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Missouri River
Summary
One of longest rivers in North America, in excess of 3,000 miles. From headwaters in Montana to confluence with Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri River drains 580,000 square miles (about one-sixth of continental U.S.). Explored by Lewis and Clark, 1804–1806. Major pioneer trails (Santa Fe, California, Oregon, Mormon) began on river in western Missouri. After dedicating temple site in Jackson Co., JS traveled on river by canoe, Aug. 1831, as he returned to Ohio. During journey, JS dictated revelation cautioning Saints about dangers on water, after which some Saints finished journey by land rather than on river. Important river landing located about three miles from courthouse in Independence, Missouri, at which point group of Saints arrived by steamboat from Ohio, July 1832. After expulsion from Jackson Co., Nov. 1833, most Saints fled northward and crossed river to gain refuge in Clay Co.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- Appendix 7: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 19 January 1846
- Appendix: Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 March 1840
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Collection of Sacred Hymns, 1835
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Declaration, 21 June 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Declaration, 21 June 1834, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Discourse, 12 August 1838
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Letter from David Thomas, 31 March 1838
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John Mills, 1 September 1843
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 July 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Draft
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
Destruction of The Evening and the Morning Star printing office Oil on canvas, C. C. A. Christensen under the direction of Charles B. Hancock, circa 1882–1884. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Rinehard and Co.; original not extant.)
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