Before there was a Book of Mormon to place on a shelf, there were handwritten pages to protect, a printer to persuade, and a bill that somebody had to pay. In Palmyra, New York, the bill came to $3,000. Martin Harris put his property behind it. Upstairs in Egbert B. Grandin’s shop, the work began one small piece of metal type at a time. The first edition looks wonderfully unfamiliar to a… Read more
One woman had a grain bin to offer. Another reported an empty treasury. A third warned that frost had ruined wheat in three counties. When Relief Society leaders gathered in Salt Lake City's Social Hall on November 17, 1876, their assignment was simple to describe and difficult to carry out: obtain wheat, protect it, and hold it for a future day of hunger. The Relief Society grain-storage program would eventually reach far… Read more
The road stopped at a crack in the sandstone. The families still had to get their wagons down. In the winter of 1879–1880, a company of Latter-day Saint settlers confronted a problem that seems almost impossible to picture from a modern highway: how do you move a wagon train, children, supplies, and livestock through a steep passage above the Colorado River when no usable wagon road exists? Their answer took weeks of… Read more
He Lost His Leg—Then Walked 22 Miles Back to Help Build the Salt Lake Temple John Rowe Moyle had already crossed an ocean, pulled a handcart across the American plains, established a farm on the Utah frontier, and spent years helping raise one of the most ambitious buildings in the American West when an ordinary farm accident threatened to end his working life. A cow kicked him with enough force to cause… Read more
Into the Blizzard: Ephraim Hanks, the LDS Frontiersman Who Rode Into a Frozen Wilderness to Save the Handcart Pioneers The story of Ephraim Knowlton Hanks and the 1856 handcart rescue is one of those episodes in Latter-day Saint history that hardly needs embellishment. Hundreds of men, women, and children were stranded on the plains of what is now Wyoming as an early and devastating winter descended upon them. Food had dwindled to… Read more
The Hill Cumorah has always been a place of deep spiritual meaning for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On Sunday, September 21, 2025, that sacred landscape entered a new chapter of its history when Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rededicated the newly refurbished Hill Cumorah historic site in Palmyra, New York. This event marked not only a renewal of the physical… Read more
The Lost 116 Pages: The Book of Mormon’s Greatest Mystery The story of the lost 116 pages stands as one of the most enduring and perplexing mysteries in the history of the Latter-day Saint faith. For generations, this episode has captivated both believers and skeptics, stirring up questions about the earliest days of the Restoration, the character of Joseph Smith, and the very nature of revelation itself. The lost 116 pages refer… Read more
Introduction: Why This Matters The LDS Church, officially known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is the restored Church of Jesus Christ on the earth today. It is led by living prophets and apostles and guided by continuing revelation. But for many people outside the faith, the distinction between the LDS Church and splinter groups like the FLDS is not always clear. It is vital to understand that… Read more
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