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A statue of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum stands outside the Carthage Jail where the two were killed in 1844. The historic jail is still open for tours. Journal-Pilot file photo Editor’s note: ...

Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged one of Illinois ...

Visitors to historic Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Ill., soon may hear a subtly revised narrative about Mormonism’s founding years. That’s because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just ...

The managing director of the Church History Department answers questions about changes to the tours and the buildings in the recently acquired historic sites. (RNS) — Many people were stunned by the ...

(RNS) — A new history of the Mormons' brief residency in Illinois in the 1840s shows how democracy has been neither assured nor safe for minority groups in America. (RNS) — Benjamin Park, an historian ...

There aren’t many Mormons left in Hancock County, in far-western Illinois. But there is plenty of evidence thousands of them once were there. The Mississippi River town of Nauvoo, once known as ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds felt the ...

Looking for a quiet park where you can step back in time and away from the pressures of daily life? A beautiful park where the family can pitch a tent under boughs of pine trees, catch a stringer of ...

San Francisco has its sourdough. Hershey has its chocolate. Nauvoo had its Blue. It all changed overnight last week when this Mississippi River town lost one of its claims to fame: a product with a ...

Historian Benjamin Park, an assistant professor of history at Sam Houston State University, has written a compelling and accessible history of Mormonism in the 1840s. “Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and ...