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History of the Saints is a not-for-profit organization whose express purpose is to teach Latter-day Saint history in a way that is accurate and faith-promoting.
This podcast contains audio versions of the popular History of the Saints television series seen on BYU-TV. The series is a continuation of the Joseph Smith Paper's documentary series, also aired on BYU-TV and radio. History of the Saints begins with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith and then moves forward through the great Mormon Exodus of Nauvoo and culminates with the arrival of Brigham Young and the Vanguard Company arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847. The show features the most outstanding scholarship currently available on the subject.
Episodes Archive
Season 1 Show 24 The Mormon Trail Part One
- Season 1 Show 24 The Mormon Trail Part One is the story of the pioneer company and their journey across Nebraska in the Spring of 1847.
Season 1 Show 23 The Vanguard Company
- Some 70,000 Latter-day Saints crossed the plains into the Salt Lake Valley, and this is the story of the first company to make that journey.
Season 1 Show 22 The Donner Party--Tragedy in the Sierrras
- This is the story of the Donner Party and their fate in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in 1846, as well as their subsequent rescue.
Season 1 Show 20 The West Before the Mormons
- Long before the Latter-day Saints came west, mountain men, fur trappers, and of course, Indian tribes had thoroughly explored the land
Season 1 Show 21 The Donner Party and the Hastings Cutoff
- The is the story of the Donner Party of 1846 and the disaster they met because of the Hastings Cutoff
Season 1 Show 19 The Mormon Battalion and the March to the Pacific
- This is the account of the Mormon Battalion's most grueling march across the deserts of southern California into San Diego.
Season 1 Show 17 Beyond Winter Quarters-The Dissenters
- This is the story of those who tried to wrest leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints away from the Quorum of the Twelve after the death of Joseph Smith in 1844
Season 1 Show 16 Beyond Winter Quarters-The Ponca Camp
- This is the story of those Latter-day Saints who were gathered on the lonely prairies of northern Nebraska at a place they called Camp Ponca
Season 1 Show 15 Winter Quarters Part 2
- For the Latter-day Saints in the winter of 1846-47 life was very difficult.
Establishing Winter Quarters
- It was too late for Brigham Young and the Mormons to reach the Salt Lake Valley in the summer of 1846. Where were they to go and what were they to do? This is the story of the establishing of temporary winter quarters on the Missouri River.
Season 1 Show 13 Thomas L. Kane: Friend of the Mormons
- In 1846 a stranger came into the Mormon Camps along the Missouri River Frontier. He came out of curiosity and with a desire to help. What he experienced among them began a friendship that would span four decades and render great service
Season 1 Show 12 The Fall Exodus--The Poor Camp
- In the Fall of 1846 the last of the Latter-day Saints to leave Nauvoo were driven across the Mississippi River by an angry mob. They were desperate and destitute as winter came on. They had to be rescued and indeed they were.
Season 1 Show 11 The Mormon Battalion Part One
- This podcast begins the story of the Mormon Battalion. They were the only unit in United States military history mustered into service on the basis of their religion. Why?
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