Change them, and you change people’s connection to the bug — or bird, or whatever it might be. The Mormon cricket, Wilson argued, is a prime example. For many, the name recalls the story told ...

From the first years of its existence, the Mormon Church sparked violent opposition from other Americans. This violence claimed many lives, including Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's, and eventually ...

In 1845 mob violence against the Mormon community increased, and the Illinois legislature revoked the city's charter. In April 1847, an advance party of 25 wagons led by Young left the Winter ...