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FarWestHistory.com is your online resource for information about early Mormon settlement in Northwestern Missouri. We've organized each topic geographically and in the next few months we will be linking the information to maps of Caldwell County and vicinity. Meanwhile, please scroll down for a complete list of links. (We add new information all the time, so check back regularly!)
 
Northwestern Missouri in the Mormon Period, map courtesy of John Hamer

 
Far West Area, Caldwell County Independence, Missouri Rich Settlement Adam-ondi-Ahman Tour, 1915 Gallatin Election Battle Millport Ambrosia Marrowbone/Seth Mill Creek Settlement Rockford Haun's Mill Lyon Settlement/Guyman Horse Mill Mud Creek Settlement Tinney's Grove, Ray County Buncombe Buck Snort/Millville Plum Creek Brushy Creek Bozarth Mill Whitney's Mill Richmond, Missouri/Preliminary Hearing Mormon Occupation and Removal from De Witt Allred Settlement Liberty Jail, Clay County, Missouri
 
FAR WEST
Far West Public Square
Far West Temple Area in the Past
John Whitmer's Homesite, Far West
John Whitmer Hotel, Far West
John Whitmer's History
Worship Activities
Joseph Smith's Arrival at Far West
Joseph Smith Home, Far West
Sidney Rigdon's Home, Far West
Heber Kimball at Far West
Apostle John E. Page and Mary Eaton in Far West
Revelations During the Far West Period
Minutes of Meetings During the Far West Period
Cooperative Firms
Far West Printing
Don Carlos Smith, Prophet's Brother, Printer
Far West Businesses
Arthur Morrison's Store
Muster Day
Far West Martial Band
Lucy Mack Smith
Mary Elizabeth (Rollins) Lightner
A Woman's View of Far West, Emily Austin
Far West Residents
Far West Burial Ground
Far West Area Births and Marriages
Saints Embody at Far West
Birth of Joseph F. Smith
Erastus Snow
Newel Knight
Vinson Knight, 1839 Letter
David Whitmer to Nathan West
James Williams 1842 Reminiscence of Far West
1875 Article about Far West
1878 Visit to Far West
William B. Smith, 1879 Mass Meeting at Far West
J. C. Foss, 1880 Visit to Far West
George A. Smith Discourse on Far West
Far West, 1888
Far West, 1900
Far West Community of Christ/RLDS, 1905
 
RICH BRANCH/LOG CREEK SETTLEMENT
Rich Branch Description
Residents of Log & Goose Creek
Members - Rich Branch & Log Creek
John Hawley
Alan Joseph Stout
Reminiscences on Log Creek
Stephen Winchester in Rich Branch
Edmund Durfee
Log Creek School
Mr. Snider, Log Creek
Snodgrass Horse Mill, Mirabile
Rich Branch Becomes Mirabile
 
HAUN'S MILL
Haun's Mill Settlement
To Haun's Mill Map
Jenson, Stevenson, Black, 1888 Visit to Haun's Mill
Haun's Mill in Verse, Eliza R. Snow
Discovery of Haun's Mill Face Wheel, 1986
Oliver Walker, Near Haun's Mill
Robert White at Haun's Mill
Haun's Mill Research Paper by Rene Romig
 
CALDWELL COUNTY, GENERAL
Caldwell Must See Sites
Allred Settlement
Brigham Young on Mill Creek
Plum Creek Branch Description
Joseph Holbrook at Plum Creek
Goose Creek Area Description
Taylors at Long Creek Settlement
Philo Dibble
Abraham O. Smoot
Benjamin Lewis Clapp
Joseph Carlos Clapp
Henry Alanson Cleveland
Mills in and around Caldwell County, Missouri
Pierce Family in Missouri
Tanner Family in Missouri [Research Notes]
Horace Cowan
Lyon Settlement/Guymon's Horse Mill
Moving to Guymon's Horse Mill
Joseph W. Younger
Jesse Mann, First Caldwell Settler
First House in Far West, Lucy and Truman Wait
Far West Portrayed in the "Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet
Going to Mill
 
DAVIESS COUNTY, GENERAL
Charges Against Smith and Wight, Daviess County, Missouri
Gallatin Head of Household, Daviess County Missouri Census
Ambrosia Settlement, Daviess County
Marrowbone (Seth), Daviess County
David and Cynthia Osborn, Marrowbone Settlement Residents
1876 History of Daviess County, Missouri, by D. L. Kost
1888 Visit to Adam-ondi-Ahman
1915 Tour of Adam-ondi-Ahman
1888 Visit to Gallatin
John L. Butter, Gallatin Election Battle, Daviess County
Joseph H. McGee, Gallatin Election Battle, Daviess County
Mormon Letter to Sterling Price, Re: Gallatin Election Battle, Daviess County
 
CARROLL COUNTY, GENERAL
De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri
George M. Hinkle at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri
 
CLINTON COUNTY, GENERAL
Bozarth Brothers' Mill, Clinton County
 
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, GENERAL
Whitney's Mill, Livingston County
 
RAY COUNTY, GENERAL
Cutler Family in Ray County
Tinney's Grove, Ray County
Buck Snort (Millville), Ray County
Buncombe (Knoxville), Ray County
Jimison Family in Northern Ray County
Stevenson's 1877 Visit to Richmond
1887 David Whitmer Interview
Jenson, Stevenson and Black, 1888 Visit to Richmond
 
NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI, GENERAL
Suggested Mormon Sites and Locations, ca. 1838
Doniphan Letter to W. W. Phelps, 1836
Emigration to Northwest Missouri
Kirtland Camp by John Pulsipher
Pulsipher Family
Daniel McArthur
Thomas Turner Family
Lyman Wight Petition, [1839]
Hyrum Smith Testimony, 1843
Parley P. Pratt, 1839 History of the Late Persecution
Bancroft, Missouri Excerpt, History of Utah
Why Pioneers Settled Along Creeks
Warry of Wolves
Catching Quails
Women's Roles
 
MISSOURI MORMON WAR, GENERAL
Ethan Barrows, Historical Survey, 1836-1839
Rigdon's Fourth of July Address, 1838
Caldwell County Militia Members
Mormon Spy Company
Peace Expedition, 30 Oct. 1838
Far West Impasse
John Smith Statement on William Carey Assult
Document Containing Correspondence & Orders, 1838 Mormon War
Document Containing Evidence, 1838 Mormon War
George R. Smith, Pettis County Militia
Mormon Period Excerpts, Peter Burnett, Recollections and Opinions
Gen. Clark's Address at Far West
 
THE BATTLE OF CROOKED RIVER AND SAMUEL BOGART
Bogart's Visit to Thorit Parsons
Bogart at Parsons'
Amasa Lyman Spy Company
Crooked River Battle
    Foreshadowing
    Gathering Mormon Forces
    Battle
    Map of Battle
    Return to Far West
    Patten's Death
    Funeral
    Aftermath
Reports of Battle Reach Jefferson City
Samuel Tarwater, Crooked River Survivor
Log and Goose Creek Participants in Battle of Crooked River
Mormon Participants in Crooked River Battle
C. C. Rich Account of Battle of Crooked River
Historical Sketch of James Hendricks and Drusilla Dorris Hendricks
David Patten in Northwestern Missouri
Where David Patten Died
Jabez Durfee Summons, July 1838
Bogart Letter to Quincy Post Master, 1839
Andrew Jenson Visit to Crooked River Battle Site, 1888
Hiram Rathbun 1893 Reminiscence of Crooked River
Heman C. Smith Article on the Battle, Journal of History, 10 (1917)
 
THE AFTERMATH AND EXODUS
1838-1839 Far West Exodus
Liberty Jail
Church Leaders Appeal to the Supreme Court of Missouri, 1839
Appeal to the Legislature of Missouri, 1839
Hyrum Smith Liberty Jail Corresp.
J. P. Greene, Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons
Eliza R. Snow, 1839 Letter
Ann Scott
Legal Defense of the Church
Charges Against Smith and Wight, Daviess County, Missouri
Joseph Smith Action Against McLellin
George M. Hinkle Letter to W. W. Phelps
Descendants of George M. Hinkle
1840 Far West Census
 
CLAY COUNTY, GENERAL
Petition to President Jackson from Clay County, April 1834
Move from Clay to Caldwell County, Fall 1836
Excerpts from The Far West, Liberty, MO, Newspaper, 1836
David Pettigrew in Clay and Caldwell Counties
Emily Austin in Clay County, A Woman's View
Hyrum Smith Correspondence, Liberty Jail, Clay County
Edward Stevenson's 1888 Visit to Liberty Jail
Judge Joseph Thorp
 
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