Show fi y 11 i i i tom j i c Their Eyes On The From 1830 to the Great Trek o of 47 1846 the Mormons were constantly constantly constantly con con- persecuted and driven from place to place In these movements they established homes In the unsettled parts of the wilderness wilderness wil wU- of or Ohio Missouri and Ill Ill- This central region particularly particularly particularly Jackson County Missouri was originally conceived as the Zion to be built and beautified by I them Still sun many look longingly towards that center But in the midst of constant strife and con- con with th their ir neighbors they enlarged enlarged enlarged en en- their vision of Zion to o include In Include Include In- In clude all of North and South America America America Am Am- erica and the Rocky Mountain region region region re re- re- re gion became the place where they were to become mighty So they began eagerly to seek information concerning this far tar western area In the first Issue of the Evening and Morning Star appeared an article article article ar ar- concerning the expedition led by Captain Bonneville who left Osage some ten miles from Independence Independence Independence Inde Inde- May 1 I 1832 It is proper proper proper pro pro- per to note here that Bonneville was the first to take wagons over what came to be known later as a. the Ule Mormon and Oregon trail and also alsoto to take them over the South Pass to regions beyond the Rock Rock- ies In October of the same year the veteran trapper William Villiam L L. L Sublette returned to Missouri with his packs of furs The paper gave considerable attention to him and his reports I In November 1833 the Mormons were driven from Jackson county I and established various settlements in Illinois finally building g the beautiful city of Nauvoo But they I never lost sight of their off far objective in the Their I attention was constantly directed towards a future home in this isolated isolated isolated iso iso- I region Particularly was this true after Joseph Jossph ph Smiths Smith's prophecy of 18 1842 On August 6 at Montrose Iowa he predicted that the Saints would woul be driven to the Rocky Mountains and there become a great and mighty people Moreover Moreover Moreover More More- over in 1844 he Instructed the twelve apostles to select a delegation delegation delegation tion to go hunt out a home In California or Oregon and shortly before his he with his brother Hyrum and several others started for tor the Rocky Mountains but he returned to meet his fate After the martyrdom Brigham Young became the prophet leader of the Church and the director of or orthe the movement to that west indicated indicated indicated indi indi- by the Prophet Joseph Practical Practical Practical wisdom and wide vision constituted constituted con con- his leadership Hostilities continuing at Nauvoo Nauvoo Nauvoo Nau Nau- he saw that another exodus would soon become a practical necessity Accordingly he began to gather all information possible concerning the remote west The Nauvoo commenced publication in May 1845 and during during during dur dur- ing the next year and a half gave to the people all available news of the region Clippings from various sources were presented pointing to a rather definite location for forthe forthe forthe the Saints The kind of clippings selected is significant One from the New York Sun suggested the possibility of the disintegration of North Mexico and the creation of new republics Reviews were given of ot such books as L. L W. W Hastings' Hastings A Guide to California and Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon J. J C. C Fremont's Report of His Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and Wilkes Wilkes' Report of the Northwest The Niles Register of Oct 1845 contains a letter from Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young announcing that the people were going West regardless regardless regardless regard regard- less of whether they sold theft homes or not The people were thu thus being prepared for the great move soon to be made The fourth article by Dr Wm J. J Snow will appear next wee week It |