Today In Mormon History

A heavy rain keeps either side from doing much damage in the "Morrisite war" in Weber County, Utah. The Mormon posse is reinforced...

[Wilford Woodruff] Presidet Young said I shall not seal the people as I have done. Old Father Alread brought three young girls 12 & 1...

Brigham Young (aged 41) marriage to Lucy Ann Decker (1822-1890) (aged 20) abandoned by non-Mormon husband William Seeley (not divorced) Firs...

[David O. McKay] [At the conclusion of 6 pages of transcribed telephone conversations between McKay and several others (including Marion ...

[George Q. Cannon] At 8 o'clock we repaired to the theatre, to which we had been invited. We got there before the doors were opened, ...

With authorization of Utah's acting governor Frank Fuller, a military-sized (between 200 and 1000 men) Mormon "posse" attacks ...

Brigham Young preaches: "When we use the term perfection, it applies to man in his present condition, as well as the heavenly beings. W...

[Patriarchal Blessing] Dana Jacobs. (Given by Joseph Smith, Sen.) "... Thou shalt stand in the midst of Roman Catholics they sha...

[Patriarchal Blessing] Flora Jacobs. (Given by Joseph Smith, Sen.) "Our father in heaven we stand in thy presence thy eyes are c...

[Patriarchal Blessing] Hannah Augusta Cheesbro. (Given by Joseph Smith, Sen.) " ... Thou mayest stand when the Saviour comes if ...

[Wilford Woodruff] This morning a company of about 300 men left this City for South webber all armed for war Infantry Cavalry & artil...

Senator Stephen A. Douglas, in a political speech, delivered at Springfield, Ill., characterized "Mormonism" as a loathsome ulcer ...

[Nauvoo Temple] The Warsaw Signal reported that the Catholic Church had agreed to purchase the Temple for $75,000. [Brown, Lisle (comp...

Joseph Smith becomes severely ill during a smallpox epidemic that sweeps through Kirtland. Seventeen individuals contract the disease and it...

Steven James Matthew Price formed Affirmation: Gay Mormons United. (Later renamed Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons.) Members were encour...

[Stephen L. Richards] [Conversation with Joseph Fielding Smith:] Pres. Richards also referred to the proposed talks to be given by Brothe...

Apostle Grant made brief remarks and showed how the Lord had opened his way for financial relief since he was called to this duty. He was ow...

... Br Edward Bunker Sen. and others of Bunkerville, Nevada, had been advancing false doctrine. One item was, that he, Bunker, thought it wa...

Joseph Smith publishes the "Mormon Creed" in THE WASP: "Mormon Creed - To mind their own business and let everyone else DO LI...

[Wilford Woodruff] ... this was the first time that I arose to address a congregation of Saints under the British government. I addressed...