LDS History, Aug 13, 1857

-- Aug 13, 1857
[Utah War] Brigham Young sent Samuel W. Richards from SLC to Philadelphia to enlist the help of a friend of the Mormons, Thomas Kane. Richards travelled to New York to find Kane, arriving Sep. 16. (1)

-- Aug 13, 1857-17
[Utah War] More than 100 men were sent out to protect the ongoing immigration and to watch the movements of the advancing Army. (Hosea Stout diary) (1)

-- Aug 28, 1857
[Deseret] Col. Johnston is ordered to replace Gen. Harney as commander of the U.S. troops. (2)

[Utah War] Col. Albert Sidney Johnston was appointed successor to Gen. W.S. Harney as commander of the Utah expedition and set out to catch up with the Army which took him until November. (1)

-- Aug 30, 1857
[Deseret] Brigham Young discusses the possible secession of the Mormon "Kingdom of God" from the United States, and announces: "We must have the kingdom of God, or nothing. We are not to be overthrown." (JD 5:166). (2)

-- Aug 31, 1857
[Utah War] John M. Bernhisel was elected Utah delegate to Congress. (1)

-- Sep 7, 1857-11
Emigrating party led by John T. Baker and Alexander Fancher besieged by Indians at Mountain Meadows; killed by Indians and Mormon militia. [See Mountain Meadows Massacre.] (3)

-- Sep 8, 1857
[Utah War] Captain Stewart Van Vliet arrived in SLC and was greeted by Brigham Young and others.
Jul 28. Received orders.
Jul 30. Left Fort Leavenworth for SLC.
Aug 9. Caught up with the troops at Fort Kearny.
Sep 8. Arrived in SLC.
Sep 9-13. Meetings in SLC.
Sep 13. Attended Sunday meetings at the Tabernacle.
Sep 14. Left SLC for Washington with Bernhisel.
Sep 16. Wrote his report to Gen. Pleasanton. (1)

-- Sep 9, 1857-13
[Utah War] Meetings were held with Cap. Van Vliet. He requested help with provisions for the troops and informed Brigham Young that an army station was to be established. within 30 miles of SLC. He presented Brigham Young with a July 28 letter from Gen. Harney which announced that the purpose of the Army was to establish a new military district in Utah Territory. This was the first official notification of the impending Army presence, coming four months after Pres. Buchanan's decision and two months after the first troops left Ft. Leavenworth for SLC. (1)

-- Sep 9, 1857-13 Brigham Young was well aware of charges that the Territory was in rebellion and rumors that the Army was sent to expel or exterminate the Mormons
[Utah War] He emphatically expressed to Van Vliet his distrust of Harney's declaration of the Army's purpose. Van Vliet acknowledged to Brigham Young his belief that Drummond's letter of resignation was the main cause of Pres. Buchanan sending the army to Utah and pledged that he would resign if the Army waged war. (CHC 4:217). (1)

-- Sep 10, 1857
[Deseret] Mountain Meadows Attack. An emigrant wagon train of non-Mormons is attacked and besieged by a mixed contingent of Mormon militia dressed as indians and indians (2)

-- Sep 11, 1857
[Deseret] 1857 approximately 120 men, women, and children in a wagon train from Arkansas were murdered by a band of Mormons set on a holy vengeance. Known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the history of this event continues to generate fierce controversy and deep emotions even to this day. (4)

[Deseret] A group of Mormons in Southern Utah, led by John D. Lee, under a white flag, lure out the besieged survivors, and then turn and kill them at a pre-arranged signal, in the Mountain Meadows massacre. (2)

Mountain Meadows Massacre. (5)

The Mountain Meadows massacre occurs as travellers passing through Utah from Missouri are murdered near Mountain Meadows, Utah. (6)

[U.S. Religious History] Mormon fanatic John D. Lee, angered over President Buchanan's order to remove Brigham Young from governorship of the Utah Territory, led a band of Mormons in a massacre of a California-bound wagon train of 135 (mostly Methodists) in Mountain Meadows, Utah. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
2 - Wikipedia, Utah War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Timeline_of_events
3 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
4 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
7 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jul 13, 1857

-- Jul 13, 1857
[U.S. Religious History] President James Buchanon selected Alfred Cumming to replace Brigham Young as governor for the territory of Utah. (1)

-- Jul 18, 1857
[Deseret] Two Mormons, Porter Rockwell and Abraham Owen Smoot, learn of Buchanan's declaration in Kansas City while on a mail run. On the same day, Col. Alexander and his troops begin the journey to Utah. (2)

[Utah War] The first contingent of the Utah Expedition left Fort Leavenworth with plans to be in Utah before winter.
Abraham Smoot, mayor of Salt Lake City, left Fort Laramie hastily on his way to alert the Brigham Young of the information he had gathered: that Governor Young was to be replaced and an army was on its way to Utah. (3)

-- Jul 23, 1857
[Deseret] Rockwell and Smoot arrive in Salt Lake City and inform Brigham Young of the government's plans. (2)

Messrs. J. Stoddard and A. O. Smoot arrived from Independence without the mails, the postmaster there having received orders not to forward them. They brought the news that General Harney, with over 2000 men, was ordered to Utah (4)

-- Jul 24, 1857
Word received of Utah Expedition. (5)

Brigham Young informed of oncoming Johnston's Army. (6)

[Utah War] More than 2000 were gathered in Big Cottonwood Canyon to celebrate the 10th anniversary of arriving in Salt Lake Valley. Abraham Smoot and 3 others rode into camp with information that a new governor, judges and 2500 troops were coming to Utah. Brigham Young said that "if the Govornor & officers wished to come & would behave themselves well they would be well treated." (WWJ) The gathering was naturally concerned as to the purpose of the Army. Without any official notification of Pres. Buchanan's intentions Brigham Young and the Mormon community interpreted the sending of the army as religious persecution, anticipating perhaps a declaration of war to destroy Mormonism. (3)

-- Jul 26, 1857
[Deseret] Heber C. Kimball refers to 2,500 approaching troops and states that if somehow their wagons and cattle arrive in Utah without the troops, it would be "a mighty help to us" (Kimball 1857, p. 94). Jokingly, he said he had "wives enough to whip out the United States" (Kimball 1857, p. 95). (2)

[Utah War] Abraham Smoot gave a public account of the information he collected regarding the Army and his 20 day journey from Independence to SLC. (complete text: Deseret News, Aug. 5, p. 170) (3)

-- Jul 27, 1857
[Utah War] Alfred Cumming took his oath of office as Governor of Utah Territory, replacing Brigham Young, at St. Louis. (3)

-- Jul 28, 1857
[Utah War] Gen. Harney wrote a letter to Pres. Brigham Young to be hand delivered by Capt. Stewart Van Vliet, which he did on Sept. 9. The letter announced that the purpose of Army headed for Utah Territory was to establish a base for a new military district like those established elsewhere. No mention was made of a new governor, the charge that the Utah community and civil government were in rebellion or that the Army was sent to assist the new civil officers in the performance of their duties. (complete text: Mormon Resistance, 30-34)
Capt. Van Vliet, having a favorable acquaintance with some Mormons a few years earlier, was ordered by Gen. Pleasanton to SLC ahead of the Army to arrange for the purchase of supplies, deliver Gen. Harney's July 28 letter to Pres. Young and find a location for the troops within 30 miles of SLC. (complete text: Mormon Resistance, 36-38). He arrived in SLC Sept. 8. (3)

-- Aug 2, 1857
[Deseret] Brigham Young publicly discusses the possible secession of the Mormon theocracy from the United States and the establishment of an independent kingdom (Young 1857b, p. 98). Heber C. Kimball issues a curse upon President Buchanan and predicts his untimely death (JD 5:129). (2)

-- Aug 5, 1857
[Deseret] Brigham Young declares martial law (Young 1857c). This date is somewhat anomalous however. No evidence supports the claim that this declaration ever circulated during August. However, a slightly different declaration of martial law was issued and received wide circulation on September 15. (2)

Governor Brigham Young placed Utah Territory under martial law and forbade U.S. troops to enter Salt Lake Valley. (5)

-- Aug 5, 1857-15 September
Brigham Young declared martial law for Utah Territory and forbade Johnston's Army to enter the Salt Lake Valley. (6)

Footnotes:
1 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
2 - Wikipedia, Utah War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Timeline_of_events
3 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
4 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
6 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, May 13, 1857

-- May 13, 1857
Parley P. Pratt murdered in Arkansas. (1)

Apostle Parley P. Pratt is murdered by Hector McLean and two others near Van Buren, Arkansas. Pratt had married McLean's former wife in plural marriage. Pratt was acquitted on charges of interfering in McLean's marriage a few days earlier. (2)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Parley P. Pratt is assassinated. (3)

-- May 20, 1857
[Utah War] President James Buchanan, relying upon the negative accusations of several, while ignoring Mormon denials, and without any investigation, was convinced that the Mormons were in rebellion against the United States. He decided to replace Gov. Brigham Young, and without giving him any notice, and without the required Congressional approval (Congress was in recess), proceeded to make his new appointments and issued orders for a large military escort. (4)

-- May 26, 1857
[Utah War] Gen. Winfield Scott advised John B. Floyd against the expedition at that time for several reasons, including the lateness of the start. (4)

-- May 28, 1857
[Deseret] Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army, announces the creation of the Military Department of Utah, to be assembled at Fort Leavenworth (Poll & MacKinnon 1994, p. 30). (5)

U.S. President James Buchanan sent 2,500 troops to Utah under Albert Sidney Johnston, beginning the Utah War. (1)

[Utah War] Against Scott's counsel, Floyd ordered 2500 troops to assemble at Fort Leavenworth (1200 miles from SLC) to escort the new governor to Utah. Gen. William S. Harney, Commander of Fort Leavenworth, was appointed Commander of the Utah Expetition, receiving his orders from Secretary of War, John B. Floyd. No indication of the Army's mission was included. (4)

-- Jun 10, 1857
[Utah War] The government contract to carry mail to Utah by the Brigham Young Express and Carrying Company (called the Y. X. Company) was cancelled. Mail service to Utah was thus discontinued, cutting off the normal flow of information which would have alerted Gov. Young that he was to be replaced and, further, that an army was preparing to march to Utah. (4)

-- Jun 29, 1857
[Deseret] U.S. President James Buchanan declares Utah in rebellion against the U.S. government, and mobilizes a regiment of the U.S. army, initially led by Col. Edmund Alexander. (5)

[Utah War] Instructions were given by Gen. George W. Lay, aid to General Scott, to Gen. William S. Harney regarding his command of the expedition to Utah. He was informed that the community and civil government were in rebellion and the Army's purpose was to assist the new governor to establish and maintain law and order as a posse comitatus. The troops were not to attack any body of citizens without orders, except for sheer self-defence. (4)

-- Jul 1, 1857
[Utah War] Without explalnation, the postmaster at Independence, Missouri refused to release the mail to the Y. X. Company for delivery to Utah. They discovered that their mail contract had been cancelled and that a secret operation was planned to send 2500 federal troops to Utah. (4)

-- Jul 4, 1857
[Utah War] Independence Day was celebrated as usual with intense patriotism. (4)

-- Jul 5, 1857
[Deseret] Brigham Young refers in a sermon to "rumors" that the U.S. is sending 1,500 to 2,000 troops into the Utah Territory, and warns them, possibly sarcastically, that if people enter the territory and don't "behave themselves", they will be subject to a "Vigilance Committee", and the Danites will "bite[] their heels" (Young 1857a, p. 5). (5)

-- Jul 11, 1857
A. Cumming, of Georgia, was appointed governor of Utah. (6)

-- Jul 13, 1857
[Deseret] President Buchanan appoints Alfred Cumming governor of Utah, and directs him to accompany the military forces into Utah (Poll & MacKinnon 1994, p. 30). (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
5 - Wikipedia, Utah War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Timeline_of_events
6 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1856

-- During 1856
Salt Lake City, Utah, replaces Fillmore, Utah, as the capitol of the Utah territory. (1)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt serves as president of the British Mission until called back by the outbreak of the Utah War. (2)

[OREGON TRAIL] Indian wars do what cholera could not and keep emigration down to only 5000 each year. Travel changes with the beginning of freight traffic leaving Leavenworth, Atchison, and Westport. The largest freight company is the firm of Russell, Majors, and Waddell. (3)

-- During 1856-1957
[Periodicals] The Western Standard; George Q. Cannon San Francisco, California (News Paper) (4)

-- During 1856
[Utah Statehood] The constitutional convention assembled in Salt Lake City on March 17, 1856, and ten days later adopted a constitution. George A. Smith and John Taylor traveled to Washington to present it and a memorial to Congress. They met with Utah's delegate to Congress, John M. Bernhisel, who told them that a statehood attempt would be futile at that time and might create obstacles in the future. Stephen A. Douglas advised them to wait until his popular sovereignty principles were more fully implemented. Later that year the Republican National Platform Committee paired polygamy with slavery when it declared it the "duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism--polygamy and slavery."
1857-58
Soon after taking office in 1857, President Buchanan removed Brigham Young as governor of Utah Territory and sent a 2,500-man military force to accompany the new governor, Alfred Cumming, thus precipitating the so-called Utah War. The troops wintered at Camp Scott, Wyoming. When they finally marched through Salt Lake City on June 26, 1858, they found it abandoned by the Mormons. The army proceeded to a site 40 miles southwest of the capital where they built Camp Floyd. Cumming assumed office unchallenged and made peace with the Mormons.
1861-62
The third movement for statehood began in December 1861 when the territorial legislature convened and passed a bill calling for a constitutional convention. Gov. John W. Dawson, who had arrived in the territory on December 7, vetoed it, because the time between its passage and the date fixed for the election of delegates was too short. Dawson left Utah under controversial circumstances on December 31. At mass meetings on January 6, 1862, citizens elected delegates to a constitutional convention that met on January 20 in the county courthouse in Salt Lake City. By January 23 the 67 delegates had drawn up a constitution for a state still to be named Deseret. On June 9 Delegate Bernhisel presented the constitution to the House. This effort to achieve statehood also failed. More worrisome, though, was the passage a few days earlier, June 3, of the Morrill Anti-bigamy Act in the Senate. It prohibited polygamy in the territories and disincorporated the Mormon church. It was never
effectively enforced. (5)

-- During 1856 to 1883
[Wilford Woodruff] Serves as Assistant Church Historian. (6)

-- Jan 4, 1857 - 1 July 1866
[1st Presidency Changes] Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Daniel H. Wells Daniel H. Wells called as Second Counselor (7)

-- Jan 4, 1857
[Quorum of the Twelve] Daniel H. Wells ordained an apostle and set apart as a counsellor to Brigham Young. (8)

-- Mar 4, 1857
[Deseret] James Buchanan takes office as President of the United States. (9)

[Utah War] Pres. James Buchanan's inauguration.
Members of his administration included:
Secretary of State Lewis Cass
Secretary of War John B. Floyd
Army Chief of Staff Winfield Scott (10)

-- Mar 12, 1857
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Born to Hiram Bradley Clawson and Margaret Gay Judd in Salt Lake City. (11)

-- Mar 30, 1857
[Utah War] Judge W.W. Drummond wrote a letter of resignation in which he charged that the Mormons accepted no law but the priesthood; that there was an oath bound organization to resist the laws of the land; that some Mormon men were called to assassinate those who questioned the authority of the Church; That the Gunnison party was murdered by Indians under the orders and advice of the Mormons; that his predecessor, Leonidas Shaver, had been poisoned by the Mormons; that the Babbitt party was not killed by Indians, but rather several Mormons on orders from Brigham Young; and, the Church had ordered destruction of the Supreme Court papers. He recommended that President Buchanan replace Brigham Young with a non-Mormon governor escorted to Utah by a military force. (complete text: New York Times, May 14, 1857) (10)

-- April 1857
[Deseret] Troops are mobilized for the Utah campaign (Poll & MacKinnon 1994, p. 30). The press in the Eastern U.S. begins to speculate on who would be appointed to replace Brigham Young.^[78] (9)

-- Apr 18, 1857
[U.S. Religious History] Clarence Darrow was born. (12)

-- Apr 23, 1857
A company of about seventy missionary elders left Salt Lake City to cross the plains with handcarts. (13)

-- May 13, 1857
Elder Parley P. Pratt murdered near Van Buren, AK. (14)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
5 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
8 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
9 - Wikipedia, Utah War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Timeline_of_events
10 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
11 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
12 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
13 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
14 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1856, October

-- During 1856, October
Willie and Martin handcart companies detained by early snowstorms. Found by rescue party from Salt Lake Valley. (1)

-- Nov 9, 1856
Captain James G. Willie's Handcart Company arrived in Salt Lake City. Suffered 67 deaths of a company of 500. (2)

-- Nov 22, 1856
Heber J. Grant (1856-1945) b. Salt Lake City. (2)

Heber J. Grant born in Salt Lake City. (3)

Heber J. Grant, Seventh President of the Church is Born, on this day. (4)

[Heber J. Grant] Heber Jeddy Grant is born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant and Jedediah Morgan Grant. Hebers father, who served as Second Counselor to President Brigham Young, dies nine days later. (5)

-- Nov 30, 1856
Martin Handcart Company arrived, Salt Lake City. Suffered between 135 and 150 deaths. (2)

-- Dec 1, 1856 - 4 January 1857
[1st Presidency Changes] Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Death of Jedediah M. Grant (6)

-- Dec 1, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant dies. (7)

-- 1856
Church Membership at end of year: 63,881
New Converts : -93
Percent Change from previous year: -0.15% (8)

-- 1856 1856
During this year the practice of paying tithing was generally introduced among the Saints in Europe. During the winter and spring there was a great scarcity of food in Utah, and many domestic animals perished. (9)

-- During 1856
On October 2 the Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society commenced its first exhibition in Salt Lake City called the Deseret State Fair. (10)

[Deseret] Salt Lake City is officially designated as the capital of territorial Utah. (10)

-- During 1856-1857
"Mormon Reformation." [See Reformation (LDS) of 1856-1857.] (2)

-- During 1856
Mormon Reformation. (3)

Jedediah M. Grant, Second Counselor to President Brigham Young, is sent to preach in the Reformation of 1856. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
2 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
3 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
7 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
8 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
9 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
10 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, May 14, 1856

-- May 14, 1856
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy dies on the Smith farm just outside Nauvoo. (1)

-- May 25, 1856
The Ship 'Thornton' leaves Liverpool, England carrying 856 saints. They were all being led by Edward Martin. (2)

-- Jun 6, 1856
[Utah War] The Democratic Party Platform adopted "squatter sovereignty," the position that when territories become states they enter as slave or non-slave as elected by the people. (3)

-- Jun 9, 1856
[Deseret] the first handcart company left Iowa City, Iowa, followed by two handcart companies later that year the James G. Willie and Edward Martin Handcart Companies. Due to an early winter more than 200 people died along the trail. (4)

-- Jun 17, 1856
[Utah War] The new Republican Party Platform brought polygamy into the national political debate regarding slavery. It argued that since the Constitution gives Congress sovereign power over the territories it was "right and imperative" that Congress prohibit both slavery and polygamy in the territories. This created a dilemma the Democrats. Virtually all were offended at Mormon polygamy. The Republican Platform put the Democrats in the awkward position of explaining why a territory could become a slave state by the determination of the people, but could not self-determine the legality of polygamy. (3)

-- Jun 29, 1856-30 The platform of the new Republican Party maintained that Congress had the right and duty to prohibit polygamy and slavery in the territories
[Utah War] (3)

-- Jul 5, 1856
[Lucy Mack Smith] George A. Smith writes an obituary of Lucy for The Mormon, then being published in New York City, in which he praises Lucy and criticizes her book as inaccurate. (1)

-- Aug 25, 1856
[Utah War] Col. Almon W. Babbitt's train loaded with government property and traveling west, was plundered by Cheyenne Indians in Nebraska. Three were killed and one carried away. (3)

-- Sep 18, 1856
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). (5)

-- Sep 26, 1856
First two handcart companies arrived at Salt Lake City, led by Edmund L. Ellsworth and Daniel D. McArthur. (6)

First handcart company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. (7)

The first company of Saints, who crossed the plains with handcarts, arrived. (8)

-- During 1856 September
[Utah War] Col. Babbitt and others were killed by Cheyenne Indians east of Fort Laramie. (3)

-- Oct 17, 1856,
[Deseret] an ordinance was passed by the Great Salt Lake City council, to organize a fire department. (4)

-- Oct 28, 1856
Handcart Company of Captain Edward Martin detained by early snow storms. Found by members of rescue company from Salt Lake Valley. (6)

-- 1856 October-November
Willie and Martin Handcart Companies rescued from early winter storms in Wyoming; more than 200 had died. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
3 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
4 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
5 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
6 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Oct 29, 1855

-- Oct 29, 1855
The First Presidency of the Church, in their General Epistle, proposed, for the Saints who should emigrate by the P. E. Fund, to cross the plains with handcarts. (1)

-- During 1855 October
A branch of the Church was organized in Dresden, Germany. (1)

-- Nov 22, 1855
[Lucy Mack Smith] Enoch Tripp visits Lucy in Nauvoo. She kisses him and sends her love to Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and other friends. (2)

-- 1855
Church Membership at end of year: 63,974
New Converts : -4,455
Percent Change from previous year: -6.51% (3)

-- 1855 1855
During this year grasshoppers and drouth caused a great failure of crops in Utah. (1)

-- During 1855
Deseret Philharmonic Society is organized in Salt Lake City. (4)

-- During 1855-1905
[Deseret] LDS church leaders wanting to promote home industries develops the silk industry in Utah. Silk was one of a series of home industries--launched to establish a diversified economy--that included breweries, tobacco growing, cotton growing, lace making, and the making of straw hats. These enterprises were an essential part of the cooperative economy the Mormons sought to establish in their promised land. Home industry was meant to keep money in Utah rather than have it spent for costly imports from thousands of miles away. (4)

-- During 1855
Fast day inaugurated as first Thursday of each month. [See Fast and Testimony Meeting.] (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] An inventory of materials in the Historian's Office includes "Mother Smith's history in manuscripts." (2)

[OREGON TRAIL] Indian wars do what cholera could not and keep emigration down to only 5000 each year. Travel changes with the beginning of freight traffic leaving Leavenworth, Atchison, and Westport. The largest freight company is the firm of Russell, Majors, and Waddell. (6)

-- During 1855-1857
[Periodicals] The Mormon; John Taylor New York City, New York (News Paper) (7)

-- During 1855-1861
[Periodicals] Der Darsteller der; German Mission Geneva and Zurich, Heiligen der Letzten Switzerland Tage GERMAN (Periodical) (7)

-- During 1855
[Utah Statehood] Encouraged by President Pierce's willingness to allow Brigham Young to continue as the territorial governor, the Mormons began a second effort to achieve statehood. When the fifth territorial legislature convened in Fillmore (briefly the territorial capital) on December 10, 1855, it passed an act authorizing the election of delegates to a constitutional convention. (8)

-- May 4, 1856
The Ship 'Thornton' leaves Liverpool, England carrying 764 saints. They were all being led by James G. Willie. (9)

-- May 14, 1856
Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith, d. Nauvoo, age 81. (5)

Lucy Mack Smith dies, having spent her last three years with Emma. (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
6 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
8 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
10 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1854-56

-- During 1854-56
[John Taylor] Serves a mission in New York, where he superintends the affairs of the Church in the eastern states. Publishes a newspaper titled The Mormon. (1)

-- During 1854-1857
[Joseph F. Smith] Serves mission to Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). (2)

-- During 1854-55
[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith writes Brigham Young letters for two years begging/demanding that his apostleship be restored. His own attempt to organize a church has failed. (3)

-- During 1854
[OREGON TRAIL] Most of the 10,000 emigrants on the trails this year are headed for Oregon. Problems arise as an Army command is annihilated near Fort Laramie, precipitating a three-year Indian war. (4)

[Periodicals] LDS Millennial Star and Monthly Visitor, The; Richard Ballantyne Madras, India (Periodical) (5)

-- During 1854-1855
[Periodicals] Saint Louis Luminary, The; Erastus Snow St. Louis, Missouri (News Paper) (5)

-- During 1854-1886
[Periodicals] Journal of Discourses; George D. Watt Liverpool, England (Periodical) (5)

-- Jan 31, 1855
[Lucy Mack Smith] Brigham Young writes to the Millennial Star requesting that it stop reprinting articles from The Seer because of its "erroneous doctrine." He also notes that Biographical Sketches contains "many mistakes." This notice is printed in the 12 May 1855 issue. (3)

-- During 1855 January
[Utah War] Brigham Young's appointment as Governor was due to expire (6)

-- Feb 18, 1855 - 6 November 1911
[Change in Presiding Church Patriarch Office] John Smith Son of Hyrum Smith (7)

-- Feb 18, 1855
[Utah War] Having heard that Pres. Pierce had appointed Col. Steptoe as governor to replace Brigham Young, Young spoke highly of Steptoe and endorsed his appointment in a sermon delivered at the Tabernacle: "...to the praise of the gallant gentleman referred to, if there was going to be a gentleman called upon to be our Governor, there is not a man, out of the Kingdom of God, that I would listen to sooner, and feel more confidence and cordiality towards, than to him." (JD 2:187-188) (6)

-- Mar 21, 1855
[Lucy Mack Smith] In the Deseret News, Pratt publishes an apology and a retraction of his claim in the preface that Joseph Smith had been personally involved in at least part of Biographical Sketches. (3)

-- May 5, 1855
Endowment House on Temple Block dedicated at Salt Lake City. [See Temple Ordinances.] (8)

Endowment House dedicated in Salt Lake City. (9)

The Endowment House in Salt Lake City was dedicated. (10)

-- Jun 29, 1855-30
[Utah War] Judge Leonidas Shaver was found dead, diagnosed as the result of a disease of the ear and brain. He was honored at his funeral by the attendance of Mormons and Mormon leaders who participated in the event expressing "more heart felt grief & sympathy than has ever been manifested for any person not a mormon who ever died in our midst." (Hosea Stout diary). Judge Drummond, in his March 30, 1857 letter of resignation, claimed he was poisoned on the order of Mormon leaders. (6)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
6 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
7 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Presiding Patriarchs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch#Chronology_of_the_Presiding_Patriarchs_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
10 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Feb 4, 1854

-- Feb 4, 1854
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy dictates a letter to her grandson Joseph III, giving Orson Pratt permission to publish her manuscript in the United States. (1)

-- Mar 11, 1854 - 7 April 1854
[1st Presidency Changes] Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Death of Willard Richards (2)

-- Mar 11, 1854
President Willard Richards, second counselor in the First Presidency, passes away in Salt Lake City, Utah. (3)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Willard Richards dies. (4)

-- Apr 7, 1854 - 1 December 1856
[1st Presidency Changes] Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Jedediah M. Grant Jedediah M. Grant called as Second Counselor (2)

-- During 1854 April
Jedediah M. Grant is called an apostle and into the First Presidency as second counselor. (3)

-- May 23, 1854
Patriarch John Smith died. (5)

-- Jun 28, 1854
John Smith, son of Hyrum Smith, was appointed Patriarch over the Church. (5)

-- During Summer 1854
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt returns to Utah. (1)

-- Aug 31, 1854
[Utah War] Colonel Edward. J. Steptoe, head of a military and civilian party arrived in SLC on assignment to study the feasibility of road through the territory and to capture the Indians who murdered Captain John W. Gunnison and 7 others in 1853. (6)

-- During Nov. 1854
[Lucy Mack Smith] The first shipment of Biographical Sketches reaches Utah from Great Britain. The Deseret News publishes a short commendatory notice on 16 November. (1)

-- Dec 30, 1854
[Utah War] Colonel Steptoe, who had been offered the governorship of Utah by Pres. Pierce but declined, along with leading officials and business men of SLC signed a petition and sent it to Washington recommending Pres. Pierce reappoint Brigham Young as Governor of Utah Territory. (6)

-- 1854
Church Membership at end of year: 68,429
New Converts : 4,275
Percent Change from previous year: 6.66% (7)

[Deseret] Grasshoppers plague endanger crops. (8)

The Board of Regents of the University of Deseret along with Brigham Young adopt a new alphabet consisting of 38 characters called the "Deseret Alphabet." (8)

[John Taylor] Elected as a legislator for the Territory of Utah. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
3 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
4 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
5 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
6 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
7 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
8 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1853

-- 1853
Church Membership at end of year: 64,154
New Converts : 11,514
Percent Change from previous year: 21.87% (1)

[Deseret] Captain John Gunnison and a surveying party traveled part of the Old Spanish Trail before turning north along the Sevier River. (2)

[Deseret] Fremont returns to Utah in a futile attempt to find a feasible transcontinental railroad route. (2)

[Deseret] In October, Indians kill Gunnison and a number of others. (2)

[Deseret] The Walker War with the Ute Indians begins over slavery among the Indians. (2)

[Deseret] On February 14 President Brigham Young broke ground for the Salt Lake Temple. The LDS Church begins the construction of the Salt Lake Temple. (3)

[Deseret] The Social Hall was dedicated on January 1. (3)

[Deseret] The Walker War with the Ute Indians begins over slavery. (3)

-- During 1853-1856
* Jonathan Grimshaw -- primary scribal author for this period. Writings used in assembling The History of the Church (often cited as HC) (originally entitled History of Joseph Smith; first published under the title History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; nicknamed Documentary History of the Church or DHC) (4)

* Leo Hawkins -- primary scribal author for this period. Writings used in assembling The History of the Church (often cited as HC) (originally entitled History of Joseph Smith; first published under the title History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; nicknamed Documentary History of the Church or DHC) (4)

-- During 1853
[OREGON TRAIL] The cholera epidemic has nearly burned itself out and the gold rush is back on: 70,000 people head west in these years, about 50,000 in '52 and 20,000 in '53. Half leave from St. Joe and half from Omaha, and half head to California and half to Oregon. (5)

[Periodicals] Le Reflecteur; T.B.H. Stenhouse Geneva, Switzerland FRENCH (Periodical) (6)

-- During 1853-1854
[Periodicals] Seer, The; Orson Pratt Washington, D.C. and Liverpool, England (Periodical) (6)

-- During 1853-1856
[Periodicals] Zion's Watchman, The; Agustus A. Farnham Sydney, Australia (Periodical) (6)

-- During 1853
John C. Fremont began his 5th expedition west, his 2nd into the Colorado Mountains, and traveled across Kansas, southern Colorado and Utah in search of a railroad route over the Central Rockies. The group reached Mormon settlements in Utah. Fremont brought along photographer Solomon Nunes Carvalho, who took hundreds of daguerreotypes. Many of the images were lost in an 1881 NYC warehouse fire. In 1994 Robert Shlaer set out to recreate the images and in 2000 published "Sights Once Seen: Daguerreotyping Fremonts Last Expedition Through the Rockies." (7)

-- Jan 16, 1854
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt sends Lucy some copies of the printed work and the promise of a $100 "present." (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
2 - History to Go, Trappers, Traders and Explorers, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/trapperstradersandexplorers.html
3 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
4 - Wikipedia, History of the Church, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Church
5 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
6 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
7 - Ratnikas, Algis, TimelinesDb, http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=201title=Utah
8 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Mar 19, 1853

-- Mar 19, 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Babbitt again passes through St. Louis, en route to Salt Lake City, having sold the manuscript to Orson Pratt. (1)

-- Apr 6, 1853
[Brigham Young] Lays the cornerstone for Salt Lake Temple. (2)

Salt Lake Temple cornerstones laid under direction of First Presidency. (3)

Cornerstones laid for Salt Lake Temple. (4)

The groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Salt Lake Temple. (5)

-- During Spring 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Frederick Piercy also visits Lucy in Nauvoo. Her portrait appears in his Route from Liverpool (1)

-- early May 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt sails for England to do genealogical research, taking Lucy's manuscript with him. He arranges for Samuel W. Richards, who publishes the Millennial Star, to print it. (1)

-- May 12, 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] A notice appears in the Star about the forthcoming publication. (1)

[Lucy Mack Smith] British convert Hannah Tapfield King visits Lucy in Nauvoo and finds her bedfast but alert. Lucy pronounces a mother's blessing on Hannah. (1)

-- Jul 23, 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Horace S. Eldredge visits Lucy in Nauvoo. Her memory is still keen about "things that had transpired several years since." (1)

-- During 1853 July
Walker War began. (4)

-- During Summer 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Brigham Young informs Pratt that The Seer contains unsound doctrine. (1)

-- Oct 15, 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] A second notice appears in the Star about the publication of Biographical Sketches. (1)

-- Oct 25, 1853
[Deseret] Paiute people attacked U.S. Army Captain John W. Gunnison and his party of 37 soldiers and railroad surveyors near Sevier Lake, Utah. Gunnison and seven other men were killed. (6)

-- Oct 28, 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt writes to Lucy from Washington, D.C., asking permission to publish the work in the United States. (No permission was needed in Great Britain.) (1)

-- Nov 1, 1853
The first number of the "Journal of Discourses" was published in England. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
4 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
6 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
7 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 29-Nov 30, 1852

-- 29-Nov 30, 1852
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy, in Nauvoo with Emma, enjoys a visit from Perrigrine Sessions. (1)

-- During Nov. 1852
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt is sent on a mission to Washington, D.C. Here he issues the first number of The Seer on 1 January 1853. (1)

-- Dec 13, 1852
The Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory met, for the first time. (2)

-- 1852
Church Membership at end of year: 52,640
New Converts : 475
Percent Change from previous year: 0.91% (3)

[Deseret] The Mormon Church in Utah officially acknowledges that the practice of polygamy is part of its religion. (4)

[Deseret] On August 29 the revelation on celestial marriage (polygamy) was first made public. It was read in the conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (5)

[OREGON TRAIL] The cholera epidemic has nearly burned itself out and the gold rush is back on: 70,000 people head west in these years, about 50,000 in '52 and 20,000 in '53. Half leave from St. Joe and half from Omaha, and half head to California and half to Oregon. (6)

[Periodicals] Western Bugle; Almon W. Babbitt Kanesville, Iowa (News Paper) (7)

[Utah Statehood] LDS church authorities publicly acknowledged that the doctrine of plural marriage had been accepted as a divinely instituted obligation among some of the most faithful adherents of the Latter-day Saint religion. During the next 38 years, polygamy would prove to be the major stumbling block in attempts to gain statehood. (8)

-- Jan 25, 1853
Elders O. Spencer and J. Houtz, missionaries, arrived in Berlin, Prussia, and were banished from there on the second of February following. (2)

-- Feb 4, 1853
The temple site for the Salt Lake Temple is dedicated. (9)

-- Feb 11, 1853
[Lucy Mack Smith] Almon W. Babbitt tells Horace S. Eldredge, president of the St. Louis branch, that he had just acquired Lucy's fair copy and is on his way to Washington, D.C. (1)

-- Feb 14, 1853
Temple Block consecrated and ground broken, Salt Lake City. [See Temple Square.] (10)

The Temple Block in Salt Lake City was consecrated. (2)

Ground for the Salt Lake Temple is broken by President Brigham Young. (11)

-- Mar 7, 1853
The first missionaries to Gibraltar arrived there. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
5 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
6 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
8 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
9 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
10 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
11 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1851

-- During 1851
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy, Mary, and the Millikins move to Fountain Green, Illinois. (1)

[Mormon Tabernacle Choir] The first, or old, tabernacle is completed in Salt Lake City. (2)

[OREGON TRAIL] Word of the cholera epidemic spreads, discouraging many and holding traffic down to about 10,000 souls. Most emigrants start out for California but news of the Donation Land Act causes many to change their minds mid-route and opt for Oregon, instead. From 1851 to 1855, nearly half of those who would claim land in Oregon under the Donation Land Act leave the United States and head west. (3)

-- During 1851-1852
[Periodicals] Etoile Du Deseret; John Taylor Paris, France FRENCH (Periodical) (4)

[Periodicals] Zion's Panier; German Mission Hamburg, Germany GERMAN (Periodical) (4)

-- During 1851-1984
[Periodicals] Skandinaviens Stjerne; Scandinavian Mission Copenhagen, Denmark, 1985- (Changed to Den Frankfurt, Germany Danske Stjerne 1957; changed to Sjernen 1985) (Unified 1967) DANISH (Periodical) (4)

-- Apr 8, 1852
Preparation of Deseret Alphabet begun. (5)

-- During Spring 1852
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy and Mary Bailey Smith move into the Mansion House with Emma and Lewis Bidamon and the four Smith sons. Emma runs the Mansion House as a boarding house. (This move may have been made as early as January 1851.) (1)

-- May 21, 1852
Joseph F. Smith baptized by President Heber C. Kimball. (6)

-- During 1852 July
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Moves to Provo with Hannah and "Aunt" Lucy, another polygamous wife of George A. Smith. (7)

-- 1852 28-29 August
Plural marriage publicly announced at special conference, in which 106 missionaries were called to carry the gospel to various parts of the world. (5)

-- Aug 29, 1852
Public announcement of Plural Marriage made, Salt Lake City. (8)

The revelation on the law of Celestial Marriage was first made public. (9)

-- Sep 3, 1852
The first company of P. E. Fund emigrants from Europe arrived in Utah. (9)

-- Sep 21, 1852
[Joseph F. Smith] Mary Fielding Smith dies in Salt Lake City. (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Mary Fielding Smith, Hyrum's widow, dies at Salt Lake City. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
3 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Aug 1, 1851,

-- Aug 1, 1851,
the first kiln of earthenware was burned at the Deseret Pottery located near Emigration Canyon. (1)

-- During Fall 1851
[Lucy Mack Smith] Howard and Martha Jane and their children arrive in Utah. (2)

-- Nov 1, 1851
First issue of Journal of Discourses published, Liverpool, England. (3)

First issue of Journal of Discourses published in Liverpool, England. (4)

-- Nov 8, 1851
Parley P. Pratt, the first missionary to South America, arrived in Chile. (4)

-- Nov 11, 1851
"University of Deseret" opened, Salt Lake City, Utah. (3)

-- Dec 21, 1851
Elder Orson Pratt publishes the first isuue of the Church newspaper The Seer. (5)

-- 1851
Church Membership at end of year: 52,165
New Converts : 326
Percent Change from previous year: 0.63% (6)

[Brigham Young] Becomes governor of the Territory of Utah. (7)

[Deseret] In planning the eventual settlement of Utah, the Legislative Assembly designated the remote Pauvan Valley as the site of the territorial seat of government, the surrounding area Millard County, and intended to create a capital city called Fillmore. (1)

[Deseret] Iron ore was discovered, mined, and refined near Cedar City, Utah. (1)

[Deseret] On February 3, Brigham Young took the oath of office, becoming the first Governor of the Utah Territory. (1)

[Deseret] President Brigham Young proclaims January 1, 1852 as a Day of Praise and Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving in Utah. (1)

[Deseret] Shade trees are planted on the borders of Salt Lake City's sidewalks. (1)

[Deseret] The Salt Lake City police department was organized on March 10. There were forth patrolmen who were paid 25 cents per hour. (1)

The Pearl of Great Price was first compiled by Franklin D. Richards in Liverpool, England. It was compiled from the writings of Joseph Smith. Some items were later removed or moved to the Doctrine & Covenants. It contained the following:
* Extracts from the Prophecy of Enoch (Moses 6:43 - 7:69)
* The words of God, which he spake unto Moses (Moses 1:1-42)
* A section with no heading (Moses 2:1-5, 40; 8:13-30)
* The Book of Abraham including Facsimile 1, 2 and 3 from the Book of Abraham
* An extract from a Translation of the Bible (Joseph Smith - Matthew)
* A Key to the Revelations of St. John (Doctrine & Covenants 77)
* A Revelation and Prophecy (Doctrine & Covenants 87)
* Extracts from the History of Joseph Smith (Joseph Smith - History)
* From the Doctrine and Covanants of the Church Commandment to the Church concerning baptism (Doctrine & Covenants 20:71, 37, 72-75)
* The duties of members after they are received by baptism (Doctrine & Covenants 20:68-69)
* Method of administering the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper (Doctrine & Covenants 20:75-79)
* The Duties of the Elders, Priests, Teachers, Deacons, and Members of the Church of Christ (Doctrine & Covenants 20:38-44; 107:11; 20:45-59, 70, 80)
* On Priesthood (Doctrine & Covenants 107:1-10, 12-20)
* The Calling and Duties of the Twelve Apostles (Doctrine & Covenants 107:23, 33)
* The Calling and Duties of the Seventy (Doctrine & Covenants 107:34, 93-100)
* Extract from a revelation given July, 1830 (Doctrine & Covenants 27:5-18)
* Rise of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Doctrine & Covenants 20:1-36)
* Times and Seasons, Vol. III, page 709 (Articles of Faith)
* Truth (a poem by John Jaques) (8)

Footnotes:
1 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
4 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
6 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - Wikipedia, Pearl of Great Price, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price_(Latter_Day_Saints)
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1850

-- During 1850
On September 9 the U.S. Senate passes a bill providing for the organization of Utah Territory (rejecting the name Deseret and shrinking its borders). University of Deseret (later University of Utah) is chartered). (1)

University of Deseret (later University of Utah) is chartered. (1)

The Compromise of 1850 creates the Utah territory, designating Fillmore, Utah, as its capitol. The Utah Territory is to be neutral towards slavery, deciding its own fate once it achieves statehood. (2)

-- During 1850-51
[John Taylor] Serves in France as a missionary. Near Boulogne offers a prayer dedicating the country for the preaching of the gospel. Establishes and edits the first Church periodical in France, Étoile du Déseret (Star of Deseret). Helps translate the Book of Mormon into French. Publishes the first Church periodical in Germany, a monthly newspaper named Zions Panier (Zions Banner). Under his direction the Book of Mormon is first published in German. Writes The Government of God. (3)

-- During 1850
[OREGON TRAIL] There are more 49ers traveling the trail this year than in 1849! Some 55,000 emigrants make this the banner year on the trail, but cholera runs rampant, killing thousands. (4)

-- During 1850-
[Periodicals] The Deseret News; Willard Richards Salt Lake City, Utah (News Paper) (5)

-- During 1850
[Utah Statehood] One reason for the refusal of Congress to grant statehood to Deseret was the lack of 60,000 eligible voters required for admission as a state. Moreover, Congress objected to the huge size of the proposed state. On September 7, 1850, the Senate passed a bill providing for the organization of a Utah Territory (rejecting even the name Deseret and shrinking its presumptuous borders), and two days later the bill passed the House and was signed by Millard Fillmore on September 9. The Organic Act creating the territory formed the basis of government in Utah until statehood. On September 20 President Fillmore announced his list of territorial appointments, and the Senate confirmed them on September 30: Brigham Young, governor; Broughton D. Harris (Vermont), secretary; Seth M. Blair (Utah), U.S. attorney; Joseph L. Heywood (Utah), U.S. marshal; Joseph Buffington (Pennsylvania), chief justice, replaced by Lemuel G. Brandebury (Pennsylvania) when Buffington refused the
honor; Perry E.
Brocchus (Alabama), associate justice; Zerubbabel Snow (Ohio), associate justice. (6)

[West] September 9 California is admitted as the 31st state. (7)

[West] September 9 Utah Territory established. (7)

-- Jan 9, 1851
Salt Lake City was incorporated. (8)

-- Jan 13, 1851
The first settlers of Iron County, U.T., arrived on Centre Creek, near where the city of Parowan now stands. (8)

-- Feb 3, 1851
[Utah War] Brigham Young took his oath of office becoming the first Governor of the Utah Territory. (9)

-- During March 1851
[Heber C. Kimball] Becomes member of the Territorial Legislature. Thereafter until his death, 21 June 1868, HCK, as first counselor in the First Presidency, is involved in every important event in the church and in the territory of Utah. (10)

-- Jun 12, 1851
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Mother, Sarah Libbey Smith, dies in Salt Lake City. "Aunt" Hannah Libbey Smith, his mother's sister and also polygamous wife of his father George A. Smith, takes over his care. (11)

-- During 1851 June
Saints settled San Bernardino, California. (12)

-- Jul 11, 1851
Franklin D. Richards published pamphlet entitled The Pearl of Great Price in Liverpool, England. (12)

Footnotes:
1 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
6 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
7 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Rocky Mountain Prophecy, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/radioprogramblog/id8.html
8 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
9 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
10 - Kimball, Stanley B. (editor), On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987
11 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
12 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Sep 9, 1850

-- Sep 9, 1850
[Deseret] The Great Compromise of 1850 is signed into law, creating the Utah Territory and appointing Brigham Young governor. (1)

Territory of Utah created by Congress; Brigham Young appointed governor 11 days later. (2)

The "Act" for organizing the Territory of Utah became a law. (3)

[Utah War] Utah was made a territory by the Organic Act signed by President Millard Fillmore. (4)

-- Sep 29, 1850
[Deseret] President Millard Fillmore appoints Brigham Young first governor of Utah Territory. (5)

-- Sep 30, 1850
[Utah War] Congress confirmed Fillmore's list of appointees for the new Utah Territory: Brigham Young was appointed Governor; Broughton D. Harris (Vermont), secretary; Seth M. Blair (Utah), U.S. attorney; Joseph L. Heywood (Utah), U.S. marshal; Lemuel G. Brandebury (Pennsylvania), chief justice; Perry E. Brocchus (Alabama), associate justice; Zerubbabel Snow (Ohio), associate justice. (4)

[Utah War] Harris, Brandebury and Brocchus soon left their offices and wrote very negative reports of their experience making serious accusations against Brigham Young and other Mormons. (4)

-- Sep 9, 1850
[Deseret] New Mexico and Utah are organized as a territories. (5)

-- Oct 13, 1850
The first company of P. E. Fund emigrants arrived in Salt Lake City, from the United States. (3)

-- Nov 1, 1850
The Italian Mission is organised on this day. (6)

-- Dec 7, 1850
The first branch of the Church, in France, was organized at Paris. (3)

-- 1850
Church Membership at end of year: 51,839
New Converts : 3,679
Percent Change from previous year: 7.64% (7)

[Deseret] 11,380 settlers called the newly created Utah Territory their home. (8)

[Deseret] Compromise of 1850 admits California as a free state, eliminates the slave trade in the District of Colombia, establishes Utah and New Mexico without restrictions on slavery, and requires the return of fugitive slaves. (8)

[Deseret] First census of the new Utah territory is taken by the federal government. (8)

[Deseret] Iron ore was discovered near Cedar City, Utah. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Utah War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Timeline_of_events
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
4 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
5 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
7 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
8 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1849

-- During 1849
[Deseret] The Mormon Church initiated the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company (PEF) primarily to help Mormon refugees from Nauvoo, Illinois, migrate to Utah. It also became a major instrument for gathering Latter-day Saint converts to Utah from abroad, assisting some 26,000 immigrants between 1852 and 1887. (1)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Some time this year, Loren Salisbury, seventh child and fourth son of Katharine Smith Salisbury and Wilkins J. Salisbury, is born at Fountain Green, Hancock County, Illinois. (2)

[OREGON TRAIL] Word of the gold strike at Sutter's Mill turns the trail into a superhighway as 30,000 emigrants, most of whom are California-bound, race west. Overland parties come from as far away as the east coast. Cholera spreads west along the Trail, helped by damp weather. (3)

-- During 1849-1852
[Periodicals] Frontier Guardian,; Orson Hyde Kanesville, Iowa (News Paper) (4)

-- During 1849
[Utah Statehood] Hoping to obtain statehood as soon as possible, leaders in Salt Lake City sent a message to "all the citizens of that portion of Upper California lying east of the Sierra Nevada mountains" to attend a constitutional convention beginning March 8, 1849, in Salt Lake City "to consider the political needs of the community." The convention created a proposed state of Deseret that encompassed the entire Great Basin and east to the Continental Divide, including, besides the present state of Utah, most of present Nevada and Arizona and parts of southern California (with the port of San Diego), Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho. On March 10 the constitution for Deseret was completed, and on March 12 officers for the proposed state were elected: Brigham Young, governor; Willard Richards, secretary; Newell K. Whitney, treasurer; and Heber Kimball, chief justice. Almon W. Babbitt was selected to represent the provisional state in Congress. Traveling to Was
hington, D.C., Babbitt
procured the services of Sen. Stephen A. Douglas to present the documents to the Senate on December 27. The House of Representatives declined to seat Babbitt, and the Committee on Elections reported: "The admission of Mr. Babbitt would be a quasi recognition of the legal existence of the State of Deseret; and no act should be done by the House, which, even by implication, may give force and vitality to a political organization extra-constitutional and independent of the laws of the United States." The committee recommended the adoption of a resolution stating that it was "inexpedient to admit Mr. Babbitt to a seat in the House as a Delegate from the 'alleged State of Deseret.'" (5)

[West] California gold rush began. (6)

-- Jan 27, 1850
[Lucy Mack Smith] Frederick Salisbury, eighth child and fifth son of Katharine Smith Salisbury and Wilkins J. Salisbury, is born at Fountain Green, Hancock County, Illinois. (2)

-- Feb 28, 1850
University of Deseret (later University of Utah) founded. (7)

-- Mar 3, 1850
Oliver Cowdery died in Richmond, Missouri. (7)

-- Jun 11, 1850
[U.S. Religious History] David C. Cook was born. Cook was a developer of the original The Sunday School curriculum in the United States. (8)

-- Jun 14, 1850
The first missionaries to Scandinavia landed in Copenhagen, Denmark. (9)

-- Jun 15, 1850
the first edition of the Deseret News was published in Salt Lake City. (1)

Deseret News began publication in Salt Lake City. (7)

Deseret News began publication in Salt Lake City. (10)

The first number of the "Deseret News" was published. (9)

-- Aug 12, 1850
The first baptisms in Denmark, by legal authority, in this dispensation, took, place. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
5 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
6 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Rocky Mountain Prophecy, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/radioprogramblog/id8.html
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
9 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Oct 6, 1849

-- Oct 6, 1849
the Deseret Dramatic Association was organized in Salt Lake City. (1)

The organization of the P. E. Fund Company was commenced. (2)

-- Oct 12, 1849
[Financial] The First Presidency announces the creation of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company and Perpetual Emigrating Fund to assist impoverished Latter-day Saints living abroad with the expense of traveling to Utah. The company begins its operations in early 1850 with $5,000, successfully leading a wagon train from Kanesville, Iowa, to Salt Lake City. By the fall of 1850, the fund has grown to $20,000.
PEF loans to Latter-day Saints to assist them in traveling to Utah eventually create an immense amount of debt owed to the church. At the time of Brigham Young's death in 1877, more than $1 million is owed to the fund by emigrants. (3)

-- During 1849 October
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Moves to Salt Lake City. (4)

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company established. (5)

-- During Fall 1849
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy, Mary, and the Millikins apparently move to Webster, Hancock County, Illinois. (6)

-- Nov 14, 1849
[Lucy Mack Smith] After reading the Wight correspondence (published by Isaac Sheen), Orson Hyde, editor of the Frontier Guardian, scaldingly accuses William of being a neglectful son. (6)

-- Dec 9, 1849
First Sunday School organized in Rocky Mountains by Richard Ballantyne. (5)

Sunday School organized by Richard Ballantyne. (7)

-- Dec 27, 1849
[Utah War] Senator Stephen A. Douglas presented the memorial for statehood drafted by Bernhisel and Almon Babbitt to Congress, but asked that Utah be organized either as a state or territory. (8)

-- 1849
Church Membership at end of year: 48,160
New Converts : 7,683
Percent Change from previous year: 18.98% (9)

[Deseret] In mid-June the first gold-rushers reach Salt Lake City to briefly rest, attain supplies, and rest their animals. (10)

[Deseret] Mormon pioneers built "Fort Utah" on a Utah Valley stream that had generally been known as the Timpanogos. (10)

[Deseret] The October LDS Conference directed the establishment of the city of "Provo," named after Etienne Provost. (10)

Constitutional convention proposes the State of Deseret which encompasses the entire Great Basin. (1)

[Deseret] First post office established in Salt Lake City. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
2 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
3 - http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282148/
4 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
8 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
9 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
10 - History to Go, Trappers, Traders and Explorers, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/trapperstradersandexplorers.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jan 1, 1849 - 23 May 1854

-- Jan 1, 1849 - 23 May 1854
[Change in Presiding Church Patriarch Office] John Smith "Uncle John"; brother of Joseph Smith, Sr. (1)

-- Jan 1, 1849
[Financial] Printers issue the first $1 denomination of "valley currency." The new notes are signed by Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Thomas Bullock. (2)

-- Jan 4, 1849
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy writes to William from Nauvoo. (3)

-- Feb 12, 1849
Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This is done to replace those serving in the First Presidency and to replace the vacancy caused by the excommunication of Lyman Wight. (4)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards ordained. (5)

-- Mar 4, 1849
[Utah War] In SLC a committee was appointed to draft a constitution in hopes that Congress would create a Mormon state. (6)

-- Mar 5, 1849
Provisional state of Deseret created. (7)

-- During 1849 March
Icarians settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. (7)

-- During March 1849
[Heber C. Kimball] Becomes Chief Justice of the State of Deseret. (8)

-- May 4, 1849
[Utah War] John Bernhisel was sent to Washington to lobby for Utah territorial status. (6)

-- May 12, 1849
[U.S. Religious History] Brigham Young announced to the Council of Fifty that the local Indians could not be converted and that it didn't matter "whether they kill one another off or Some body else" did it. (9)

-- Jul 2, 1849
[Heber C. Kimball] Becomes Lt. Governor of the State of Deseret. (8)

-- Jul 24, 1849,
[Deseret] the first celebration to commemorate the entrance of the pioneers into the Great Salt (10)

-- During 1849 July
[Utah War] The territories were governed by political appointees of the President, approved by the Senate. These included the governor, secretary, three judges of three districts who also comprised the supreme court, U.S. marshal and U.S. attorney. Because these positions were likely to be filled by outsiders, the decision was made to apply rather for statehood. (6)

-- Aug 28, 1849
[Deseret] Captain Howard Stansbury and Lt. John W. Gunnison arrived in the Salt Lake Valley to survey the area. (10)

-- Sep 10, 1849
[Lucy Mack Smith] John M. Bernhisel visits Lucy in Nauvoo. (3)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Presiding Patriarchs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch#Chronology_of_the_Presiding_Patriarchs_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
2 - http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282148/
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
5 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
6 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Kimball, Stanley B. (editor), On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987
9 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
10 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Dec 3, 1848

-- Dec 3, 1848
[Quorum of the Twelve] Lyman Wight excommunicated. (1)

-- 1848
Church Membership at end of year: 40,477
New Converts : 5,783
Percent Change from previous year: 16.67% (2)

-- During 1848 December
Apostle Lyman Wight is excommunicated from the church for not following Brigham Young. (3)

-- During 1848
[Deseret] Samuel J. Hensley discovers a route from Salt Lake City to the California Trail near the City of Rocks in Idaho, which came to be known as the Salt Lake Cutoff. (4)

[Deseret] A Mormon trading post at Genoa is the first permanent settlement in Nevada. (5)

The State of Deseret, incorporated by the Mormons, includes Utah, most of Nevada and Arizona, and parts of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado (5)

[Deseret] In May millions of crickets descended on Salt Lake Valley eating the pioneer's crops. Seagulls from the Great Salt Lake ate most of the crickets, saving the crops. (6)

[Deseret] In order to provide a satisfactory circulating medium for the early settlers of Utah, Brigham Young and his associates in the LDS Church established a church mint and circulated paper money backed by the treasury and officials of the LDS Church. (6)

[Deseret] Isaac and Jane James became the parents of Mary Ann, the first black child born in Utah. (6)

[Deseret] U.S. wins Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is signed which cedes Utah to the United States. (6)

Mormon Battalion members who stay behind in California to raise money discover gold in Sutter's Mill. News of the find spreads, starting the 1849 California gold rush. (3)

The Nauvoo Temple is burnt down. The remnants are destroyed by a tornado. (3)

[OREGON TRAIL] A massive Mormon exodus swells the ranks of the emigrants to some 4000 pioneers, though it's an off year for the Oregon Trail side of the Platte River as cholera strikes Independence. Council Bluffs and St. Joseph replace Independence as the leading jumping-off points. The discovery of gold in California draws off more than three-quarters of the male population of Oregon, but most return before the arrival of the 49ers the following year. (7)

[Utah Statehood] Victorious in the Mexican War, the United States set the terms of peace. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ceded a vast territory claimed by Mexico to the United States, including the land settled by the Mormons. LDS leaders began to plan their first statehood attempt. (8)

[West] Oregon became a U.S. Territory. (9)

[West] Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Mexico surrenders California, Nevada, Utah and part of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming to the U.S. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
4 - History to Go, Trappers, Traders and Explorers, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/trapperstradersandexplorers.html
5 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
6 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
7 - Clackamas Heritage Partners, http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=107Itemid=75
8 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
9 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Rocky Mountain Prophecy, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/radioprogramblog/id8.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1848 February

-- During 1848 February
[Utah War] At the conclusion of the Mexican War, the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo ceded territory to the United States which included what became the Utah Territory. (1)

-- Mar 10, 1848
The U.S. Senate ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, making the treaty official and thus officially making the area part of the United States. (2)

-- May 19, 1848
[Deseret] the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican War; the United States gets more than one-half million square miles, including what will become the states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. Texas is also ceded to the United States.James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill in California (3)

-- May 29, 1848
[Heber C. Kimball] Leaves Winter Quarters to return to the Salt Lake Valley. (4)

-- 1848 May-June
Miracle of the seagulls in Salt Lake Valley. (5)

-- 1848, May-June
Crickets in the Salt Lake Valley devastated the crops. The fields were saved from complete destruction as flocks of seagulls consumed the crickets. (6)

-- During 1848 May
Presidents B. Young and Heber C. Kimball left Winter Quarters, the second time, for Great Salt Lake Valley. (7)

-- Jun 9, 1848
The Miracle of the Gulls occurs. It is attributed to saving the crops of the first settlers in Utah. (2)

-- Aug 21, 1848
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lyman Wight, who has just received a letter from William Smith about Lucy's poverty, writes indignantly from Zodiac, Texas, offering her "liberal support" in either Zodiac or Nauvoo. (8)

-- Sep 18, 1848
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Born at Carbunca (now Council Bluffs), Iowa. (9)

-- Sep 20, 1848
[Deseret] Alexander Neibaur arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah's first dentist. (10)

Presidents B. Young and H. C. Kimball arrived, the second time, in Great Salt Lake Valley. (7)

-- Sep 24, 1848
[Heber C. Kimball] Arrives again in the Salt Lake Valley. (4)

-- Oct 9, 1848
Arsonists burned Nauvoo Temple. (5)

-- Nov 19, 1848
The Nauvoo Temple was burned. (7)

-- During 1848 November
Oliver Cowdery rebaptized near Kanesville/Council Bluffs, Iowa. (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Hale, Van, Mormon Miscellaneous, Utah War Chronology, http://www.mormonmiscellaneous.com/utahwar/id2.html
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
4 - Kimball, Stanley B. (editor), On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
7 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
8 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
9 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
10 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/