Valley Tan
"Tannery was the first technological process introduced into the Mormon Valley: hence all home industry has obtained the sobriquet of 'Valley Tan.'"
Indian Botheration
"But sagely thus reflecting that 'dangers which loom large from afar generally lose size as one draws near;' that rumors of wars might have arisen, as they are wont to do, from…
Mormon Assassins
"'Mormon' had in fact become a word of fear; the Gentiles looked upon the Latter-Day Saints much as our crusading ancestors regarded the 'Hashshashiyun,' [Hashshashin, Order of Assassins]whose name, indeed, was almost enough…
Higher Than Haman
"And if ever another man gives a whistle to a child of mine and I get my hands on him, I will hang him higher than Haman!" [Haman (also known as Haman…
Assoil
"By the slaughtered body of St. Parley Pratt (whom God assoil!) there was never anything on this earth like it !" [assoil (archaic): absolve, pardon]
Valley Tan
"But we knew afterward that it was something he had been drinking. It was the exclusively Mormon refresher,'valley tan.' Valley tan (or, at least, one form of valley tan) is a kind of whisky, or first cousin to it;…
Mormon Land Rights in Utah
"U.S. President Buchanan [in 1858] even weighed in on the land issue in Utah saying, 'The land you live upon was purchased by the United States and paid for out…
Mormons and Native Americans
"The way Latter-day Saints interacted with Native Americans was influenced by their religious beliefs. The Book of Mormon, the main religious text for the Church, prominently features two groups: the…
Mormon Plan in Utah
"Because the majority of the Mormon population was Anglo-American, there were many aspects of Mormonism’s Manifest Destiny that aligned with the traditional American ideology. Taking whatever land they saw fit was certainly…
Origin of the Mormon Battallion
"Just before leaving for the West [January 1846], Brigham Young wrote a letter appointing Jesse C. Little, a Mormon convert living in New Hampshire, to preside over the church's Eastern States Mission .…
Mormon Tavern
". . . there were as many as two dozen inns or taverns maintained by Mormons in El Dorado County and surrounding areas. Porter Rockwell himself maintained three of them…
Longest Infantry March in History
"Ira J. Willis was one of the volunteers who made up the Mormon Battalion. With him went his brother, Sidney Willis. The two traveled to California with the battalion, thus making what…
Removal of Winter Quarters
"When Brigham Young returned from Utah in October after successfully establishing Salt Lake City, he realized that most of the emigrants would be able to move on in 1848. A…
Mormon Battallion and Winter Quarters
"From the Mormon point of view, the decision to move across the Missouri seemed the most desirable. Two events soon closed the matter. On June 27, Capt. James Allen arrived…
Winter Quarters
"For two years during their exodus from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley, the Mormons occupied a way-station known generally as Winter Quarters. . . . "At the time of…