GLYCEvent"Church of Christ" OrganizedCNoteJoseph Smith organized the "Church of Christ" at the Peter Whitmer Sr. home in Fayette, NY, with six incorporators as required by law -- Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum Smith, Peter Whitmer Jr., David Whtmer and Samuel H. Smith.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"United Order" DiscussedjJAt general conference, which began on this date, the principal subject discussed was the "United Order." This resulted in the establishment of several cooperative economic ventures, the most notable of which were communities such as Orderville, Utah, where the residents owned no private property but held all property in common.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] "Walker War"The so-called Walker War began near Payson, Utah. This was one of several incidents of tension between Mormons and Indians in Utah territory. The war ended in May 1854.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Words of Moses" RevealedȜThe "Words of Moses", later incorporated in the Pearl of Great Price, were revealed to Joseph Smith. The prophecy of Enoch was revealed to the Prophet in December.Zpage 339 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Baptisms in NetherlandsoBroek-Akkenwoude, FrieslandThe first baptisms in the Netherlands took place near the village of Broek-Akkenwoude, Friesland. A monument marking the site was erected 100 years later in 1936.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Commandment to GatherThe saints were commanded in a revelaton (See D&C 37) to gather in Ohio, the first commandment concerning a gathering in this dispensation.Zpage 339 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"1st Company Leaves Winter QuartersĴ.>April 7 -The first pioneer company, numbering 143 men, 3 women, and 2 children, left Winter Quarters under the leadership of Brigham Young. July 22-24 - Brigham Young's pioneer company arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley to select a settlement site for the saints. Eleven companies arrived in the valley in 1847.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Conference in TabernacleThe first conference to be conducted in the newly completed Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City began. The building was dedicated eight years later on October 4, 1875. Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Conference of the Churchœ Fayette, NYWThe first conference of the Chruch, which now numbered 27 members, convened in Fayette.Zpage 339 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] 1st covered wagon to Rocky Mtns.לFirst covered wagons, led by Jedediah Smth and William Sublette of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, made the trek from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Edition Deseret NewsQSalt Lake City, UTFThe first edition of the Deseret News was published in Salt Lake City.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]1st Handcart Co. Leaves IowaIowa City, IowaZThe first handcart company left Iowa City, Iowa. Later that year two handcart companies, captained by James G. Willie and Edward Martin, suffered tragedy due to an early winter. More that 200 in the two companies died along the trail. 24 Sep 1860 - The last of 10 groups of saints to cross the plains by handcarts entered the Salt Lake City._page 344, 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"500 Utah Settlers go to Californiak Payson, UTA company of 500 settlers bound for California departed from Payson, Utah. The group settled in san Bernardino, Calif., which became the first Mormon colony outside the Great Basin since the arrival of the pioneers in 1847.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Articles of Faith Published} Nauvoo, IL-The Articles of Faith were published for the first time in the Times and Seasons, a publication fo the Church in Nauvoo, Ill. Joseph Smith, in response to a request from John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat, wrote a summary of the Church's history, ending wth 13 declarations of LDS belief.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Battle of Nauvoo Nauvoo, ILThe remaining saints in Nauvoo were driven from the city in violation of a "treaty of surrender' worked out with a citizen's committee from Quincy, Ill. The seige became known as the Battle of Nauvoo.Ypeg 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Beginning of "Young Men".The first Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association was organized in the Thirteenth Ward in Salt Lake City. On Dec. 8, 1876, a central committee was formed to coordinate all such associations. Jurious F. Wells was the first superintendent. This was the forerunner of today's Young Men organization.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Beginning of "Young Women")The Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association, later renamed to the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association, was organized by Brigham Young in the Lion House in Salt Lake City. The first president called June 19, 1880, was Emina Shepherd Taylor. This was the forerunner of today's Young Women.Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Black Hawk WarbA war with the Indians in central Utah, known as the Black Hawk War, began. It lasted until 1867.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Book of Mormon PublishedwpThe book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, NY, by Joseph Smith. E.B. Grandin printed 5,000 copies for $3,000.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#Book of Mormon translation complete[jThe Book of Mormon translation was completed, and the three witnesses -- Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris -- viewed the plates in a vision (See D&C 17.) Soon afterward, the plates were shown to eight witnesses -- J. Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, Peter Whitmer Jr., John Whitmer, Hiram Page, Joseph Smith, Sr., Hyrum Smith and Samuel H. Smith.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#Brigham Young Academy (BYU) foundedw Provo, UT\Brigham Young Academy, later to become Brigham Young University, was founded in Provo, Utah.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church builds Telegraph linesvIn a special conference, the Church agreed to build a telegraph line connnecting the settlements in Utah. The line was completed in 1867.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church Leadership Decisions Nauvoo, ILy4 Aug - Sidney Rigdon advocated appointment of a guardian for the Church at a meeting in Nauvoo. 8 Aug - At a meeting designated for the appointment of a guardian, Rigdon again stated his views, after which Brigham Young announced an afternoon meeting. During the latter session, Young claimed the right of leadership for the Twelve and was sustained by vote of the Church.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Church Wagon Trains|The first of several Church wagon trains left the Salt Lake Valley with provisions for incoming saints, whom they would meet at the Missouri River. This was the beginning of a new program to help immigrating saints that lasted until the railroad came in 1869.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#Controversial Rulings Upset MembersJudge James B. McKean, who had arrived in Utah in August 1870, made several rulings regarding naturalization that began a bitter and antagonistic relationship between himself and Church members.Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]%Cornerstone Laid for Salt Lake TempleSSale Lake City, UT3The cornerstones were laid for the Salt Lake TempleZpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Council of Fifty OrganizedJoseph Smith organized the Council of Fifty, a secret political body that directed the westward migration of the saints and served as a "shadow of govenment" in Utah during the 19th century.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Council of the Twelve Leads Church(qThe Council of the Twelve, the John Taylor as president, publicly assumed its position as the head of the Church.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Deseret Alphabet AnnouncedsWThe official announcement of adopting the Deseret Alphabet was made in the Deseret NewsZpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Endowment House DedicatedJSalt Lake City, Ut4The Endowment House in Salt Lake City was dedicated.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Endowment Introduced Nauvoo, ILJoseph Smith introduced the temple endowment to seven men at a meeting in the room over his store in Nauvoo. A few others received endowments before completion of the temple.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992])First Presidency Proposes using HandcartsIn a general epistle, the First Presidency proposed that the Perpetual Emigration Fund immigrants cross the plains by handcart.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]First Presidency ReorganizedKanesville, IOThe First Presidency was reorganized by the Quorum of the Twelve in Kanesville, Iowa, with Brigham Young sustained as president and Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards as counsellors. The action was ratified in a conference in Kanesville three weeks later.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] First VisionGSpring - In Joseph Smith's First Vision, the Father and the Son answered his question about which church to join. Joseph had prayed for guidance in response to a religious revival in the area.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]General "reformation"]ZDurint 1856 a general "reformation" took place throughout the Church, in which Church members were admonished forcefully from the pulpit to reform their lives and rededicate themselves to the service of the Lord. As a symbol of renewed dedication, many members renewed their covenants by rebaptism. The reformation movement continued into 1857.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Great Salt Lake City RenamedvCThe name Great Salt Lake City was renamed to simply Salt Lake City.Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]John confers Aaronic Priesthood< Harmony, PAJoseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the Aaronic Priesthood from John the Baptist along the banks of the Susquehanna River, near Harmony, Pa. (See D&C 13.) The two baptized one another, as instructed.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Joseph Smith arrestedZd Dixon, ILIllinois agents, armed with a warrant from Gov. Thomas Ford, arrested Joseph Smith at Dixon, Lee County, Ill. He was released July 1, 1843, under a writ of habeas corpus.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992](Joseph Smith candidate for US Presidency8 Nauvoo, ILhA political convention in Nauvoo nomimated Joseph Smith as a candidate for the United States presidency.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Joseph Smith Killedΰ Nauvoo, ILy7 June, the first and only edition of Nauvoo Expositor appeared. The city council declared the paper a nuisance three days later, and the city marshal forced entry to the print shop and destroyed the type and the papers. 11 June, Joseph Smith and the city council were charged with riot in the destruction of the Expositor press. A Nauvoo court absolved them of the charge, but the complainant asked for the issue to be examined by the Carthage court. 22 June, Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith crossed the Mississippi River to flee to the Great Basin. Gov. Ford had promised the Prophet safety, asn so, at the pleadings of others, the pair returned to Nauvoo and turned themselves over to government agents. 27 June, Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed by a mob that rushed the Carthage jail in Carthage, Ill. John Taylor was injured in the attack; Willard Richards escaped injury.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]*Joseph Smith Requests Immigrant ProtectionqJoseph Smith prepared a message for Congress asking for a law protecting United States citizens immigrating to the unorganized territories, known as California and Oregon, and offered volunteers to serve in such a protective force.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Joseph Smith, Jr. bornyWindsor Co., VT+Fourth child of Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]'Joseph Smith, Sr. family in Palmyra, NYވ Palmyra, NYAfter living in several villages in central Vermont and New Hampshire, the Joseph Smith Sr. family moved to Palmyra, NY, and a couple of years later to a farm in nearby Manchester, NY.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Jubilee Year CelebratedVAt general conference, a special jubilee year celebration was inaugurated. Charitable actions, reminiscent of Old Testament jubilee celebrations, included rescinding half the debt owed to the Perpetual emigration Fund Company, distribution of cows and sheep among the needy and advice to the saints to forgive the worthy poor of their debts.Zpage 348 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Kirtland Ohio TempleKirtland, OhioiDedicated by President Joseph Smith. No longer owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Zpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]/Law: Any Accused Mormon Must Have Federal TrialDThe so-called Poland Bill became a federal law. It had the effect of limiting the jurisdiction of probate courts in Utah. These courts had been authorized to conduct all civil and criminal cases and were generally favorable toward members of the Church, but now Mormons accused of crimes had to by tried in federal courts.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]M. Harris loses transcriptg New York, NYMartin Harris took a transcript and partial translation of the Book of Mormon to Professor charles Anthon of Columbia college and to Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell of New York. In Jun Harris borrowed and lost 116 manuscript pages.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Martial Law Declared in UtahBrigham Young declared Utah to be under martial law and forbade the approaching troops to enter the Salt Lake Valley. An armed militia was ordered to go to various points to harass the soldiers and prevent their entry. Brightam Young also called the elders home from foreign missions and advised the saints in many outlying settlements to return to places nearer the headquarters of the Church.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Melchizedek Priestood conferred[Peter, James and John conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery near the Susquehanna River between Harmony, PA, and Colesville, NYZpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Miracle of the Sea GullsXSalt Lake Valley, UTMillions of crickets descended into Salt Lake Valley and devoured the crops of the Pioneers. The "miracle of the sea gulls" saved what was left of the crops by devouring the crickets.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]!Missionary work expands in Europe`Missionary work took on a wider scope as missions were opened overseas in Scandinavia, France, Italy, Switzerland and Hawaii; most were discontinued after a few years.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]+More Counsellors called to First PresidencyjDue to failing health, President Brigham Young called five additional counsellors in the First Presidency.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Mormon Battalion Enlists#The first of the volunteer companies of the Mormon Battalion enlisted in response to a request delivered to Brigham Young two weeks earlier by Capt. James Allen of the United States Army. The battalion left for Fort Leavenworth on July 20, and arrived in San Diego, Calif., on Jan 29, 1847.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Mormon Battalion Finds Gold CalifornialGold was discovered in Sutter's millrace in California, which was dug up by members of the Mormon Battalion.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Mormon Leaders ChargedTerritorial Judge W.W. Drummond, who had earlier left the Territory of Utah, wrote a letter to the attorney general of the United States, charging Mormon leaders with various crimes.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Mormon Migration Begins Nauvoo, ILFeb 4 - The Mormon migration from Nauvoo began. The same day, the ship Brooklyn left New York for California under the directon of Samuel Brennan. April 24 - A temporary settlement of the westward-moving saints was established at Garden Grove, Iowa. Other permanent camps were established at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, on May 18; at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on June 14; and at Winter Quarters, Neb., in September.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Moroni visits Joseph Smith'In five visits with Joseph Smith, the ressurected Moroni revealed the existence of ancient gold plates and instructed him on his role in restoring the gospel and translating the Book of Mormon.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Mtn. Meadows MassacreThe Mountain Meadows Massacre took place, in which Arkansas immigrants on their was to California were killed by a group of misguided Mormons in Southern Utah. Twenty years later, John D. Lee was executed for his part in the crime.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Nauvoo City Charter Repealed=The Illinois Legistature repealed the city charter of Nauvoo.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Nauvoo Illinois TemplenNauvoo, IllinoisDedicated by Joseph Young (private) On May 1 Dedicated by Orson Hyde (public). The Nauvoo Temple was destroyed by fire in 1848 soon after the members of the early Church were forced out of the city. It stood on the east side of the Mississippi River.Zpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Nauvoo Neighbor 1st Published) Nauvoo, ILWThe Nauvoo Neighbor began publication and was the voice for the Church for 2 1/2 years.Zpage 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Perpetual Emigrating FundA Perpetual Emigrating Fund was established during the general conference to assist the poor. They system, which was incorporated one year later, continued until it was disincorporated by the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]!Plates of Book of Mormon recieved Palmyra, NYJoseph Smith received the plates of the Book of Mormon from the Angel Moroni at the Hill Cumorah. He also received the Urim and Thummim, which was used to assist in translation.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992] Plural Marriage Declared a CrimeA federal law was passed defining plural marriage as bigamy and declaring it a crime. Mormons considered the law unconstitutional and refused to honor it.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Plural Marriage Publicly AnnouncedvSalt Lake City, UTAt a special conference in Salt Lake City, the doctrine of plural marriage was first publicly announced, although several of the leading brethren of the Church had been practicing the principle privately since it had been taught to them by Joseph Smith in Nauvoo.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Pratt Assassinated-ArkansasbElder Parly P. Pratt of the Council of the Twelve was assassinated while on a mission in Arkansas.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]President Brigham Young̵"Born Jun 1, 1801, at Whitingham, Windham Co., Vermont, to John Young and Abigail Howe. Ordained apostle Feb. 14, 1835, at age 33 by the Three Witness to the Book of Mormon: Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris; sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve A;ostles April 14, 1840; sustained as the president of the Chruch Dec. 27, 1847, at age 46; died Aug.29, 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, at age 76.Ypage 44 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]President Joseph SmithΰCBorn Dec. 23, 1805 in Sharon, Windsor Co., Vermont to Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack. Married Emma Hale Jan. 18, 1827. Received the Melchizedek Priesthood (ordained apostle) in May 1829 by Peter, James and John (D&C 20:2, 27:12); sustained as First Elder (and Oliver Cowdery as Second Elder) of the Chruch April 6, 1830, at age 24; ordained high priest June 3, 1831, by Lyman Wicht, sustained as president of the Hight Priesthood Jan. 25, 1832, at a conference at Amherst, Loraine Co., Ohio; martyred June 27, 1844, at Carthage Jail, Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois, at age 38.Ypage 44 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]#President Young Charged with BigamyPresident Brigham Young was arrested on a charge of bigamy and placed under a $2,000 bond by Judge Kinney. He was never brought to trial, however.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Primary FoundedThe Primary, founded by Aurelia Rogers, held its first meeting at Farmington, Utah. The movement spread rapidly and on June 19, 1880, a Churchwide organization was established, with Louie B. Felt as the first president.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992])Prophecy - Saints to be driven to RockiessJoesph Smith prophesied that the saints would be driven to the Rocky Mountains, but that he would not go with them.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Relief Society Organized Nauvoo, ILJoseph Smith organized the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, with Emma Smith, Sarah M. Cleveland and Elizabeth Ann Whitney as its presidency, to look after the poor and sick. This organization continues today.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Revelation - D&C 132oA revelation received in Nauvoo, Ill., on the "Eternity of the Marriage Covenant and Plural Marriage" (See D&C 132 was recorded, giving fuller meaning to the "new and everlasting covenant," which had been mentioned as early as 1831.Ypag 342 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Revelation - D&C 136qBrigham Young presented instructions at Winter Quarters for the westward trek, including patterns for organizing the wagon companies (See D&C 136)Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Revelation - D&C 20The revelation on Church government (See D&C 20) outlined procedures for organizing the Church, duties of members and officers, need for recordkeeping and procedures for baptism and sacrament administration.Zpage 338 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]S. African Saints Sail to UtahA small group of saints bound for Utah sailed from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Five days later another group set sail for Utah from South Africa.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Saints Called to Settle in ArizonaLittle Colorado, ArizonaAdvance companies of saints from Utah, who were called to settle in arizona, arrived at the Little Colorado. This was the beginning of Mormon colonization in Arizona.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]"Saints Requested to Leave Illinois Quincy, IL>A mass meeting in Quincy, Ill., endorsed a proposal requesting the saints to leave Illinois as quickly as possible. The Twelve's reply reiterated the Latter-day Saint's intention to move to a remote area and asked for cooperation and an end of molestation in order to prepare for the move early the following summer.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Saints Settle in Colorado)Conejos Co., ColoradoThe Church had perviously provided for the purchase of land in Conejos County, Colo., for the settlements of saints from the Southern states. On this date the first settlers arrived, thus opening Mormon settlements in Colorado.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]$Salt Lake Temple foundation finishedSalt Lake City, UT4The foundation of the Salt Lake Temple was finished.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Salt Lake Temple Site Chosen4Salt Lake City, UTBirgham Young selected a site for the Salt Lake Temple and instructed surveyors to lay out a city on a grid pattern square with the compass.Zpage 343 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]St. George TempleSt. George, Utah^Dedicate by Daniel H. Wells Rededicated after remodelling 11 Nov 1975 by Spencer W. Kimball Zpage 307 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Sunday School Founded(Salt Lake City, UTThe Sunday School was founded by Richard Ballantyne in salt Lake City. George Q. Cannon became the first general superintendant in November 1847.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]%Supreme Court Upholds Anit-bigamy Law The Supreme Court of the United States, in the important Reynolds case, upheld the previous conviction of George Reynolds under the 1862 anti-bigamy law. With the ruling, the court paved the way for more intense and effective prosecution of the Mormons in the 1880's.Zpage 347 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]US Army Enters Salt Lake ValleyzAfter having been stopped for the winter by the delaying tactixs of the Mormons, Gen. Johnston's army finally entered the Salt Lake Valley, but peacefully. The army's permanent encampment, until 1861 was at Camp Floyd in Cedar Valley un Utah County. Meanwhile, most of the saints north of Utah County had moved south, but the returned to their homes when peace seemed assured.Zpage 345 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]&Utah officials protest plural marriageThree federally appointed officials, Judge Lemuel C. Brandebury, Judge Perry C. Brochus and Secretary Broughton D. Harris left Utah in protest against plural marriage, as well as what they considered unjustified influence of the Church in political affairs in the territory.Zpage 344 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Women Permitted to Vote_An act of the Territorial Legislature giving the elective franchise to the women of Utah was signed into law. Utah became one of the first American states or territories to grant women's suffrage.Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]Young Arrested OftenGPresident Brigham Young was arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation. Various legal proceedings in the court of Judge James B. McKean lasted until April 25, 1872, during which time President Young was sometimes kept in custody in his own home. The case was dropped, however, due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned various judicial proceedngs in Utah for the previouse 18 months.Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]ZCMI Opens for BusinessZCMI opened for business. The Church-owned institution was the fore-runner of several cooperative business ventures in Utah territory.Zpage 346 Deseret News Church Almanac 1993-1994 ed. [Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News 1992]