Kirtland Camp, 1838: Bringing the Poor to Missouri

Title

Kirtland Camp, 1838: Bringing the Poor to Missouri

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2013

Authors

Baugh, Alexander L. (Primary)

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

58-61

Volume

22 Issue

1 URL

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol22/iss1/7

Abstract

In the spring and summer of 1838, the presidency of the Seventy in Kirtland organized Kirtland Camp to assist many of the poorer Church members living in Ohio to relocate to northern Missouri, a trek of more than eight hundred miles. Comprised of over five hundred individuals, including families, Kirtland Camp was the first Mormon company organized to assist in the migration of the Latter-day Saints in the history of the Church.

Table of Contents

Journal

Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 22/1 (2013)

Subject Keywords

Early Church History

Migration

Kirtland, Ohio

Kirtland Camp

Bibliographic Citation

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