
A Timeline of LDS Church History
Hey guys, so studying the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be a bit overwhelming at first. There are a lot of places and dates to remember. You hear names like Palmyra, Kirtland, Harmony, Nauvoo, Independence, Far West, and it can be hard to keep track of how all of these pieces fit together. So in this video, we’re going to give a brief and very broad overview of Church History. Hopefully, we can successfully connect some of these dots.
Now, this episode is actually the 100th episode of this Faith and Beliefs segment of Saints Unscripted. Many of those episodes—including this one—have touched on different events from Church history. So in an educational show of appreciation, we made this really cool little timeline where we’ve sort of mapped out a ton of major Church history events, where, and when they happened. Honestly, this is something you’re going to want to print out and keep in your scriptures or something. You can download it for free via the link in the description. We might add to it over time—we’ll see. Thanks for all of your support. Let’s do this.
Joseph Smith was born in 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, but grew up in Palmyra, New York. In 1825, Joseph and his father were hired as part of a team working for a guy named Josiah Stowell, digging for a silver mine, in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Stowell’s crew boarded at the Hale family farm, where Joseph met his future wife, Emma Hale.
After the search for the silver mine ended, Joseph went to work on Josiah Stowell’s farm in South Bainbridge, about 30 miles from Harmony. In 1827, Joseph and Emma eloped in South Bainbridge and then moved in with Joseph’s family who had since completed their frame home in Manchester, New York, just south of where their Palmyra log cabin had been.
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