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Beyond The Exodus: Nauvoo After 1849, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Dainan Skeem
Beyond The Exodus: Nauvoo After 1849, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Dainan Skeem
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Nauvoo, the City Beautiful, was named by Joseph Smith in 1839 when the Mormons began settling the area. After seven short years, the Saints had built a city to rival Chicago at the time. In 1844, Joseph was martyred and in 1847 the Mormons fled the city, changing the makeup of the town’s population and the direction of its growth. Emma Smith eventually returned with the remainder of her family and was beloved of the neighborhood children. Many other families not associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued to farm the land and raise families. As …
Physical Evidence And The Battle Of The Little Bighorn: The Question Of Interpretation, Albert Winkler
Physical Evidence And The Battle Of The Little Bighorn: The Question Of Interpretation, Albert Winkler
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Archaeologists have identified over a thousand shell casings and bullets at the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Many theories on the nature of the battle, the effectiveness of the weapons, and the location of the fighting have been proposed by the location of these artifacts. But there are major problems in interpretation. Only about 1% of the supposed artifacts remain, and the vast majority were plundered long ago. The artifacts are suspect because there is no way to know if they actually had anything to do with the battle or if they were added later. Any analysis …