Talk about stuff that i am equally eager to talk about with you. A week before joseph smith was killed in carthage jail when he was in some tense negotiations with the state to turn himself in and be tried for ordering the destruction of the knob works pozner he turns to William Clayton who just happens to be the secretary of the secret counsel established, counsel 50. Joseph turns to William Clayton and says i want you to go and burn the minutes of that secret counsel. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or a certain context they could be understand is treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us chose to disobey his profit and instead of burning the documents buried them where they remained for several months until the crisis seemed to subdue. Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up those documents again they might as well have remained burie
Roger williams was it founder of rhode island and also the founder of the First Baptist church in america. Williams was born in london around 160 thr3. Were not sure of which because his birth records were burned up in the great london fire. He became a chapel for one of the great pureten lords. But because he was a puriten. He fled to england, arrived in at boston in february of 1631. This is a radical idea at this time. Every country had had a state church. They all had their own state supported churches. The taxes of the people paid for it ministers and the buildings and you had to go to church or theyd fine you. Williams said the state has no role whatsoever to play in religion. Eeventually he was put on trial and convicted of sedition and ha hauracy and was going to ship back to england before he could die. So he fled through it winter around february of 1636 and walked down from what is today salem where he was then taken in by izhad friends, the wompa indians. The following spri
The community are concerned with. Beyond get giving Salt Lake City its name, the Great Salt Lake is intertwined with the history of all of utah. Now in the early 21st century its been overshadowed by the mountains and by the grand National Parks of utah. But in the 19th century it was a focus of tour im of fascination, it was a focus of industry of mineral extractions, so for all those reasons the lake was and remains an integral part of utahs history. All weekend long, American History tv is featuring Salt Lake City, utah. The city awe Significant Growth after the trance Continental Railroad was completed in 1869 connecting the area to both the east and west. Together with our Comcast Cable parters, cspans local content Vehicles Team recently visited many sites exploring the citys rich history. Wilford woodruff was a very good journal keeper, he kept jurn aals from the time he joined the church in 1833 and continued keeping them up until his death in 1898. This is his very first journ
This is a photograph of wilford woodruff. And his wife. He was a man who had piercing eyes. All the photographs show eyes of a man who seemed to be able to look through people. But he was a very gentle man. In addition to being the fourth president of the church much jesus christ of latterday saints woodruff really because the most important historian for that first concern because he experienced some of the most important events in the churchs history, from its early days in illinois through crossing the plains with Brigham Young to utah, to construction of the famed salt lake temple. And he recorded these events in his journal, often spending tremendous amount of time doing that, and it was this journal, this literary effort on his part that causes us today to be able to plumb deep into these events, because we had someone there who was a witness who recorded his experience in a journal. All weekend long, American History tv is featuring utahs capital be salt lake city, in the northe
Cspan is touring cities across the country exploring american history. A look at our visit to salt lake city, utah. Americanatching history tv, all weekend, every weekend. A photograph of the fourth president of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints and arguably the most important historian of the first century. Goodr woodruff was a very journal keeper. He kept journals from the time he joined the church in 1833 and continued keeping them up until his death in 1898. This is his very first journal and it shows you how meticulous he was in his journal keeping. He was stand as much as an hour a day writing in his journal and for very important events he would add a little bit of decoration. Here, for example is the entry for his marriage date. As you can see here, he has decorated it with lots of filigree and other things to make it almost looked like a little marriage certificate by its self. At the end of his journal, he kept statistical accounts of what happened to him in a gi