After Joseph Smith’s death in 1844, the young Mormon Church faced chaos, betrayal, and the question of who would lead next. This documentary explores how Brigham Young and later prophets rebuilt the ...

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SALT LAKE CITY— Gordon B. Hinckley was remembered as a “prophet to the people” on Saturday as tens of thousands of faithful Mormons gathered to say goodbye to the church’s longtime president. The ...

Historian Ardis E. Parshall, also a Salt Lake Tribune guest columnist), has surfaced testimony from a prominent Latter-day Saint leader whose sworn recollections helped Utah gain control of the Great ...

(See front cover) In the State of Utah the rock of ages has assumed strange forms. Geologically, as observed in such scenic reservations as Bryce Canyon National Park, The Cedar Breaks, Zion National ...