Pioneers & Mormons
The following account offers insight about the beginnings of Daviess County and, in particular, the role one pioneer played. Judge John Doyle Lee eventually was convicted of murder and executed in Utah Territory after the Mountain Meadow massacre. He was known as...
Pioneers & Mormons
Archaeological investigation conducted in 1996 focuses on Far West in Caldwell County, MO, especially the C.C. Rich Log House and the Rich Settlement area of 1837. In 1996 an archaeological investigation sponsored by Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation (MMFF), was...
Pioneers & Mormons
Missouri Historical Review July, 1910 Vol. IV. No. 4; pages 238-250 by Heman C. Smith The Latter Day Saints began settling in and around Independence, Missouri, in 1831. Their customs, and their religious and political attitude were not in harmony with theĀ feelings...