/ Places of the D&C / Far West, Missouri
Far West, Missouri
1838
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Significant Events At a Glance
- Saints Founded Far West in Caldwell County
- Full Name of the Church, Law of Tithing Revealed
- Joseph Smith, Other Leaders Arrested
- Twelve Apostles Departed for Mission to England
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Far West Temple Site
Key Points of Interest
- In 1836 the Missouri Legislature created Caldwell County as a place for the Saints to settle
- The Saints began building a city called Far West, which the Lord told Joseph Smith would be “a holy and consecrated land” (D&C 115:7)
- From late 1836 to 1839, as many as 5,000 saints established homes in and around the area, and they laid cornerstones for a temple 4 July 1838
- In revelations given in Far West, the Lord revealed the full name of the church and established the law of tithing
- Mob violence in the area in 1838 soon grew into an armed conflict, and Governor Lilburn Boggs ordered the Missouri militia to drive the saints from the state
- On 30 October 1838 General Samuel D. Lucas, commander of the militia, took Joseph and other church leaders from Far West and imprisoned them
- In the wake of Boggs' extermination order, during fall and winter 1838-1839 the saints were forced to leave the area
- On 26 April 1839 the Twelve Apostles left from the temple grounds for a mission to England as instructed by a revelation given to Joseph. They left under cover of darkness to avoid enemies of the church who were trying to prevent the revelation from being fulfilled
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Far West Temple Site from South
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Far West Temple Site Entrance
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Far West Temple Memorial and Flag
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Far West Temple High Council Cornerstone
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Far West Temple Site Plaque
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Far West Temple Site Sign
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