Bleeding Feet, Humble Hearts: Danish Mormon Migration 1850-1860

Authors

Jens Patrick Wilde

Keywords

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon migration, Joseph Smith, North America

Abstract

The early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a chronicle of several migrations. The Mormon migration most familiar to Americans began in New York state, from where Joseph Smith, prophet-founder of the church, moved with his followers in search of a place where they might build a community, a holy land. The way stations on the journey from New York to Salt Lake City, now the headquarters of the church, were Kirtland, Ohio; Independence and Far West, Missouri; and Nauvoo, Illinois. These attempts to found religious communities had their origin in Mormon doctrine, which implied the creation of a separate society in North America and "the gathering of the elect" to that place.

Recommended Citation

Wilde, Jens Patrick (1980) "Bleeding Feet, Humble Hearts: Danish Mormon Migration 1850-1860," The Bridge: Vol. 1: No. 5, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol1/iss5/5