Nauvoo

Examples of Nauvoo in the following topics:

• The Mormon Exodus

  • The Mormon Trail extends from Nauvoo, Illinois, which was the principal settlement of the Latter-Day Saints from 1839 to 1846, to Salt Lake City, Utah, which was settled by Brigham Young and his followers beginning in 1847.
  • This harsh treatment caused the body of the Church to move from one place to another - from Ohio to Missouri, and then to Illinois, where church members built the city of Nauvoo.
  • In 1846, religious tensions reached their peak, and in 1848 mobs burned the Latter-day Saint temple in Nauvoo.
  • During the first few years, the emigrants were mostly former occupants of Nauvoo who were following Young to Utah.
  • Map showing the most common route of Mormon pioneers fleeing west after persecution in Nauvoo, Illinois.

• The Mormons

  • This harsh treatment caused the body of the Church to move—first from New York to Ohio, then to Missouri, and then to Illinois, where church members built the city of Nauvoo.
  • After leaving Missouri, Smith built the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, near which he was assassinated in 1844.
  • The assassination of Smith made it clear the faith could not remain in Nauvoo—which the church had purchased, improved, renamed, and developed.
  • The Mormon exodus began in 1846 when, in the face of these conflicts, Young decided to abandon Nauvoo and establish a new home for the church in the Great Basin.
  • Young led his followers along the Mormon Trail, a 1,300-mile route that Mormon pioneers traveled from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah.