[…] is made abundantly clear that “as well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri River in its decreed course, or to turn it upstream, as to hinder the Almighty from […]
[…] America’s leading physicians eventually subscribed to this notion, and accordingly treated all patients with the theoretically “ de-stimulating” depleting measures which became the hallmark of the so-called “heroic” orthodox practice. (The physicians termed their […]
[…] the church itself should be. During the last two decades, World Conferences have been held in Independence, Missouri, every two years for one week, a time span which traditionally includes April 6. A number […]
[…] the Big Wormy Apple.” “We are now.” I nod towards Rob. “He grew up in Salt Lake City.” “Another big Mormon town.” “Yeah.” “You big Mormons?” Rob’s leg jerks just a little. “Used to […]
[…] mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” From the streets of Manhattan, through city after city, to the fields of Iowa, people all across America throw open their windows and […]
[…] The Folk-Lorist, a publication of the old Chicago Folk-Lore Society, the Reverend David Utter, from Salt Lake City, published a short piece entitled “Mormon Superstition.” He recounted Mormon beliefs about Indians, summarized briefly the […]
[…] materials in the Huntington Library, Western Reserve Library, the library of the Reorganized LDS Church in Independence, Missouri, and in the collection of the LDS Church Historian’s Office in Salt Lake City (F. Brodie […]
[…] faith, commitment and permanence” (Oman and Oman 1980, 120). The temple’s location at the center of the city’s grid system puts it at the geographic center of a city that has become the theocratic […]
[…] Camp and the calling of Mormonism’s first Twelve Apostles, while a third records Kimball’s reminiscences of the Missouri turmoil. Although outside the scope of Professor Kimball’s self-imposed “holograph diaries” restriction (most of this supplemental […]
[…] the country, visiting libraries, archives, and historic sites from New York to New England, Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri. Successive records collections laid their hold upon him, and he maintained contact by letter with many […]