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• Emigration Canyon
  The long, westward trek of the [[Pioneers]], from the banks of the Mississippi River to the Salt Lake Valley, culminated with a journey th ...anyon, then down Emigration Canyon. When [[Brigham Young]] reached the top of Big Mountain in East Canyon, where the trailhead begins, it is here on July
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• Manti, Utah
  [[Image:Manti-Utah-Temple-Manti.jpg|400px|thumb|frame|Manti, Utah Courtesy Church News Almanac|right]] '''Manti, Utah''', was one of the first settlements in the Utah Territory.
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• Whitney Home
  ...tter-day Saints]. Their home and store are important to the history of the Church. ...ion and notes by B. H. Roberts (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932-1951), chapter 13, footnote.</ref>
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• Primary Children's Hospital
  ...City street and recognized a need for a hospital specializing in the needs of children. General [[Primary]] president [[Louie B. Felt]] supported the cau ...street north of Temple Square, where the Conference Center now stands. The Church donated the equipment and the building — which was a home originally owne
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• Lion House
  ...Lake City]], [[Utah]], to accommodate his large family. As many as twelve of his wives and their children lived in the home. ...mple, near the corner of South Temple and State Street just one block east of [[Temple Square]]. It sits next to the [[Beehive house|Beehive House]], ano
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• Ogden, Utah History
  ...ung]], the leader of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], entered the area with the advance party. They met Miles ...g a settlement in the area. Captain James Brown visited Goodyear in August of 1847 and began negotiating a contract to buy Goodyear's land. On November 2
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• Mormon Historic Sites
  ...e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] owns and maintains a number of [https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/landing/historic-sites?lang=eng hi [[Image:aerial_view_conference_center.jpg|400px|thumb|right|frame|Aerial view of the Conference Center]]
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• Martin Harris Farm
  ...e area. When Martin Harris was 30 years old, his father gave him 320 acres of his farm. Martin prospered, and was active in community affairs. ...ile they were working together, Martin Harris heard Joseph Smith's account of the visions he had seen. Martin Harris felt they were true and from God and
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• St. Thomas, Nevada
  ...ounded by members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...egetables, fruit trees, and melons. The settlement served travelers as one of the stopping points between Los Angeles and [[Salt Lake City]].
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• Harmony, Pennsylvania
  ...t historical site of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. The township was located in northeastern Pennsylvania o ...e 116 pages of the translation of the [[Book of Mormon]]. On April 7, most of the translation work occurred uninterrupted with [[Oliver Cowdery]] as scri
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• Joseph Smith Family Farm
  ...y Farm''' is located in [[Palmyra]] and Manchester, New York, on 100 acres of land that the Smith family cultivated in the 1820s. [[Joseph Smith, Sr.|Jos ...rby shop. Within two years the family was able to arrange for the purchase of a farm.[https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/historic-sites/palm
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• Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution
  ...itory communities started cooperatives. Soon 146 Church-sponsored branches of ZCMI operated throughout the Utah territory, offering the same price for th ...|frame|Horses and carriages in front of Salt Lake ZCMI, Courtesy Daughters of the Utah Pioneers]]
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• Cove Fort
  ...ation for members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], miners, traders, and others who traveled along the sett ...e fort served these purposes until the early 1890s when the leaders of the Church decided it was no longer needed. The property was leased out and then sold.
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• St. George Tabernacle
  ...and the settlers found the conditions difficult to live in. Yet, in 1863, Church president [[Brigham Young]] directed the Saints to build a tabernacle. Fund ...olsom]] consulting on the project. Romney was the master builder in charge of architecture and wood work for the tabernacle. He designed and built the ci
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• Promontory Summit
  ...their railroads. This was the first time that travel by rail from one side of the United States to the other was possible without any need for lengthy wa ...began in 1866. Most of the Union Pacific laborers were Civil War veterans of Irish descent[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/transcontinental-
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• Visitors' Centers
  ...nts] operates visitors’ centers throughout the world to help explain the Church’s beliefs to the public. These free visitors’ centers are usually locat ...displays, audiovisual presentations and interactive kiosks. There are also Church missionaries available at each center to answer questions. Visitors can spe
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• Ribble Valley
  ...n the early years of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Villages in the valley, including Chatburn, Clitheroe, ...the Vauxhall Chapel. Their labors extended west to the towns and villages of the Ribble Valley.
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• Sharon, Vermont
  ...It is significant in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] as the place where [[Joseph Smith]] was born on December ...nt and the surrounding grounds on December 23, 1905, the 100th anniversary of Joseph's birth.
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• Geographical List of Temples
  [[Category: Temples]][[Category: Places of Church Interest]] ...tandably has little presence in Antarctica). See also [[Chronological List of Temples]].
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• Rock Creek Hollow
  ...e along the [[Mormon Trail]] located about 38 miles (61 kilometers) south of Lander, Wyoming. ...] some relief. Its location is just west of the challenging 600 feet climb of [[Rocky Ridge]].
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