Today In Mormon History

Second counselor Joseph F. Smith tells Mormons of St. Johns, Arizona, that Jesus was married to the Mary who anointed his feet. [The Morm...

Patriarchal Blessing of Samuel RosKelley ... thy Guardian Angel hath warded off the shafts of the Adversary which has been hurled at thee. ...

Bro. Brigham then spoke and showed that none of us, not even He, had as yet learned the first principles of the Gospel. Explained the passag...

[William Clayton] ... At a quarter after 8 o clock A.M. commenced washing...At 9 o clock President Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson...

The governor of Illinois signs the Nauvoo charter which Joseph Smith uses to make the Mormon capital an independent theocracy. Abraham Linco...

[Joseph Smith] Elder McLellen Elder B. Young and Elder J. Carter called and paid me a visit, with which I was much gratified. I exibited...

Patriarchal Blessing of Jesse Hitchcock given by Joseph Smith, Sr. ... nothing shall be to hard for thee: the rivers shall obey thy voice, a...

William Smith resumed his semi-public debate with Joseph Smith, Jr. at their parents' home in Kirtland. Following its conclusion, Willia...

At a temple meeting of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, first counselor Henry D. Moyle reports on the "baseball baptism p...

[First Presidency to Stake Presidents] It has been called to our attention that there has accumulated in the various temples of the Churc...

[B. H. Roberts] I am writing you to ask if the article published in the Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine of October, 1930, under...

Brother Penrose reported Bear Lake [Idaho/Utah] Stake Conference. ... Held meeting with the Bishops of Garden City, Laketown and a represent...

[Apostle Rudger Clawson] I was engaged most of the day in entering up the cash payments on the bills payable liability of the church for ...

[William Clayton] At 5 minutes to 9 o clock A.M. commenced washing and anointing . . . At a quarter to 10 o clock the president calle...

Joseph announces Hyrum as the patriarch of the Church in a letter to the Quorum of the Twelve and elders in England. [Jeffrey S. O'Dr...

Orson Hyde visits Joseph to hand him a letter explaining certain grievances. He feels the temple committee store (the committee that was in ...

In response to a visit from Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge (see Dec. 10, below), the Lord reveals to Joseph D&C 35 and 36. To encour...

The church expresses opposition to Universal Compulsory Military Training [1945-December 14-Improvement Era 49:76-77, February, 1946, in ...

The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Utah, against Pres. Angus M. Cannon. He had been impri...

Patriarchal Blessing of Samuel RosKelley by Lorenzo Hill Hatch ... thou shalt stand and officiate as a savious [savior] upon Mount Zion for ...