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On 28 July 1856 a handcart company under the leadership of Edward Martin left Iowa City, Iowa, and started across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. By October, cold weather and snow caught them in the mountains in central Wyoming. Short on food and other supplies, members of the company experienced exposure to cold, hunger, and exhaustion, and some began to die. They would suffer more losses than any…
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church history, heroes, Martin Handcart Company, pioneer, rescue, Sweetwater River

Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail by Liz Lemon Swindle

adversity, church history, Joseph Smith Jr, Liberty Jail, prayer, trial

Joseph Smith Translating the Book of Mormon by Del Parson

D&C 20:811; Joseph Smith—History 1:3435, Joseph Smith—History 1:71 footnote The Book of Mormon … [proves] to the world that the holy scriptures are true, and that God does inspire men and call them to his holy work in this age and generation, as well as in generations of old. D&C 20:8, D&C 20:11 Three years after Joseph Smith was visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ, the angel Moroni…
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Book of Mormon, church history, gold plates, golden plates, Joseph Smith Jr, Oliver Cowdery, translating the Book of Mormon

Martin Handcart Company – Bitter Creek, Wyoming, 1856 by Clark Kelley Price

The Martin Handcart Company was the fifth handcart company to travel west to the Salt Lake Valley. This company of English emigrants left Iowa City, Iowa, on 28 July 1856. There were “576 [people], with 146 carts, 7 wagons, 30 oxen, and 50 cows and beef cattle” (LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen, Handcarts to Zion [1960], 93). At Florence, Nebraska, they stopped for handcart repairs. It was late…
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church history, handcart, handcart trek, Martin Handcart Company, pioneer

Kirtland Temple

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Tribute to Relief Society Presidents

I used Emma’s Garden party and updated and changed it a bit. An history of US events & pop culture and the Releif Society’s influence on the world.

church history, relief society birthday, Relief Society History, script, skit, women in the church

Old Testament Walk-Through

I was given a copy of the Old Testament Walk Through handout several months back by a friend for use in my Seminary class. I have no idea how to do this, but I think that it’s a method of learning the history of the Bible with hand motions and little rhymes. Old Testament Walk Through was prepared for the CES Teaching Fair on the Old Testament, 13-15 August 1991,…
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Bible, church history, LDS games, memorization aids, old testament, scripture mastery

History of Relief Society

A powerpoint presentation of the History of Relief Society and Past Presidents of the organization.

church history, Enrichment, relief society birthday, women in the church

Joseph Smith Jeopardy Game

Played just like the TV game show Jeopardy, this game is a fun way for kids and adults to test their knowldge by stating the questions that go with the answers to questions about Church History. Available in PDF or Microsoft Word’s .doc format. You may want to use my CTR Trvia games and rules to see how this game is set up and played. Source: lds-youngwomen2 Yahoo Group Files…
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Mary Fielding and Joseph F Smith Crossing the Plains by Glen S Hopkinson

Mary Fielding Smith was left a widow when her husband, Hyrum, was killed with his brother the Prophet Joseph. She had to care for not only her own large family but also several other helpless or ill people. Hyrum and Mary’s son, Joseph F. Smith, who would later become the sixth President of the Church, was only five years old at the time. Mary and her family left Nauvoo in…
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church history, covered wagon, cow, faith, heroes, Joseph F Smith, Mary Fielding Smith, pioneer, women in the church

Emma Smith by Lee Greene Richards

D&C 25 Hearken unto the voice of the Lord your God, while I speak unto you, Emma Smith, my daughter. D&C 25:1 Emma Hale Smith was the wife of Joseph Smith, prophet of the Restoration. She was born 10 July 1804 to Isaac and Elizabeth Lewis Hale, who were the first permanent settlers in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Emma met Joseph when he boarded at her father’s inn while working near Harmony….
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