but his assassination made it clear that the period of relative calm the Mormon faithful had enjoyed in Nauvoo, Illinois, was coming to an end. In 1845 mob violence against the Mormon community ...

All About the Mormon Nauvoo Legion and the Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a series of violent ...

the Mormon Collection contains a wide variety of materials relating to the Mormon era in Nauvoo (1839-1846). Because of the interest in this period in Hancock County's history and the scholarship that ...

December: The Mormons receive a city charter establishing expansive home rule and a local militia. After the first mayor is excommunicated, Smith becomes both mayor and military leader.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Journal of the Illinois State Historical... Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) Vol. 21, No. 4, Jan., 1929 Nauvoo, Illinois, ...

Mitt Romney's great-grandfather, Miles Park Romney, was born in a Mormon colony in Nauvoo, Ill., in 1843. The Mormon church's founder, Joseph Smith, was killed by a mob a year later, and the ...