An early map of Jackson County, Illinois. In 1839, Joseph Smith relocated his followers from a hostile environment in Missouri to Commerce, Illinois, which he renamed Nauvoo. Soon after they depart down the Santa Fe Trail, their well-liked leader James Allen dies. They organize the Church with a high council and 80-plus bishops to take care of the soldiers’ families. Butler and James Cummings head northwest, following a route that will turn out to be followed by the rest of the Saints. The Nauvoo Community Project was started by the Brigham Young University Center for Family History and Genealogy to identify residents of Nauvoo, Illinois from 1839 to 1846. At Camp Vermillion, several families are fed up with James Emmett’s leadership style and have left for the South, hoping to run into the main body of Mormons along the way. One member, John Brown, received permission to return to his wife’s family in Mississippi and form a pioneer company of the several branches there. At its base the building was 128 feet (39 m) long and 88 feet (27 m) wide with a clock tower and weather vane reaching to a total height of 165 feet (50 m)—a 60% increase over the dimensions of the Kirtland Temple. The rescue company has reached the Mississippi River, where they find the refugees without adequate clothing or food. New Pioneer Exhibit Invites Visitors to Explore “Adventure of the Journey” West. Please be aware some collections consist only of partial information indexed from the records and do not contain any images. c.1845 Brigham Young, who quickly took command of the church and its followers, tried to stifle any dissent and banish his rivals. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, and moved to Kirtland, Ohio. (Nauvoo, Ill.) 1846-1840s US Newspaper Directory . They would meet the Saints along the trail somewhere, hopefully at Grand Island. Save to favorites. John Brown and his company reach Grand Island, where they were supposed to meet Brigham Young, who is not there. The Brooklyn, having been blown off course, finds its way to Juan Fernandez Island and resupplies there, much more cheaply than they could have done at Valparaiso, Chile. In California, Sam Brannan and his Brooklyn voyagers are convinced Brigham Young will be bringing the pioneers there the next year, so they create a settlement they call New Hope. He led a company of nearly 200 to Camp Vermillion in present-day South Dakota. Butler and Cummings reach the Vermillion camp. By year’s end, about 600 people will be living there. At the end of May, a second and larger way station is built in Iowa and called Mount Pisgah, becoming the larger way station with about 1,000 residents by December. Nauvoo is also home to Baxter's Vineyards, a small family-owned winery begun in 1857 by Emile Baxter that is Illinois' oldest established winery. One is established in Iowa and named Garden Grove. Nauvoo is most famous for having been founded in 1840 by Joseph Smith, Jr., as one of the first centers of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, following their exodus from Missouri in the wake of the Mormon War. An arsonist destroyed much of it in 1848, and then a tornado weakened the structure in 1851 to render it unusable. Nauvoo provided the Latter-day Saints with rest for several years until religious persecution again forced their departure in 1846. Unlike Kirtland, the Nauvoo Templ… 3. From 1839 to 1846, the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was located in Nauvoo, Illinois. Nauvoo was the Mormon headquarters for seven years during which time the church flourished, and the settlement quickly became one of the largest cities in Illinois. John L. Butler in the Camp of Israel had been a member of the Emmett’s Vermillion Camp. Cartographer Uses Maps, Animated Timeline to Tell Story of 1846 Pioneer Trek. Brigham Young is increasingly worried about returning to Missouri, where the Church had suffered severe oppression. The Mississippi company has reached its wintering site at Fort Pueblo. This resource is an index of elders’ (and other priesthood offices) certificates issued by Church conferences that were recorded in Far West, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois. Four Apostles depart on their missions, three floating downstream toward New Orleans to board a ship. “In December, nobody in this story is where they intended to be in January or where they wanted to be. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. “However, you could also reach the conclusion that they were exactly where they needed to be. The Nauvoo Bell originally hung in the temple that Church members built in Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840s. As the battalion follows the San Pedro River near modern Sierra Vista, Arizona, they are caught in a stampede of feral cattle. A textual description does not do justice to the experience. Emmett is not in camp, and they convince his followers to join the main body of the Saints downstream. The Church History Museum offers maps and interactive displays in its recently opened exhibit Mormon Trails: Pioneer Pathways to Zion, 1846–90, developed with Plewe’s assistance. High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake However, the Mexican soldiers have retreated. ... and Councilors of the City Council of Nauvoo, Illinois, 3 Feb. 1841, Nauvoo, IL, Records ... Huntington left Nauvoo in 1846 with the Mormon exodus. The Brooklyn has made good time and reaches the most perilous part of the journey, rounding Cape Horn. Map of Nauvoo with profile of Joseph Smith Lithograph, John Childs, 1844, from a plat by ... Nauvoo County Hancock County State/Province Illinois Country United States of America. “Ironically, completing this centerpiece of the City of Joseph marks the official end of the Mormon sojourn there. “I’m a visual thinker, so I figured if maps and graphics and timelines and what-not help me understand the past better, maybe they can help other people understand the past better.”. Map of the city of Nauvoo, early Mormon purchases, 1839 ff. An American Exodus. Photo by R. Scott Lloyd. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, May 1912 Library of Congress Additional companies will depart soon afterward from the east bank and from Garden Grove. Historical cartographer Brandon S. Plewe presents an animated map and timeline to tell the story of the Mormon pioneer exodus of 1846 during his presentation at the Church History Museum January 19, 2018. Hundreds more scatter throughout the towns and villages of eastern Iowa looking for jobs. “It is a story fraught with unforeseen obstacles and frequent failure. On the east side of the Missouri River, the Saints are beginning to leave the Grand Encampment to build winter settlements wherever they can find water, timber, and farmland. Evan L. Ivie and Douglas C. Heiner, “Deaths in Early Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839-46, and in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 1846-48,” Religious Educator 10, no. Index of Times and Seasons : volumes 1-6, 1839-1846 Family History Library . View Milo’s Nauvoo Property and 5th Ward Boundaries in a larger map. Several members of the Twelve would lead a small scout company, called the Camp of Israel, across a thousand miles or so to the West to find a new territory for settlement. The Mormon Battalion reaches Santa Fe, New Mexico. 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