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Prophet’s Graves at the Salt Lake City Cemetery

If you find yourself in Salt Lake City with a couple hours to spare, take some time to check out the Salt Lake City Cemetery. It feels like you are surrounded by history everywhere in the cemetery. Get the maps and look for the prophets grave stones and while looking for the prophets gravestones, look […]

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Prophet George Albert Smith

George Albert Smith was born in 1870 to John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith in Salt Lake City Utah. George Albert Smith was the fourth generation of his family to serve as a General Authority! He and his father, John Henry Smith, served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the same time! […]

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Zions Camp (post 2)

To listen on Spotify Click here:https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Zions-Camp-Part-2--History-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-e2rakf3 For the origin of Zions Camp start here. Joseph Smith organized Zions Camp to help the Missouri Saints who had been kicked out of their homes. The men who joined Zions Camp were expecting to fight and give their lives to the Lord, fighting for the men and women […]

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What is Zions Camp?

In 1834, the idea of Zion’s Camp was first discussed by the prophet Joseph Smith in his home in Kirtland. Zions Camp was a group of men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints gathered by the prophet Joseph Smith. Their objective was to defend the members of the Church from persecutions in […]

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Awesome Facts about Wilford Woodruff

Life sketch of Wilford Woodruff. Life and facts on the prophet Wilford Woodruff

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Kirtland Era and Future Prophets

The Kirtland Era of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has some of the most influential experiences of all of Church History. Church headquarters was only in Kirtland Ohio for seven years, and that seven years was packed with experiences that changed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints forever. In Kirtland […]

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Polygamy and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Monogamy is God’s Law, Polygamy is God’s exception it is only practiced at certain times in History. Beginning of Polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints “In 1831 Joseph Smith was working on inspired translation of the Old Testament and he read about some of the ancient prophets practicing plural marriage(also called […]

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Fun Facts about the Salt Lake Temple-(Closed for Renovation-reopening date 2025)

-The Salt Lake Temple is the 4th dedicated Temple in operation, and the fourth in Utah, though it was started before the other Pioneer temples were started(St. George, Manti and Logan). Groundbreaking in 1853 by Brigham Young and dedicated in April 6-24 1893 by Wilford Woodruff. The Salt Lake Temple was dedicated three years before […]

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Waiting upon the Lord, Prophesy of the Snowflake, Arizona Temple 

The early pioneers of the Snowflake, Arizona area were promised that they would receive a temple. These promises were written down by faithful pioneers from the early days of the Snowflake Arizona settlement. Although, the promise of a temple took many years to come, the members held firm to the promises of the Lord and […]

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Snowflake Arizona Temple Fun Facts

To listen to this post on Spotify click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/3Q4g6jCWQIb To watch on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/L6glvCpoU-w -The Snowflake Arizona Temple is the second temple built in Arizona. The first temple in Arizona is the Mesa Temple, built in 1927. -The Snowflake Arizona Temple is 18,621 square feet. -The Snowflake Arizona Temple was dedicated by […]

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