Road to Zion 3: Seeking Zion - Missouri and Nauvoo (2005)

Road to Zion was a short travelogue from BYU TV that visited various location from Church History. While often a tad short on providing full context, main audience was not historians but lay members simply looking for a fun trek through Church History sites.
Though the majority of the Church's members spent eight years gathering in Kirtland, they understood their stay in Ohio would be only temporary. This episode spans over 300 miles as you travel through a decade of tumult and travail. Beginning at Independence, Missouri, you will travel to the dedicated temple site at Far West and then tour Liberty Jail. Finally, you will arrive in Nauvoo, Illinois, where you will see how the Saints created their "city beautiful."
Episode 1: • Road to Zion 1: Cradle...
Episode 2: • Road to Zion 2: The Ga...
Episode 4: • Road to Zion 4: Farewe...
Episode 5: • Road to Zion 5: This i...

[@morgensternxR]

This is awesome! I love it!

[@ladybugmom10]

I remember watching this on KBYU. Thank you for posting. Do you have the one where she travels to Hawaii?

[@jcee6886]

Is nauvoo where Joseph married 14 year olds fanny alger and Helen marr Kimball? Or was that in Kirtland?

[@NerdyEd]

www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/fanny-alger?lang=eng

[@NerdyEd]

www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/helen-mar-kimball-whitney?lang=eng

[@DBrentWalton]

I see Ed Felt posted a couple of links that I was going to post (until I saw them). We should keep in mind that we should not apply recentism to past history. Today, it's considered appalling if someone marries an underage (

[@rabbithole2015]

@@DBrentWalton It was highly unusual for young girls to marry men that were well into their 30s. Also more unusual was to marry a man who was already married. Joseph Smith married women who were already married to other men. Joseph Smith lied to his wife Emma about it and he lied publicly about plural marriage.

[@Revbone450]

@@DBrentWalton Brigham Young was 42 when he married a 15 year old, Lorenzo Snow was 57(!) when he married a 16 year old..where do you draw the line? At what point does it become predatory? If JS owned slaves would you have a problem with that?

[@kristaw2686]

The story of Joseph Smith's death that the LDS church teaches is very different than the story from other non church sources. Take from that whatever you will.

[@jcee6886]

Geez. You didn't stay long in Zion itself. I wonder why.

[@rabbithole2015]

Why doesn't she mention polygamy?

[@sdougreid]

Why did the Mormons give sanctuary to highwaymen and cutthroats at Nauvoo? The elders were paid for this service. It was said if you went to Nauvoo after dark you could get your throat cut. For true history read Bandittis of the Prairie.