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| 1 | 1820 | - Spring 1820: Fourteen year-old Joseph Smith saw the Father and the Son in a grove near his father's farm.
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| 2 | 1830 | - On April 6, 1830 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in Fayette, New York.
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| 3 | 1831 | - May - June 1831: New York immigrants arrived in Ohio.
- June 7, 1831: Commandment was given to go to Missouri.
- July 1831: Colesville Saints arrived in Missouri.
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| 4 | 1833 | - November - December 1833: Saints expelled from Jackson County, Missouri.
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| 5 | 1834 | - March - May 1834: Members recruited for Zion's Camp.
- June 21 - 29 1834: Cholera attacked Zion's Camp.
- August 1834: Zion's Camp returned.
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| 6 | 1836 | - Summer 1836: Saints began settling Far West.
- December 26, 1836: Caldwell County, Missouri was created.
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| 7 | 1837 | - July 1837: First missionaries preached the gospel in Great Britain.
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| 8 | 1838 | - July - October 1838: Kirtland camp journeyed to Missouri.
- May 1838: Adam-ondi-Ahman was founded.
- June 1838: Town of DeWitt, Carroll County, Missouri was settled.
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| 9 | 1839 | - The first land in Nauvoo was purchased by Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 30,1839 and members of the Church started moving there in May of 1839.
- February 1839: Large - scale migration from Missouri began.
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| 10 | 1841 | - January 15, 1841: First Presidency issued a proclamation urging all Saints "scattered abroad" to gather to Nauvoo, Illinois.
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| 11 | 1844 | - Joseph Smith, Jr. and Hyrum Smith were martyred in Carthage, Illinois on June 27, 1844
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| 12 | 1845 -46 | - Winter 1845 - 46: Saints prepared for the exodus to the West.
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| 13 | 1846 | - The first Pioneers left Nauvoo on February 4, 1846.
- March 1846: Camp of Israel left Sugar Creek.
- April 24, 1846: Garden Grove, Iowa founded.
- May 16, 1846: Mount Pisgah, Iowa founded.
- June 14, 1846: Original Pioneer Company reached Missouri River.
- July 1 - 20, 1846: Mormon Battalion recruited.
- September 1846: Winter Quarters established.
- September 1846: Battle of Nauvoo and evacuation of poor Saints
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1806 - 1877
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