The band members didn''t just see historical monuments, though; they participated in a little bit of history themselves as they re-enacted a part of the pioneers'' 1,300-mile trek from Nauvoo to Utah.

The history tab under beautifulnauvoo.com outlines how Smith bought property in what is now Nauvoo, and had workers drain nearly 800 acres of swamp to make the land livable. History of Nauvoo ...

By Julene Thompson. As the sorrowing saints walked westward, George Washington Johnson was given six keys and a charge to watch over the Nauvoo Temple just weeks after its dedication in 1846.

Photo: Southwest Adventure Tours. Tour dates. The East Bound Mormon Trail tour, which departs from Salt Lake and makes its way to Nauvoo, will be June 3-9 and September 14-20 this year.

Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged one of ...

Well, if you enjoy stepping back into yesteryear, you can safely add Illinois' riverside city of Nauvoo to your to-visit list. The city feels preserved in its 1840s origins, effortlessly blending its ...

Photo: Southwest Adventure Tours. Tour dates. The East Bound Mormon Trail tour, which departs from Salt Lake and makes its way to Nauvoo, will be September 14-20 this year.

NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds ...

Between 1856 and 1860 nearly 3,000 Latter-day Saint emigrants joined 10 handcart companies to make the trek from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah. The journey included about 650 handcarts ...

Sam Houston State University history Professor Benjamin Park chronicled the founding of Nauvoo, Illinois, by Mormon leader Joseph Smith in 1839.

The ruins of the Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Ill., from a 19th-century print. Photo: Universal History Archive/Getty Images I n ‘Kingdom of Nauvoo,’ historian Benjamin E. Park has a wild story to ...

A dispute erupts in Nauvoo between and among Latter-day Saints and their neighbors over the LDS Church's plans to build a visitor center on temple hill.