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Show ij slA H U THKllt EYES ON THE KOCK1KS i ' ( fh:u sS0 to the Grent Trek of 1S46-47 the Mormons were ! '.D1 executed and driven from place to place. In these -'they established homes in the unsettled parts of the "o '0f Ohio. Missouri and Illinois. This central region, ( ,acKson County, Missouri, was originally conceived as tret, . be built and beautified by them. Still many look lo. ;:J,.waris that center. But in the midst of constant strife 'i t with their neighbors they enlarged their vision of Zion th& "f.ii of North and South America, and the Rocky Moun- : . became the place where they were to become mighty. 'egan eagerly to seek information concerning this far -I. -irt- ' first isse of the Evening and Morning Star appeared jk ;! concerning the expedition led by Captain Bonneville, , tJJ '; 0sagP, some ten miles from Independence, May 1, 1832. if, i tper w BOte here that BonnevUle was ,he first to take d'l, ' r What came to be known later as the Mormon and .: trf.n, and also to take them over the South Pass to S9::JU the Rockies. In October of the same year, the ots ; jjjpper, William L. Sublette, returned to Missouri with his 1 m "j furs. ' The paper gave considerable attention to him and -rt. wniber, 1833, the Mormons were driven from Jackson I 'ai established various settlements in Illinois, finally build-, build-, beautiful city, of Nauvoo. But they never lost sight of .ir jff objective in the Rockies. Their attention was con-- con-- directed towards a future home in this isolated region. Par-J Par-J us this true after Joseph Smith's prophecy of 1S42. On .? j at Montrose, Iowa, he predicted that the Saints would a to the Rocky Mountains and there become a great and -people, Moreover, in 1844 he instructed the twelve apostles i delegation to go hunt out a home in California or Ore-! Ore-! :i ihortly before his martyrdom, he with ' his brother Hyrum ' al others, started for the Rocky Mountains, but he return-:st return-:st his fate. After the martyrdom, Brigham Young became ;jet leader of the Church and the director of the movement -J :'i;st indicated by the Prophet Joseph. Practical wisdom -ii vision constituted his leadership. utilities continuing at Nauvoo, he saw that another exodus 1 son become a practical necessity. Accordingly he began to ill information possible concerning the remote west. The ; neighbor commenced publication in May, 1845 and during 'at year and a half gave to the people' all availble news of -an. Dippings from vrious sources were presented pointing -iSer definite location for the Saints. The kind of clippings j -i is significant. One from the New York Sun suggested the i of the disintegation of North Mexico and the creation - republics. Reviews were given of such books as L. W. Has-s Has-s i : ''A Guide to California and Oregon," J. C. Fremont's "Report .; Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains," and Wilkes' "Report j,' .-Xonhwest." i "le.Viles Register of October 2 5, 1845 contains a letter from ,( i a hung announcing that the people were going West re-H re-H a ot wbether they sold their homes or not. The people i -is being prepared for the great move soon to be made. j '.; fourth article by Dr. Wm. J. 6now will appear next week.) |