Author: Ardis E. Parshall

Abigail Abbott’s life in 1847 was not unfolding as she had probably expected it to be.

From the day she learned it was part of her Relief Society calling, my mother lived in dread that she would need to prepare the body of a ward member for burial.

The westbound stagecoach upset near Gold, Colorado, in October 1866, tossing its passengers violently to the ground.

Feminist Mormon Housewives is having another one of those unexpected conversations that seem to appear only on that blog.

Near the end of her life, Malinda Conder was described as “steadfast and happy in the faith.” That faith had been tried by one of the most horrendous events in late 19th century church history.

Events affecting Mormon proselyting abroad can be traced directly to the 1879 State Department circular of William M. Evarts

Secretary of State William M. Evarts informed American diplomatic officers overseas of the Hayes Administration’s policy to discourage Mormon emigration from Europe to the United States.

The bulk of federal action against Mormon polygamy took place in Congress and in the courts where it was subject to public scrutiny, won public support, and permitted the Mormons an opportunity to defend their rights within the constitutional system.

For half a millennium, ending with World War I, the Ottoman Empire dominated eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and the Middle East.

Ned also records the risks faced by children in that time and place: “Edwin King[’s] smallest boy accidentally fell in my well yesterday, & had a narrow escape at drowning. Bro. Hammond fished him out.”

On a day when TV news programs carry images of 170 million Americans storming shopping malls in a frenzy of consumerism, here’s an account of a different kind of economic system

I once spent an uncomfortable few hours wedged in economy class on a flight from Boston to Salt Lake City.

Nauvoo, June 12, 1842 Dear father and mother, I am at a loss what I can say to you. I feel so thankful for what the Lord has done for me and my family, for truly all things have worked together for our good. …

LDS missionaries working on the Isle of Wight, off the coast of England, found the Tippett family in 1859.

I was 15 when the American POWs came home from Vietnam.

Annie Griffith was born on August 27, 1837, in Georgetown, Essex Co., Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River near the New Hampshire state line. She lived in that county all her life.

Hooper never told the full story of his association with Mrs. Pulitzer; such accounts as he did give were conflicting and incomplete.

We are a storytelling people. Our Sunday lessons are as often built around a scriptural episode as around an abstract principle. Our General Conference talks and magazine articles are brightened by stories. Our family reunions are celebrations of family stories. We want stories from our returning missionaries, not exhortations on repentance and baptism.