.  One group of Mormons sailed out of New York harbor aboard the ship Brooklyn on 4 February 1846, coincidentally the same day the first Saints left Nauvoo.  The ship sailed all the way...
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