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| | Far West, Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | While headquartered in Far West, the official name of the church was changed from Church of the Latter Day Saints to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | | | Far West became the headquarters of the Mormon church in early 1838 when presidents Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon relocated to the town from the previous church headquarters, Kirtland, Ohio. | | | A series of escalating conflicts followed and the Governor of Missouri eventually called out 2,500 state militiamen to put down what he perceived to be a "Mormon rebellion." Latter Day Saints poured into Far West for protection and found themselves under siege. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_West,_Missouri
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| | Restoration Bookstore: The Exodus of Emma Smith from Missouri |
| | With the Prophet imprisoned and the militia occupying Far West, mobocracy was rampant. | | | Having received many evidences of the truth of the gospel, they chose to be banished from their homes and from the state, rather than deny the faith. | | | They were driven out of the state of Missouri because they refused to deny the Restoration Gospel which the Lord had restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1830. |
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http://restorationbookstore.org/prints/emmamississippi.htm
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| | Church History Volume 1, Chapter 25 |
| | On May 11,1838, he was expelled from the church at Far West, Missouri, for apostasy; and during the trouble in Missouri he used all his influence against the leaders of the church. | | | In March, 1847, Elder McLellin, by the authority of this organization, commenced the publication of a paper at Kirtland, called The Ensign of Liberty, in which he contended that the proper name of the church was "The Church of Christ," and advocated the claims of David Whitmer as President of the Church. | | | In 1831 he heard the gospel preached by some of the elders while they were on their way to Missouri. |
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http://www.centerplace.org/history/ch/v1ch25.htm
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| | PBS - THE WEST - John Doyle Lee |
| | Having been persecuted from their religion's birthplace in New York to Missouri and Illinois, the Mormons had by 1846 decided to seek their own Zion in the American West. | | | Finally Missouri's governor ordered the Mormons expelled or exterminated, sending an army which surrounded their community and forced the Mormon leadership to surrender. | | | Lee's religious passion quickly became the driving force in his life, prompting him to move in 1838 to a homestead near the Mormon town of Far West, Missouri. |
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http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/lee.htm
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| | Seminary Scripture Mastery Resources! |
| | In Doctrine and Covenants 115:7, the Lord called Far West "a holy and consecrated land unto me," and he commanded the Saints to build a temple there. | | | Doctrine and Covenants sections 113-115 and 117-120 were received at Far West. | | | Sister McKendrick's class stopped at the Richmond Missouri Pioneer Cemetery where Oliver Cowdery, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and Jacob Whitmer, one of the Eight Witnesses, are buried. |
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http://www.kenalford.com/sam/sam-page2.htm
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| | History of Joshua Hawkes |
| | Three years after leaving the state of New York in 1828, Joseph Bryant and Sophronia received a testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in January 1831, while living in Michigan. | | | Let's take a look at this new frontier town where Joshua started his mortal life August 20, 1836, the same year that the first temple of the LDS church was dedicated back in Kirtland, Ohio. | | | It was located center stage at the time of the most severe mob persecutions against the Church and its leaders. |
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http://www.niederhausern.com/hawkes/joshua/Historical.htm
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| | Mormon Biographical Registers |
| | Expelled from the Church for un-Christian conduct in 1836. | | | Moved with the Church to Missouri and Illinois. |
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http://smithinstitute.byu.edu/resources/register/siMBRegisters.asp?alpha=S
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| | John Whitmer (1802-1878) |
| | February 5–9, 1838 general assembly in Far West rejects John, David Whitmer and W. Phelps as presidents of the church in Missouri for inappropriate use of church funds, violations of the Word of Wisdom. | | | Therefore I desire to testify to all that will come to the knowledge of this address; that I have most assuredly seen the plates from whence the book of Mormon is translated, and that I have handled these plates, and know of a surety that Joseph Smith, jr. | | | One of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, Book of Mormon scribe, first Church Historian, member of the presidency of the Stake of Zion, brother-in-law of Oliver Cowdery. |
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http://www.saintswithouthalos.com/b/whitmer_j.phtml
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| | Adam-ondi-Ahman - where Mormons plan to move to again someday |
| | Joseph Smith at Far West had no means of knowing, at that time, who had, or who had not, left for Zion; but the Lord knew." Otten and Caldwell, Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants, Vol. | | | That sacred spot in Missouri was designated by the Prophet as Adam-ondi-Ahman, the meaning of which is--the land where Adam dwelt. | | | Adam and Eve could not have lived and raised their family in the Garden of Eden as "it was the entrance at the east of the Garden which was closed against them at the time of the 'fall.'" (John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations, p. |
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http://www.lds-mormon.com/adam_ond.shtml
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| | Sidney Rigdon Home, Public Square, Far West, Log House, Mormon Period, Rich Branch, Miriable, Allred Settlement, Salem, ... |
| | On Sunday they were going to have a meeting and Sidney Rigdon was to preach.All the Mormons in Far West came to hear him. | | | Smith, Rigdon, and other church leaders were on hand to greet the arrival of a large party known as Kirtland Camp. | | | Smith and Rigdon quickly reorganized the church leadership in Missouri. |
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http://www.jwha.info/mmff/rigdon.htm
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| | Famous Mormon celebrities LDS |
| | Joined the church in 1835, lived in Kirtland, was wounded in Missouri persecutions at the battle of Crooked River. | | | Moved to Far West, Missouri, with church camp, 1838. | | | Counselor to the bishop in Quincy, Illinois, when the main church body was there after they fled Missouri and needed temporal aid, 1840. |
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http://www.strangite.org/Famous.htm
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| | The Story of the Church - Far West |
| | The most unfortunate thing that occurred at Far West was a rift in the ranks of the Saints themselves, resulting in the disaffection of some of their best and most honorable and energetic members, including all the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, several members of the Quorum of Twelve, and others. | | | The church made a valiant and courageous effort to meet the indebtedness of the Kirtland Bank, although it burdened the progress of the church for many years, but at the moment there was no safety in the vicinity. | | | There are doubtless others now in the church, who have heard the story from the lips of their parents or grandparents. |
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http://www.centerplace.org/history/misc/soc/soc30.htm
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| | Restoration Bookstore -- The Massacre at Haun's Mill in Far West, Missouri |
| | The alarm that the troops were moving against them had driven nearly all the Mormon families in the county to Far West for safety. | | | An estimated three hundred Church members lost their lives during these troubled times in Missouri when the Missouri settlers drove them out of the state at gunpoint. | | | The day after the skirmish on Crooked River (October 25), Haun himself went to Far West to take counsel of Joe Smith. |
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http://restorationbookstore.org/prints/haunsmill.htm
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| | Far West Cemetery - Boone County Missouri |
| | Far West Christian Church, an affiliate of the Disciples of Christ denomination, was located near the cemetery. | | | The legal description is in on the Northeast corner of Section 22, Township 51, Range 12, in Boone Co. Missouri. | | | Return to main Boone County Missouri USGenWeb page |
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http://www.bocomo.org/cemetery/farwest/fw10000.htm
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| | Elizabeth Case Milam Wheeler |
| | Later that same year, on November 7, 1837, there was a general assembly of the Church at Far West. | | | During this same meeting, Brigham Young made a motion that they all enter into a covenant to stand by and assist each other to the utmost of their abilities to leave the state and never desert the poor who were worthy, until they were all outside the reach of Governor Boggs' extermination order. | | | It must have been very comforting for her to read the promises from this blessing, given under the hands of the Church Patriarch and father of the Prophet Joseph. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~milam/mike/ElizCaseMilam.htm
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| | Doctrine and Covenants Revelation Sites — Far West, Missouri |
| | Tithing funds were used to assist needy Church members and finance the growth of the Church. | | | After the Church had been driven from Missouri, the Apostles met on the temple site to fulfill a commandment, then left on a mission overseas. | | | Soon after receiving the letter, the Prophet prayed "O Lord! |
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http://www.dcsites.com/dc033.htm
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| | Gospel Doctrine:"O God Where Art Thou?": Lesson 28 |
| | The sisters, many of them, were engaged in gathering up their most valuable effects, fearing a terrible battle in the morning, and that the houses might be fired and they obliged to flee. | | | On the morning of October 31, 1838, the Missouri militia sent a white flag of truce to the Mormons at Far West. | | | As the numbers of Mormons swelled throughout Missouri, the old settlers feared to lose their political and religious power. |
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http://www.meridianmagazine.com/gospeldoctrine/dc/050705dc28.html
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| | Photograph: Far West Temple Site |
| | Far West served briefly as the headquarters of the Church under the Prophet Joseph Smith. | | | Seven revelations published in the Doctrine and Covenants were received (sections 113-15; 117-20). | | | A temple site was dedicated and the cornerstones were laid. |
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http://scriptures.lds.org/chphotos/11
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| | Meridian Magazine : : Print |
| | Far West, a Mormon community located in northwestern Missouri amidst the rolling country side, was the site of turmoil and distress. | | | On 31 October, George Hinkle, commander of the Caldwell County Militia and a member of the Church, negotiated an agreement with state militia officers under which the leaders of the Church at Far West were to be surrendered and tried. | | | This provided him with one of the "first practical and positive demonstrations of the efficacy of prayer,"was a pivotal moment in Joseph F.'s spiritual development, and became a guide throughout his life. |
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http://www.meridianmagazine.com/biography/000627childhoodprint.html
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| | Crooked River |
| | Besides for the inference in what Corrill said above ("if the people of Buncombe came to do mischief upon the people of Caldwell"), this can be seen from a later reminisce from Martha Thomas. | | | William Seely says "This affiant further Says that on or about day of 24th October he went to Bunkham's Strip a distance of about twelve miles from his Stopping place in Caldwell County [ Far West ], to See one Mr. | | | This road probably led directly to the Crooked River Battle site. |
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http://www.tungate.com/crooked_river.htm
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| | Isaac Morley, General Authority |
| | At a general assembly of the Church held Nov. 7, 1837, he was chosen Patriarch of Far West, and ordained to that office under the hands of Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum Smith. | | | It should, of course, be noted that this early ordinance was not the full endowment received by today's saints. | | | This office he filled until the demise of Bishop Partridge in 1840. |
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http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/morlei1.htm
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| | LEVI STEWART |
| | Levi's interest was so stirred that he traveled to Far West, Missouri to meet the Prophet, Joseph Smith and to further investigate this religion. | | | In 1836, Mormon missionaries came into their community. | | | This was right during the middle of the Mormon expulsion from Missouri so in less than a year he headed back to Vandalia. |
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http://www.stewartkin.com/foundation/levi_history.html
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| | Minutes of March 3, 1838 |
| | The Elders Journal also states that at this meeting, "the General Authorities of the Church met to hold the First Quarterly Conference of the Church of Latter Day Saints Zion, at Far West on the 7th of April, 1838." | | | Saints Without Halos has no official connection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | | | Far West Record: Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterand#45;day Saints, 1830and#45;1844, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W. Cook and#40;Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1983and#41;. |
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http://www.saintswithouthalos.com/m/380303.phtml
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| | Church History c. 1831-1844, Ohio, Missouri, And Nauvoo Periods |
| | Nauvoo, Illinois, headquarters of the Church and home for many of its members from 1839 to 1846, began and ended as a community in exile | | | "This article focuses first on the Church in northeastern Ohio, where Kirtland served as Church headquarters, and in western Missouri. | | | A revelation to Joseph Smith in January 1841 commanded the Saints to build both the Nauvoo Temple and the Nauvoo House, a hotel that would be "a delightful habitation for man, and a resting place for the weary traveler" (DandC 124:60). |
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http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/history/1831_1844/index.htm
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| | Sidney Rigdon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Rigdon read the Book of Mormon and was converted to believe in its truthfulness. | | | In October, Pratt and Ziba Peterson were called on a mission to preach Mormonism to the American Indians or "Lamanites". | | | Rigdon and Smith moved to Far West, Missouri and established a new church headquarters there. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon
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| | Far West |
| | The Far West community existed from 1836 until the Mormon evacuation from Missouri in early 1839. | | | Between March 8-18th, 1999, the Mormon Historical Sites Foundation funded a scientific archaelogical study of the Far West Burial ground by Dr. Richard Hauck of the Archaelogical Research Institute (ARI) of Bountiful, Utah, and two staff archaelogists, Brian Mueller and Alan Hutchinson. | | | At its height, the population of Far West numbered between 4,000-5,000. |
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http://www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org/projects/farwest.htm
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| | Elders' Journal: Information From Answers.com |
| | But in connection with these, we believe in the gift of the Holy Ghost, the power of faith, the enjoyment of the spiritual gifts according to the will of God, the restoration of the house of Israel, and the final triumph of truth. | | | The press of The Elders' Journal in Far West, was used by the church to publish Sidney Rigdon's July 4th Oration which was one of the factors that increased tensions among Latter Day Saints and non-Mormons in northwestern Missouri. | | | The first two issues were published on the press that had previously been used to publish The Messenger and Advocate — but this press fell into the hands of Warren Parrish's schismatic "Church of Christ." Joseph Smith, Jr. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/elders-journal
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| | History of the Church : Missouri Era, 1831–39: LDSFAQ |
| | Three days later, an unprovoked attack at Haun's Mill left seventeen LDS men and boys dead. | | | History of the Church : Missouri Era, 1831–39 | | | History of the Church : Missouri Era, 1831–39: LDSFAQ |
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http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/view.asp?q=55
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| | Martha Thomas |
| | I tell this to show my first lesson in obeying counsel. | | | About two miles from our house there was a little place called Buncom, where the mob gathered to counsel which way to go. | | | At first they did not seem to notice those living close by, but would go to Davis and other far away places. |
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http://www.tungate.com/martha_thomas.htm
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| | JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
2003 Annual Meeting
Far West, Missouri Area |
| | Bagley's Blood of the Prophets also received this year's JWHA Best Book Award. | | | Community of Christ Historian Dr. Mark A. Scherer accepted the gavel as JWHA President (2003-2004) at the 2003 Annual Meeting. | | | He is editor of the Arthur H. Clark Co. series "Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier." The Western Writers of America gave his latest work, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, this year's Spur Award for best non-fiction book on a nineteenth-century subject. |
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http://www.jwha.info/jwha03.htm
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| | Roosevelt, Theodore. 1896. Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail: I. The Cattle Country of the Far West |
| | They were not dwellers in towns, and from the nature of their industry lived as far apart from each other as possible. | | | They were from the South, not from the East, although many men from the latter region came out along the great transcontinental railway lines and joined them in their northern migration. | | | great grazing lands of the West lie in what is known as the arid belt, which stretches from British America on the north to Mexico on the south, through the middle of the United States. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/54/1.html
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| | IN Far West, Missouri |
| | city of Far West to be holy and consecrated. | | | commandment to build house of the Lord at Far West. | | | city of Far West to be built quickly for gathering of saints. |
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http://scriptures.lds.org/inf/frwstmss
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| | Haun's Mill & Far West |
| | The Church was forced to move from the state of Missouri during the winter of 1838-39. | | | Turn north on Highway D. Stay on D. Drive through Mirabile, cross Highway HH and continue north until reaching the Far West Temple Site and Community of Christ white frame church. | | | Within two years, Far West became a community of 5,000 residents, more than one-hundred and fifty houses, four dry goods stores, three family groceries, six blacksmith shops, and two hotels. |
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http://www.cofchrist.org/js/HaunsMill.asp
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| | MORMON CENTRAL - JOSEPH SMITH - LDS TEMPLES - BOOK OF MORMON - MORMONISM |
| | "As Far West was a place everybody lived in log houses so my husband had built a nice hewed log house and got it reddy to live in by the time we were married. | | | In 1996, an archaeological investigation sponsored by the Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation (MMFF), was made begun on a log house five miles south of Far West Historical research conducted by Michael Riggs indicated the property had been part of an early LDS settlement known as the C.C. Rich Branch. | | | Along with serving as the President of the High Priest Quorum for the Far West area, Charles C. Rich took an active military role culminating in the Crooked River battle in Northern Ray County. |
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http://www.xmission.com/~research/central/michael.htm
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| | Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Far West |
| | The 7th and Far West continued up the Yellowstone to the mouth of the Rosebud, where Custer's troops turned south. | | | On October 30, 1883, she hit a snag seven miles below St. Charles, Missouri, and sank. | | | Far West was under the celebrated Captain Grant Marsh who pioneered navigation of the Yellowstone in 1873, and who earlier in his career sailed with Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). |
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http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_033700_farwest.htm
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| | Far West Cultural Center - Pierce, Joseph, Henry, White, Amanda, Mary, Heath, Far, West, Cultural, Center, ... |
| | Young Joseph Henry died 18 February 1838 at Far West, Missouri and is probably buried in the Far West Burial Ground. | | | On January 29, 1839, in Far West, Missouri, Joseph White Pierce subscribed his name, along with many others, pledging their available property and resources for use by the Committee of Removal, to assist the worthy poor and destitute with removal. | | | Far West Cultural Center - Pierce, Joseph, Henry, White, Amanda, Mary, Heath, Far, West, Cultural, Center, Farwesthistory.com, Log, House, Charles, C., Rich, FWCC, Caldwell County, Missouri, Mormon |
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http://www.farwesthistory.com/pierce.asp
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| | Joseph F. Smith, General Authority |
| | His mother was gravely ill at his birth and unable to tend him but his aunt Mercy Fielding Thompson had recently given birth and was able to nurse both her own child and the young infant. | | | Scant months later, Joseph F. and his mother were driven through the snows of Missouri as she fled, still on her sick bed, to escape the flames of persecution and the edict of Governor Lilburn W. Bogg's infamous "Extermination Order." The family settled in what became Nauvoo and some months later were joined by Hyrum. | | | He was born November 13, 1338 in Far West, Missouri while his father was falsely imprisoned in the dungeon beneath Liberty Jail house. |
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http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/smithjf1.htm
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| | Home Page |
| | The Village will be open to the public for casual visits or extended stays, and teaching the history of Far West (circa 1838-1840). | | | This site is your source for information on the progress of the Far West Historical Village in Far West, Missouri. | | | The Far West Historical Society (FWHS) owns 20 acres north of the Far West temple site. |
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http://www.farwesthistorical.org
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| | Robert B. Thompson (1841-1842) |
| | Joseph, Hyrum, Sidney, and number of other prominent men were taken by the Missouri to stand trial on October 31. | | | Robert and Mercy's only child, Mary Jane is born eleven days later, June 14, 1838. | | | Is this the source of Hoyt Brewster Jr.'s conclusion, "For a number of years he was a Methodist preacher"? |
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http://jfs.saintswithouthalos.com/Bios/thompson,%20robt.htm
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