Joseph S. Rawlins Company departs
Joseph S. Rawlins Company departs on their journey.
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1866
North America and Europe connected via transoceanic undersea telegraph wires
North America and Europe connected via transoceanic undersea telegraph wires.
Peter Nebeker Company departs on their journey
Peter Nebeker Company departs on their journey.
Robert Leroy Parker is born in Beaver, Utah, the eldest of thirteen children
Robert Leroy Parker is born in Beaver, Utah, the eldest of thirteen children. He is baptized at the age of eight. He later achieves notoriety as "Butch Cassidy" His temple work was performed in his behalf by his brother-in-law in 1945.
Samuel D. White Company departs on their journey
Samuel D. White Company departs on their journey.
The 1866 Church Membership 77,884
1866 Church Membership 77,884
The first edition of the Juvenile
The first edition of the Juvenile Instructor, the official organ of the Sunday School, was published. Its name was changed to the Instructor in 1930, and it continued publication until 1970.
The Juvenile Instructor begins publication (George Q
The Juvenile Instructor begins publication (George Q. Cannon, editor) — the Mountain West's first children's periodical.
Thomas E. Ricks Company departs on their journey
Thomas E. Ricks Company departs on their journey.
Wilford Woodruff writes, "found Brother Edward
Wilford Woodruff writes, "found Brother Edward Tullidge raving mad. He was at the City Hall in the hands of the poliece. He had been writing or Compiling my own Autobyography for nearly two years. Of late he had been drinking vary hard & writing Theatrical Plays. He now imagines himself the great Bridegroom & many other foolish things."
Wilford Woodruff writes: "I performed one
Wilford Woodruff writes: "I performed one of the worst days work of my life to day. I Cleaned out a Privey vault 10 feet long 6 feet wide & 8 feet deep & with an Indian Boy dug another vault of the same size 10 rods from the privey & carried all the Contents of the Privey in Buckets by hand & Emptied into the new vault."
Wilford Woodruff writes: "In the evening
Wilford Woodruff writes: "In the evening I called at city hall to see Edward Tullidge who had became insane. I was left alone with him. I laid hands upon him & rebuke the devels & they came out of him & he begged of me to take him home. He promised me faithfully to obey me in all tings if I would take him to his family who were in my house. Upon this promise I took him by the arm & led him home in his right mind. I spent the Evening with him reading the news of the day. He went to bed with his Brother John, & slept until about 1 oclock. Then the devil entered into him & he raged Badly. I arose & went to him & again laid hands upon him & Cast the devil out of him in the name of Jesus Christ. And he remained quiet until about day light when the Devil again Entered into him & he raged in a dredful manner."
William Henry Chipman Company departs on their journey
William Henry Chipman Company departs on their journey.
1867
After a four-year construction process
After a four-year construction process, the Tabernacle is completed at its present location on Temple Square in Salt Lake City and becomes the home of the church choir begun by Parry. The choir is informally called the Tabernacle Choir, and later becomes officially known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Black Hawk War began in central Utah
Black Hawk War began in central Utah.
Brigham Young arrested on a charge of bigamy
Brigham Young arrested on a charge of bigamy.
Brigham Young gives "pass" for William
Brigham Young gives "pass" for William A. Hickman to leave Salt Lake Valley and travel east though mountains out of Utah. Exit pass states in part that he "is intending to leave this Territory, and in view of his doing so he should be at liberty to. . . . I know of no reason why he should not be permitted to attend to his business and leave, when he gets ready, in peace and quietness."
Brigham Young History
Participated in reestablishment of the School of the Prophets.
Brigham Young preaches a gender-based division
Brigham Young preaches a gender-based division of labor: "I have been an advocate for our printing to be done by females, and as for men being in stores, you might as well set them to knitting stockings as to sell tape. Such business ought to be done by the sisters. It would enable them to sustain themselves, and would be far better than for them to spend their time in the parlor or in walking the streets. Hardy men have no business behind the counter; they who are not able to hoe potatoes, go to the kanyon, cut down the trees, saw the lumber, &c., can attend to that business. Our young men in the stores ought to be turned out and the sisters take their place; and they should study arithmetic and bookkeeping necessary to qualify them for such positions."
Brigham Young preaches: "If there is a despicable character on the face
Brigham Young preaches: "If there is a despicable character on the face of the earth, it is an apostate from this Church. He is a traitor who has deceived his best friends, betrayed his trust, and forfeited every principle of honor that God placed within him. They may think they are respected, but they are not. They are disgraced in their own eyes. There is not much honesty within them; they have forfeited their heaven, sold their birthright, and betrayed their friends."
Brigham Young reestablishes and reorganizes the Relief Society with Eliza R
Brigham Young reestablishes and reorganizes the Relief Society with Eliza R. Snow as general president.
Brigham Young requested that bishops reorganize Relief
Brigham Young requested that bishops reorganize Relief Societies within their wards. The societies had been disbanded during the Utah War.
By this date, 500 miles of Deseret Telegraph in operation
By this date, 500 miles of Deseret Telegraph in operation.
First Conference is held in the newly finished Tabernacle
First Conference is held in the newly finished Tabernacle.
First General Conference held in the newly constructed Mormon Tabernacle
First General Conference held in the newly constructed Mormon Tabernacle; the Tabernacle organ first played.
George Dunford Company departs on their journey
George Dunford Company departs on their journey.
George Q. Cannon becomes editor of the Deseret News
George Q. Cannon becomes editor of the Deseret News.
Heber C. Kimball sys that "Joseph
Heber C. Kimball sys that "Joseph Smith told him that He Joseph Smith would meet in old Jerusalem with all the Prophets and Apostles from father Adam down to our day. All the leading men of this day will be there."
In 1867 there were 133 missionaries
In 1867 there were 133 missionaries called to serve.
Leonard G. Rice Company departs on their journey
Leonard G. Rice Company departs on their journey.
President Brigham Young and the Twelve
President Brigham Young and the Twelve meet "to take into Consideration the Case of Elder Amasa Lyman who had been preaching Heresy doing away with the Blood of Christ & trifling with the ordinances. We herd the Testimony against him and herd his own remarks. We finally voted to silence him from Preaching."
Quorum of Twelve drops Apostle Amasa
Quorum of Twelve drops Apostle Amasa M. Lyman due to his refusal to recant his teachings which deny Christ's blood atonement. Next day Brigham Young preaches that Apostle Orson Pratt "would have been cut off from the Church long ago had it not been for me." This refers to their long dispute over Adam-God theory.
Salt Lake Tabernacle completed
Built with wooden pegs and rawhide bindings, the self-supporting roof creates acoustics famous enough that a dropped pin can be heard at the back.
Small group of Saints sailed from Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Small group of Saints sailed from Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The 1867 Church Membership 81,124
1867 Church Membership 81,124
The Deseret News begins a daily, the Deseret Evening News
The Deseret News begins a daily, the Deseret Evening News.
The first conference to be conducted
The 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 Oct. 9, 1875.
The present dome-roofed Tabernacle is completed,
The present dome-roofed Tabernacle is completed, including a new, larger organ.
Wilfred Woodruff History
Served as Probate Judge of Utah County.
1868
At a meeting of church leaders
At a meeting of church leaders with LDS youth in Logan Wilford Woodruff preaches: "When these Boys & girls meet to gather thirty years hence in 1898 & Converse to gether upon the scenes of this visit, what will be their Conversation? It will be sumthing like the following: . . . This visit was in 1868. Then we were Children. Now it is 1898 & great Changes have taken place since that day throughout Great Babylon as well as in Mount Zion. . . . Then the Nation felt Strong & Powerful. Since then it has been broken to peaces. That visit was before the destruction of the City of New York By the Sea Heaving itself beyong its bounds & washing the inhabitants into the Sea & they were drowned. It was Before Albany was utterly Destroyed by fire. It was before Boston was sunk with an Earthquake. It was before Chicago was struck with lightning & burned with fire & Brimstone for their Abominations. It was before the many Millions of the People of the United States & other Nations of the Earth were destroyed with their Cities By the Great Judgments of God Because of their great sins & wickedness in the sight of Heaven & Earth. This was Before the United States became so weakened & Broaken to peaces that they Called upon Brigham Young to take the Presidency of the United States to save the Constitution & the remnant of the Nation from utter destruction." Woodruff writes, "At the Close of the meeting Presidet Young said my remarks were given By Revelation."
Brigham Young adjourns Council of Fifty
Brigham Young adjourns Council of Fifty. He never reconvenes it again.
Brigham Young preaches: "Just ask yourselves,
Brigham Young preaches: "Just ask yourselves, historians, when was monogamy introduced on to the face of the earth?
Brigham Young preaching on the Word
Brigham Young preaching on the Word of Wisdom says: "I only saw one cup of coffee last summer during my trip south, and it was for an old lady eighty years of age. She asked me if she might not take her cups of coffee; and I told her to take it, and blessed her and her coffee."
Chester Loveland Company departs on their journey
Chester Loveland Company departs on their journey.
Church-owned ZCMI store opened for business
Church-owned ZCMI store opened for business.
Daniel D. McArthur Company departs on their journey
Daniel D. McArthur Company departs on their journey.
Heber C. Kimball preaches: "I have
Heber C. Kimball preaches: "I have been to the altar where Adam offered sacrifices and blessed his son and then left them and went to heaven. . . . I have been, as I have already told you, to where Adam offered sacrifices and blessed his sons, and I felt as though there were hundreds of angels there, and there were angels there like unto the three Nephites. I have also been over the hill Cumorah, and I understand all about it."
Horton D. Haight Company departs on their journey
Horton D. Haight Company departs on their journey.
In 1868 there were 32 missionaries
In 1868 there were 32 missionaries called to serve.
John G. Holman Company departs on their journey
John G. Holman Company departs on their journey.
John Gillespie Company departs on their journey
John Gillespie Company departs on their journey.
John R. Murdock Company departs on their journey
John R. Murdock Company departs on their journey.
John Taylor History
Railroad came to Utah.
Joseph S. Rawlins Company departs
Joseph S. Rawlins Company departs on their journey.
Orson Pratt and William Ritter arrived in Austria
Orson Pratt and William Ritter arrived in Austria.
Presiding Bishop instructs ward bishops to have "faithful teachers to settle all difficulties
Presiding Bishop instructs ward bishops to have "faithful teachers to settle all difficulties that may arise." First Presidency letter of July 11, 1877 urges teachers to bring evidence of wrongdoing to church courts. Monthly meeting of teachers is pre-trial hearing in church court system.
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints publishes the Joseph Smith Translation
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints publishes the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.
Salt Lake City School of Prophets
Salt Lake City School of Prophets votes again to sustain Brigham Young's proposal to boycott all "Gentile" merchants, including Jews. General conference publicly sustains this boycott, which continues until 1882 and leads to esttablishment of ZCMI.
Simpson M. Molen Company departs on their journey
Simpson M. Molen Company departs on their journey.
Swiss and German mission is created
Swiss and German mission is created
The 1868 Church Membership 84,622
1868 Church Membership 84,622
The name Great Salt Lake City
The name Great Salt Lake City was changed to simply Salt Lake City.
The NEW YORK TIMES comments on the death of Heber C
The NEW YORK TIMES comments on the death of Heber C. Kimball: "The Mormons, by the death of Heber Kimball, have lost their most prominent man next to Brigham Young. He illustrated in himself all the more striking peculiarities of the Mormon leaders—their energy and astuteness, their self-sacrifice and selfishness selflessness?, their devotion to the Church and their power over its devotees…in every way he was fitted, and fitted himself, for his destined position as Young's successor."
Wilford Woodruff writes in his journal:
Wilford Woodruff writes in his journal: "I wrote a letter to my Brother Azmon Woodruff Containing 10 Pages of fools Cap answering a long letter of his wharein he Says he does not Believe in a litteral gathering of the Saints or the Jews in the last days or the building of Zion or Jerrusalem or does not Believe that Man is Conscious of any thing after death. "
William S. Seeley Company departs on their journey
William S. Seeley Company departs on their journey.
1869
1869 edition titled Manchester Hymnal
This edition was created in Salt Lake City, UT, USA and was compiled by George Q. Cannon. There were 345 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 14.
After earlier being called as "chief
After earlier being called as "chief musician of the church" (in 1865) by Brigham Young, George Careless, a 30-year-old graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, assumes leadership of the choir, with Joseph J. Daynes as organist. With Careless as director, the choir assumes a more permanent and larger configuration.
Brigham Young History
Born in Salt Lake City to John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr.
Brigham Young preaches at Lehi, Utah
Brigham Young preaches at Lehi, Utah that "by marriage Lot's two daughters were sealed to him, and will be his to all eternity." Young adds that it might one day become necessary to seals a man's daughter to him as a wife, "but it is not likely ever again to occur." There are verified instances of LDS leaders performing polygamous marriages between men and their foster-daughters or step-daughters, but not actual daughters.
Brigham Young preaches: "Our religion incorporates
Brigham Young preaches: "Our religion incorporates every act and word of man. No man should go to merchandising unless he does it in God; no man should go to farming or any other business unless he does it in the Lord. No lawyer, no, hold on, I will leave the lawyers out; we do not want them, we have no use for them. . . . we have sisters here who, if they had the privilege of studying, would make just as good mathematicians or accountants as any man; and we think they ought to have the privilege to study these branches of knowledge that they may develop the powers with which they are endowed. We believe that women are useful, not only to sweep houses, wash dishes, make beds, and raise babies, but that they should stand behind the counter, study law or physic, or become good book-keepers and be able to do the business in any counting house, and all this to enlarge their sphere of usefulness for the benefit of society at large. In following these things they but answer the design of their creation."
Brigham Young preaches: "There is another
Brigham Young preaches: "There is another item in relation to fashions to which I wish to call the attention of the sisters, being satisfied that ladies, of naturally good taste, need only to have their attention directed to anything showing a want of it, to discontinue it. I refer now to the trails or trains that it is fashionable for ladies to wear at the bottom of their dresses. You know it is the custom of some here to have a long trail of cloth dragging after them through the dirt; others, again, will have their dresses so short that one must shut his eyes, or he cannot help seeing their garters. Excuse me for the expression; but this is true, and it is not right."
Brigham Young says, " I require
Brigham Young says, " I require all under 100 years old to stop using tobaco & drinking whiskey. If they do not we will soon make it a test of fellowship in the Church."
Brigham Young writes to Thomas L.
Brigham Young writes to Thomas L. Kane in that the constitution of the State of Deseret had been amended so that "all male citizens of the United States over 21 years of age having residence of 6 months in this state (State of Deseret) shall be entitled to vote; the words 'free, white male,' having been struck out. The number of votes polled on this amendment was 14,000 for, and 30 against."
Completion of transcontinental railroad at Promontory
Completion of transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah. The "golden spike" is driven uniting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines. This ends Mormon pioneer period and begins significant non-LDS population.
Der Stern (The Star) published in Zurich for the European mission (Karl G
Der Stern (The Star) published in Zurich for the European mission (Karl G. Maeser, editor).
DESERET NEWS advertises sale of BOOK
DESERET NEWS advertises sale of BOOK OF MORMON "In Phonetics." Apostle Orson Pratt reports he translated it into the Deseret Alphabet in "four months of continuous labor."
First counselor in the First Presidency
First counselor in the First Presidency George A. Smith preaches: "When Joseph Smith was about 15 years old there was, in the western part of the State of New York, a considerable excitement upon the subject of religion . . . .Joseph reflected much upon the subject of religion . . . . He was led to pray upon the subject in consequence of the declaration of the Apostle James: 'If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not.' He sought the Lord by day and by night, and was enlightened by the vision of an holy angel. When this personage appeared to him, one of his first inquiries was, 'Which of the denominations of Christians in the vicinity was right?' He was told they had all gone astray, they had wandered into darkness, and that God was about to restore the Gospel in its simplicity and purity to the earth; he was, consequently, directed not to join any one of them, but to be humble and seek the Lord with all his heart, and that from time to time he should be taught and instructed in relation to the right way to serve the Lord."
Former Apostle William McLellin writes a letter to a friend explaining why
Former Apostle William McLellin writes a letter to a friend explaining why he had become a "Hedrickite": "In the first place he delivered a number of prophecies which have already come to pass. So his friends who heard him declare. I could tell you what they were--but no matter now. . .They go back on the original principles as taught at first in 1830 and up to 1834 when they declare that Jos. fell. . . . I stated to them precisely my position, that I was willing to believe Hedrick was a Prophet, and the church had chosen him to preside over the whole church, and I was willing to take him to preside. I heard, after he got there on the 1st, a great deal of his teaching, and of his decisions, I was willing to admit I could see wisdom in them. Hence I united with them."
In 1869 there were 250 missionaries
In 1869 there were 250 missionaries called to serve.
Joseph Smith's widow Emma writes to her son Joseph Smith III
Joseph Smith's widow Emma writes to her son Joseph Smith III, "I do not like to have my children's feelings abused, but I do like that Brigham shows to all, both Saint and sinner that there is not the least particle of friendship existing between him and myself."
The 1869 Church Membership 88,432
1869 Church Membership 88,432
The Church-owned ZCMI opened for business
The Church-owned ZCMI opened for business. It was the forerunner of several cooperative business ventures in Utah territory.
The Conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle
The Conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Chior is George Careless. Had previously directed the Salt Lake Theatre Orchestra.
The railroad reaches Utah
Church crews grade much of the Utah roadbed. Emigrants who once walked for months now arrive by train in days, and Utah’s isolation ends.
The transcontinental railroad was completed with the joining of the rails at Promontory Summit
The transcontinental railroad was completed with the joining of the rails at Promontory Summit, Utah. The railroad had great impact on immigration policy and on the general economy of the Church in Utah.
The Utah Magazine begins, founded by members disaffected with Brigham Young's economic policies
The Utah Magazine begins, founded by members disaffected with Brigham Young's economic policies.
The Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association, later
The Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association, later renamed 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 Elmina Shepherd Taylor. This was the forerunner of today's Young Women organization.
Transcontinental railroad joined at Promontory Summit
Transcontinental railroad joined at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike, ending the pioneer period.
Utah Central Railroad line completed from Salt Lake City to Ogden
Utah Central Railroad line completed from Salt Lake City to Ogden.
Wilford Woodruff writes: "I went to the Endowment House & was sealed
Wilford Woodruff writes: "I went to the Endowment House & was sealed at the Altar in company with Mrs Woodruff for 5 Couple and as I went to the Altar to Commenced sealing others I was taken deadly sick at the stomach /though I sealed 11 Couple/. I went out of Doors & vomited severely. I had to leave the House & go home. I soon was Covered all over from head to Foot with the Hives. The ownly thing I Could do to get releaf was to be rubed over with raw flour."
Young Ladies Retrenchment Association (forerunner to Young Women's) is organized
Young Ladies Retrenchment Association (forerunner to Young Women's) is organized.
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA) begun as a retrenchment society in Brigham Young's
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA) begun as a retrenchment society in Brigham Young's family.
1870
A large mass meeting was held
A large mass meeting was held by the women of Salt Lake City in protest against certain anti-Mormon legislation pending in Congress. This and other such meetings demonstrated that, contrary to anti-Mormon claims, Mormon women were not antagonistic to the ecclesiastical leadership in Utah.
Act giving elective franchise to Utah women signed into law.
Act giving elective franchise to Utah women signed into law.
Albert Carrington is ordained an apostle
Albert Carrington is ordained an apostle. He is the first general authority with B.A degree (Dartmouth College, 1834, Phi Beta Kappa). He is also first general authority who attended Ivy League school.
An act of the Territorial Legislature
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 the right to vote.
At death of Utah's fovernor J.
At death of Utah's fovernor J. Wilson Schaffer, Apostle Joseph F. Smith writes: "Thank God! He was a low, debauched, vulgar, senseless, ignorant cur, and the Lord be praised that his vile, despicable existence has terminated."
AT priesthood meeting in Salt Lake
AT priesthood meeting in Salt Lake Tabernacle, Brigham Young announces revelation about Mormons investing in bonds of Utah Central Railroad Co. Text is available but never canonized or officially published.
Baptism at Salt Lake City of Martin Harris
Baptism at Salt Lake City of Martin Harris, second of three BOOK OF MORMON witnesses to return to church as led by Brigham Young.
Brigham Young is sealed for eternity
Brigham Young is sealed for eternity to Lydia Farnsworth Mayhew, who had nine children by her Mormon husband, Elijah Mayhew. Young is not sealed to her "for time" and she continues to life with her husband Elijah until her death in 1896.
Brigham Young preaches: "Who can tell
Brigham Young preaches: "Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an evening, called the moon? When we view its face we may see what is termed 'the man in the moon,' and what some philosophers declare are the shadows of mountains. But these sayings are very vague, and amount to nothing; and when you inquire about the inhabitants of that sphere you find that the most learned are as ignorant in regard to them as the most ignorant of their fellows. So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it; it was not made in vain. It was made to give light to those who dwell upon it, and to other planets."
Brigham Young teaches: "The aborigines of this country are the descendants of this very
Brigham Young teaches: "The aborigines of this country are the descendants of this very people whom Jesus visited, to whom he delivered his Gospel, and among whom he organized his Church. They were obedient for over three hundred years, and served God with an undivided heart, after which they began to apostatize."
British and European immigrants make up the majority of Utah's adult population
British and European immigrants make up the majority of Utah's adult population; about half are foreign-born.
Church membership at 90,000
Church membership at 90,000.
Deseret News circulation: Daily 1,500; Weekly 5,000; Semi-weekly 1,500
Deseret News circulation: Daily 1,500; Weekly 5,000; Semi-weekly 1,500.
DESERET NEWS reports that on his return to Salt Lake City yesterday
DESERET NEWS reports that on his return to Salt Lake City yesterday, Milando Pratt says that he and Thomas Rich saw Bear Lake Monster from shore: "The portion of the body out of the water was about ten feet long," with head like a walrus.
Emma Smith Bidamon, widow of Joseph
Emma Smith Bidamon, widow of Joseph Smith, answers a letter asking about how the Book of Mormon was translated: "Now the first that my husband translated, the book was translated by the use of the Urim, and Thummim, and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone, not exactly, black, but was rather a dark color,"
George Albert Smith History
Ordained to office of Seventy.
Great Salt Lake City renamed Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake City renamed Salt Lake City.
In 1870 there were 46 missionaries
In 1870 there were 46 missionaries called to serve.
Judge James B. McKean made rulings antagonistic to the Church
Judge James B. McKean made rulings antagonistic to the Church.
LDS political newspaper SALT LAKE HERALD
LDS political newspaper SALT LAKE HERALD reports "The Outrage," in which four unidentified men "discharged the contents of a bottle filled with diluted excrements" upon Mormon apostates T.B.H. Stenhouse and his wife Fanny.
Mormon Tribune begins (becomes The Salt Lake Tribune in 1871)
Mormon Tribune begins (becomes The Salt Lake Tribune in 1871); Salt Lake Herald also begins.
Salt Lake City population is 12,874
Salt Lake City population is 12,874.
Salt Lake City's 9th Ward reports
Salt Lake City's 9th Ward reports that only thirty one of its 181 families attends Sunday Services regularly and 50 percent of families are "perfectly indifferent."
Salt Lake Tabernacle fast and testimony
Salt Lake Tabernacle fast and testimony meeting: "Prest. Young spoke 12 minutes, requesting mothers to leave their children at home if possible so as not to disturb the meeting. also that Gentlemen will desist besmearing the floors with tobacco spittle &c." Tabernacle installs dozens of tobacco spittoons.
The "Liberal Party" was formed
The "Liberal Party" was formed in Utah, which generally came to represent the anti-Mormon political interests, as opposed to the "People's Party," which generally represented Church interests until the end of the 19th century.
The 1870 Church Membership 90,130
1870 Church Membership 90,130
Utah population about 87,000
Utah population about 87,000.
Utah territorial legislature passes a bill granting voting rights to women
Utah territorial legislature passes a bill granting voting rights to women.
1871
1871 edition titled Manchester Hymnal
This date is an estimate. This edition was created in Liverpool, England (USA) and was compiled by Franklin D. Richards. There were 344 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 16.
At Parowan's School of Prophets, "speaking
At Parowan's School of Prophets, "speaking of the apostacy in the Church," one of local Seventy's presidents says that "there were many who are beginning to think they do not worship the same God that Brigham Young does."
Brigham Young and his counselor Daniel
Brigham Young and his counselor Daniel H. Wells are arrested for polygamous cohabitation and subsequently for murder, but charges are dismissed.
Brigham Young arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation
Brigham Young arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation.
Brigham Young preaches: "I will turn
Brigham Young preaches: "I will turn again to the Latter-day Saints and to the world, and will say I would to God that the Latter-day Saints would take the word of Brigham Young to be law! I will defy the inhabitants of the whole earth to tell one word that he ever counseled that was wrong; or to point out a path that he ever advised man or woman to walk in but would lead to light, life, glory, immortality, and to all that is good or desirable by the intelligence that dwells upon the earth. What do you say, is that boasting? If any person has a mind to call it boasting, do so."
Brigham Young preaches: "Now, I wish
Brigham Young preaches: "Now, I wish to make this request: that the Elders who return from missions consider themselves just as much on a mission here as in England or in any other part of the world. There is no people need preaching to more than those who live in this Territory and in these mountains. The Latter-day Saints, or those who profess to be, need talking to just as much as a child who begins to prattle and run around the house. It gets into mischief continually and its mother has to keep talking to it to keep it from meddling with things that it should not. It does not know how to guide itself, and wants guiding and correcting all the time; but not more than the Latter-day Saints who gather together."
Brigham Young: "The Garden of Eden
Brigham Young: "The Garden of Eden was where Jackson Co. is now in Mo. & when Adam was driven out, he crossed the river into what is now Daviess Co. The City of Enoch stood where the Gulf of Mexico is now, but these things are not written."
First Presidency's written appointment of Elijah
First Presidency's written appointment of Elijah F. Sheets "to act as a Traveling Bishop." Sheets counsels local members and ward bishops and ordains local officers until his release as traveling bishop in 1878. Better-known A. Milton Musser is often described as traveling bishop from 1858 to 1876. However, Musser's service actually begins in 1860 as traveling "agent" of General Tithing Office.
First Utah edition of the Book of Mormon and first Salt Lake City edition
First Utah edition of the Book of Mormon and first Salt Lake City edition of A Collection of Sacred Hymns issued from the News plant.
Heber J. Grant History
Served as president of Utah Territorial Legislative Council.
In 1871 there were 167 missionaries
In 1871 there were 167 missionaries called to serve.
Judge James B. McKean
Judge James B. McKean, who had arrived in Utah in August 1870, made several rulings that began a bitter and antagonistic relationship between himself and Church members.
President Brigham Young was arrested on a charge
President 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 proceedings in Utah for the previous 18 months.
Salt Lake Tabernacle service: "Pres D.H
Salt Lake Tabernacle service: "Pres D.H. Wells spoke 25 minutes following President Young's remarks. Not very good attention. Considerable moving about, passing out, and drowsiness."
Some 600 miles of telegraph wire through the territory by this date
Some 600 miles of telegraph wire through the territory by this date.
The "Liberal Institute" is dedicated in Salt Lake City at the corner of Second
The "Liberal Institute" is dedicated in Salt Lake City at the corner of Second South and Second East. This architectural landmark seats over 1000 and is constructed mostly by Godbeites and disaffected Mormons. Susan B. Anthony, who attended the dedication, writes that the reformers "sang their songs of freedom, poured out their rejoicings over the emancipation from the thrall of the Theocracy of Brigham, and told of the beatitudes of soul-to-soul communion with the All-Father." The Institute became a home for Methodists, Presbyterians, Jews, Swedish Lutherans and "Reorganite Mormons" as well as suffragettes, spiritualists (including mediums and their debunkers), and free thinkers.
The 1871 Church Membership 95,596
1871 Church Membership 95,596
The Salt Lake Tribune begins
The Salt Lake Tribune begins.
1872
Brigham Young and his counselors are
Brigham Young and his counselors are each sustained as "Prophet, Seer and Revelator." This is first conference since 1859 which sustains anyone with that title. Quorum of Twelve Apostles are not presented in this manner at this conference, and from April 8, 1873 until his death Young is only church officer sustained by conferences as "Prophet, Seer and Revelator."
Brigham Young preaches: "Do you want
Brigham Young preaches: "Do you want wealth? If you do, do not be in a hurry. Do you want the riches pertaining to this world? Yes, we acknowledge we do. Then, be calm, contented, composed; keep your pulses correct, do not let them get up to a hundred and twenty, but keep them as nigh as you can, ranging from seventy to seventy-six, . . ."
Brigham Young preaches: "I remember once,
Brigham Young preaches: "I remember once, when a boy, Jedediah M. Grant saw me chewing tobacco, and said be, 'You chew tobacco, do you?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Well, I never had any taste for it; it is no virtue in me that I do not use it, I tried hard enough, but it made me sick.'"
Brigham Young privately tells Wilford Woodruff
Brigham Young privately tells Wilford Woodruff that he "would like to put 1,000 families on My farm presumably his Cache Valley operation which would make 10 Acres each & Commence the United order of Enoch but I would want a Revelation to know who to put there. . . . I know of 2 Men that I think would do right & that is you & me. I Could not say about our families."
Conference sustains new calling of "home
Conference sustains new calling of "home missionaries," which Counselor George A. Smith explains before presenting names of those assigned for each stake (which is entire county at this time). Calling of home missionaries overlaps with visits of "block teachers." In 1912 term "ward teachers" becomes official, by which time "home missionaries" are known as "stake missionaries."
In 1872 there were 132 missionaries
In 1872 there were 132 missionaries called to serve.
Lorenzo Snow History
Toured Europe and Asia Minor; participated in dedication of Palestine for return of the Jews.
Miss Phoebe W. Cousins and Miss
Miss Phoebe W. Cousins and Miss Georgeanna Snow become first women admitted to practice of law in Utah.
The 1872 Church Membership 98,152
1872 Church Membership 98,152
The first issue of the Woman's Exponent
The first issue of the Woman's Exponent, a paper owned and edited by Mormon women, was published. This periodical continued until 1914.
The Woman's Exponent first published (Louisa Lula Greene, editor)
The Woman's Exponent first published (Louisa Lula Greene, editor).
Woman's Exponent paper first published by Mormon women
Woman's Exponent paper first published by Mormon women.
1873
"United Order" discussed at general conference
"United Order" discussed at general conference.
African-American Samuel Chambers tells meeting of Salt Lake Stake deacon's quorum
African-American Samuel Chambers tells meeting of Salt Lake Stake deacon's quorum: "as I have been appointed a deacon I feel to fulfill my mission" On Dec. 8, 1874 he says that gospel "is not only to the Gentiles but also to the African, for I am of that race." Denied preisthood ordination by LDS presidents from 1852 to 1978, some LDS African-Americans in Utah are officially appointed as "acting deacon."
Brigham Young called five additional counselors in the First Presidency
Brigham Young called five additional counselors in the First Presidency.
Brigham Young preaches: "We also have
Brigham Young preaches: "We also have the privilege of sealing women to men, without a Temple. This we can do in the Endowment House; but when we come to other sealing ordinances, ordinances pertaining to the holy Priesthood, to connect the chain of the Priesthood from father Adam until now, by sealing children to their parents, being sealed for our forefathers, etc., they cannot be done without a Temple. But we can seal women to men, but not men to men, without a Temple."
Brigham Young resigns as Trustee-in-Trust, and conference sustains his first counselor George
Brigham Young resigns as Trustee-in-Trust, and conference sustains his first counselor George A. Smith to that position with twelve "assistants." Apostle Albert Carrington is assistant counselor in Presidency and is first college graduate to serve.
Brigham Young says, "Joseph the Prophet
Brigham Young says, "Joseph the Prophet told me that the garden of Eden was in Jackson Co Missouri, & when Adam was driven out of the garden of Eden He went about 40 miles to the Place which we Named Adam Ondi Ahman, & there built an Altar of Stone & offered Sacrifize. That Alter remains to this day. I saw it as Adam left it as did many others. & through all the revolutions of the world that Altar had not been disturbed. Joseph also said that when the City of Enoch fled & was translated it was whare the gulf of Mexico now is. It left that gulf a body of water."
Brigham Young tells apostles of the revelation he received concerning appearance of future temples
Brigham Young tells apostles of the revelation he received concerning appearance of future temples. Text available but never canonized or officially published.
Brigham Young's son Willard is first
Brigham Young's son Willard is first Mormon admitted as cadet in U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduates on June 16, 1875, "second in discipline" and "fourth in over-all standing" within his own class. Second Mormon at West Point is Brigham's nephew Richard W. Young in 1878. After two years as first Mormon at U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, Brigham's son Feramorz L. Young resigns "in good standing" in December 1876 because he decides against military career. In twentieth century, hundreds of Mormons graduate from U.S. military academies.
David O. Mckay History
Served two terms as president of the European Mission.
Disciples-of-Christ elder Darwin Atwater writes that Sidney Rigdon visited his home several years
Disciples-of-Christ elder Darwin Atwater writes that Sidney Rigdon visited his home several years before the Book of Mormon was published and, "gave a wonderful description of the mounds and other antiquities found in some parts of America, and said that they must have been made by the aborigines. He said there was a book to be published containing an account of those things. He spoke of these in his eloquent, enthusiastic style, as being a thing most extraordinary."
Due to failing health, President Brigham Young called
Due to failing health, President Brigham Young called five additional counselors in the First Presidency.
In 1873 there were 35 missionaries
In 1873 there were 35 missionaries called to serve.
Incorporation of Zion's Savings Bank and Trust
Incorporation of Zion's Savings Bank and Trust, succeeded nearly century later by Zion's First National Bank.
Lorenzo Snow History
Born in Huntsville, Weber County, Utah, to David McKay and Jennette Eveline Evans.
Salt Lake City School of Prophets
Salt Lake City School of Prophets discusses practice of Patriarch John Smith and others who ordain infant boys to priesthood. Second counselor Daniel H. Wells "said some had ordained children when thought they would die--this had been a comfort to some parents, though there was no law or revelation given for or against it, consequently he could not see any harm or wrong in having it done, neither could he think there was any particular virtue in it."
Salt Lake Stake Deacons Quorum Minute
Salt Lake Stake Deacons Quorum Minute Book records: "Bro Samuel D. Chambers said It was a source of happiness to him to be here, feels to be the least of all the saints of God, but blest to be one of the number. It is joy to him to fill all calls made upon him. Asks an interest in our faith and prayers, that he may receive an exaltation in the kingdom of God." Chambers, a former slave, had been a Mormon for 29 years at this time.
The 1873 Church Membership 101,538
1873 Church Membership 101,538
The DESERET NEWS publishes a sermon
The DESERET NEWS publishes a sermon by Brigham Young chiding the saints for doubting his Adam-God doctrine: "How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me--namely that Adam is our Father and God. . . . Our Father Adam helped to make this earth. . . . He brought one of his wives with him. . . . Then he said, 'I want my children who are in the spirit world to come and live here. I once dwelt upon an earth something like this, in a mortal state. I was faithful. I received my crown and exaltation. . . . I want my children that were born to me in the spirit world to come here and take tabernacles of flesh that their spirits may have a house, a tabernacle, or a dwelling place as mine has,' and where is the mystery?" The sermon is published again four days later in the weekend edition.
The first Mormon Tabernacle Concert is presented in the Tabernacle
The first Mormon Tabernacle Concert is presented in the Tabernacle.
The Sunday School publishes Sunday School hymns in the Juvenile Instructor magazine
The Sunday School publishes Sunday School hymns in the Juvenile Instructor magazine.
Wilford Woodruff dreams "I went up
Wilford Woodruff dreams "I went up Big Creek & Caught 15 trout. I dreamed last night the 4 That the United States Flag passed from North to South in the sky all tattered & torn. Then the Constitution of the United States followed it but was all tied up with ropes to keep it from falling to Peaces. Then followed an imens Eagle with his tallons fast in the hair of the Head of President Ulysses S. Grant Carrying him off. When this passed I awoke."
Wilford Woodruff writes in his journal:
Wilford Woodruff writes in his journal: "At the Endowment House James Cunningham & Elizabeth Nickelson Cunningham requested to be adopted into my family. I informed him that there were no such ordinances performed now. Such ordinances must be performed in a Temple."
1874
At general conference, which began on this date, the principal subject discussed
At 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.
Brigham Young preaches: "when the mother
Brigham Young preaches: "when the mother feels life come to her infant it is the spirit entering the body preparatory to the immortal existence. But suppose an accident occurs and the spirit has to leave this body prematurely, what then? All that the physician says is--'it is a still birth,' and that is all they know about it; but whether the spirit remains in the body a minute, an hour, a day, a year, or lives there until the body has reached a good old age, it is certain that the time will come when they will be separated, and the body will return to mother earth, there to sleep upon that mother's bosom"
Brigham Young preaches: I tell the brethren and Sisters, when they come to me
Brigham Young preaches: I tell the brethren and Sisters, when they come to me and want a bill of divorce, that I am ready to seal people and administer in the ordinances, and they are welcome to my services, but when they undertake to break the commandments and tear to pieces the doings of the Lord, I make them give me something. I tell a man he has to give me ten dollars if he wants a divorce. For what? My services? No, for his foolishness. If you want a bill of divorce give me ten dollars, so that I can put it down in the book that such a man and such a woman have dissolved partnership."
Brigham Young publically dictates revelation on communitarian United Order
Brigham Young publically dictates revelation on communitarian United Order. Officially published in DESERET NEWS and JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES but never canonized.
Brigham Young's son Joseph A. Young
Brigham Young's son Joseph A. Young preaches to the Richfield United Order: "The feeling of 'mine' is the greatest feeling we have to combat."
General conference speakers promote establishment of communitarian "United Orders." Most successful and well-known
General conference speakers promote establishment of communitarian "United Orders." Most successful and well-known is Orderville, Utah, where no one owns private property, clothing and houses are standardized, and everyone eats in common dining hall after food is prepared in communal kitchen. Orderville continues in this manner until dissolved in 1885 by instruction of Presidency and Twelve.
In 1874 there were 98 missionaries
In 1874 there were 98 missionaries called to serve.
Joseph F. Smith History
Became assistant counselor to President Brigham Young.
Lorenzo Snow History
Became a member of the superintendency of the first Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association initiated in a ward.
The 1874 Church Membership 103,916
1874 Church Membership 103,916
The Poland Bill became a federal
The 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 be tried in federal courts.
1875
A missionary preaching at a temperance
A missionary preaching at a temperance hall in Wolverhampton, England is asked by a man in the audience how many wives he had. The missionary answers "enough to leave his neighbors alone."
after urging, Elizabeth Ann Whitney spoke
after urging, Elizabeth Ann Whitney spoke in tongues with fluid ease for some five minutes. Eliza R. Snow affirmed that it was the "pure tongue of Adam."
Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris
Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris dies at the age of ninety-two in Clarkston, Utah. He is buried in the Clarkston Cemetery with a Book of Mormon in his right hand and a Doctrine and Covenants in his left.
Brigham Young Academy (later University) founded in Provo, Utah
Brigham Young Academy (later University) founded in Provo, Utah.
Brigham Young Academy founded
Founded with instruction that religion be taught alongside academics, the academy becomes Brigham Young University in 1903.
Brigham Young Academy, later to become Brigham Young University,
Brigham Young Academy, later to become Brigham Young University, was founded in Provo, Utah.
Brigham Young changes ranking in Quorum
Brigham Young changes ranking in Quorum of Twelve and demotes Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt beneath John Taylor for first time in nearly thirty-seven years. This makes Taylor senior-ranking apostle after Young. This action also releases Hyde as president of Quorum of Twelve, office to which he had been publicly sustained since Dec. 27, 1847. However, because of their mutual dislike Young declines to sustain Taylor in Hyde's former office either privately or publicly.
Brigham Young is sustained again as Trustee-in-Trust, following death of his replacement, George
Brigham Young is sustained again as Trustee-in-Trust, following death of his replacement, George A. Smith. He has no assistants, and office remains with presiding apostle or church president from now on.
DESERET NEWS reports one of meetings
DESERET NEWS reports one of meetings where apostles preach United Order: "The vote to renew their covenants by baptism was very general by the people."
Establishment of Brigham Young Academy in Provo, renamed "University" in 1903
Establishment of Brigham Young Academy in Provo, renamed "University" in 1903. This is first of church's thirty-seven academies which until 1900 offer primarily elementary level education with some secondary coursework. however, academies also develop college-level "normal" curriculum for teacher-training. By 1934 only four remain LDS institutions. Other major LDS academies are BrighamYoung college at Logan, Utah, in 1877 (closed in 1926), Salt Lake Stake Academy in 1886 (now LDS Business College), Bannock Stake Academy in 1888 (later changed to Ricks College and even later to BYU Idaho), St. George Stake Academy in 1888 (now Utah state-operated Dixie College), Sanpete Stake Academy in 1888 (now Utah state-operated Snow College), Weber Stake Academy in 1891 (now state-operated Weber State University), St. Joseph Stake Academy in 1891 (now state-operated Eastern Arizona College), and Juarez Stake Academy in 1897 (later Academia Juarez).
First organization for young men is local innovation of Salt Lake 13th Ward
First organization for young men is local innovation of Salt Lake 13th Ward. It becomes church-wide organization on December 8, 1876.
Future apostle John Henry Smith writes
Future apostle John Henry Smith writes in his missionary journal, " When I got up this morning I found that Sister Ellen Drybury had went to work and washed out my stockings and got them dry for me. It is the first time one of the sisters had been so thoughtfull, and I shall ever remember her thoughtfullness as my stockings were very nasty."
George Goddard records that on his son's sixteenth birthday "his Mother and Myself
George Goddard records that on his son's sixteenth birthday "his Mother and Myself, put our hands upon his head and pronounced a parents blessing upon him." Such "parents blessings" were common in the early church but have been replaced by "fathers blessings."
Heber J. Grant History
Elected territorial superintendent of schools.
In 1875 there were 197 missionaries
In 1875 there were 197 missionaries called to serve.
In England missionary and future apostle
In England missionary and future apostle John Henry Smith dreams "that Prest. Joseph F. Smith and I and some others took tea with the Prince of Wales and wife in one of the Palaces in London."
In her manuscript "My Father's Wives,"
In her manuscript "My Father's Wives," Susa Young Gates explains that "Aunt Emmeline became addicted to morphine in the later years of her life."