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English
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Zion's Camp
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Brigham Young University
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Master's thesis
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"In 1831, Jackson County, Missouri, was designated as a place of refuge for the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Attempts to establish permanent residence in their Zion ended in bloodshed and violence. An army was raised to go to the aid of those cast out of their homes. This thesis pays particular attention to the recruiting of the army and the gathering of money and provisions, the trek to Missouri, and the interaction of those promoting and opposing the camp.
The trek from Kirtland, Ohio, to Jackson County, Missouri, revealed frustrations, hardships, strengths, weaknesses, and deaths among those who participated in the abortive attempt to redeem the land and reinstate the people. This study also disclosed contrasting reactions of historians to this period of history and the still differing feelings of many who wrote of their personal experience with the camp.
The histories of over two hundred men who comprised this trek were studied to determine its impact upon their lives. A strong loyal tie between them and their prophet leader was discovered." [author]
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A History of the Concepts of Zion and New Jerusalem in America from Early Colonialism to 1835 with a Comparison to the Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
East of Nauvoo: Benjamin Winchester and the Early Mormon Church
'Journal of the Branch of the Church of Christ in Pontiac, . . . 1834' : Hyrum Smith's Division of Zion's Camp
Missionary Activities and Church Organizations in Pennsylvania, 1830-1840
The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830-1841
The Last Months of Mormonism in Missouri : The Albert Perry Rockwood Journal
The Latter Day Saints in Ohio : Writing the History of Mormonism's Middle Period
The Political and Social Realities of Zion's Camp
What of the Lectures on Faith?
Wilford Woodruff and Zion's Camp : Baptism by Fire and the Spiritual Confirmation of a Future Prophet