Mormons

MORMONS Joseph Smith, who believed that God had called him to establish a holy city, Zion, founded the Mormon church in New York in 1830. The Mormons were driven from place to place until they settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, across the river from southeast Iowa. Unfortunately, the Mormons had problems with their neighbors. They resented the Mormon claims that God would someday give them land to build Zion. In February 1846, the first Mormon wagons crossed the ice of the Mississippi River into Iowa, heading west through southern Iowa to a new land where they could worship as they pleased. The main body of Mormons followed in March. They were very well organized. The first groups made bridges, marked roads, dug wells for later wagons, and planted fields for the last groups to harvest. They established camps where weary travelers could rest and get supplies. Using the information above and below, describe who Joseph Smith was and when the Mormon religion came to Iowa.

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Archie Walters’s Journal [] Using Archie Walters’s’ journal, answer the following questions: What was Archie Walters’s destination? Why was Archie Walters making the trip? What type of vehicle did Walters and the other Mormon migrants use? What were the conditions like on the trip for the people traveling?

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