Mormon Migration Research Paper
The Mormon Migration:
A Geographical Perspective on the Movement
Nathan Johnston
HIST 5301
Dr. Andrew Milson
October 1, 2014
Word Count: 2055 For more than fifty years following the inception of the Mormon Church, also known as the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints, the members of the newly founded church faced a variety of hardships and conflicts constantly forcing migration westward from their founding location in New York. Along with this migration came a variety of problems for members of the church that forced them to confront issues in both physical and human geography. Despite these problems, the members of the church were able to establish communities and cultural identities in the states and cities …show more content…
"Migration To and From A Northern Wyoming Mormon Community 1900 to 1925." Pioneer America. Vol. 9, No. 2 (Dec. 1977): 208-227.
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A Geographical Perspective on the Movement
Nathan Johnston
HIST 5301
Dr. Andrew Milson
October 1, 2014
Word Count: 2055 For more than fifty years following the inception of the Mormon Church, also known as the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints, the members of the newly founded church faced a variety of hardships and conflicts constantly forcing migration westward from their founding location in New York. Along with this migration came a variety of problems for members of the church that forced them to confront issues in both physical and human geography. Despite these problems, the members of the church were able to establish communities and cultural identities in the states and cities …show more content…
"Migration To and From A Northern Wyoming Mormon Community 1900 to 1925." Pioneer America. Vol. 9, No. 2 (Dec. 1977): 208-227.
Coates, Lawrence, Peter Boag, Ronald Hatzenbuehler, and Merwin Swanson. "The Mormon Settlement of Southeastern Idaho, 1845-1900." Journal of Mormon History. Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 1994): 45-62.
Jackson, Richard. "Mormon Perception and Settlement." Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 68, No. 3 (1978): 317-34.
Meinig, D. W. "The Mormon Culture Region: Strategies and Patterns in the Geography of the American West, 1847-1964." Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Vol. 55, No. 2 (Jun 1965): 191-220.
Meinig, Donald W. The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Vol. 2: Continental America, 1800-1867. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995.
Poulsen, Richard, ""This Is the Place": Myth and Mormondom," Western Folklore, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul, 1977): 246-252.
Sherlock, Richard. "Mormon Migration and Settlement after 1875." Journal of Mormon History. Vol. 2 (1975): 53-68.
Tony, Michael, McKewen Stinner, Carol, and Kan, Stephan, "Mormon and Nonmormon Migration in and out of Utah," Review of Religious Research, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Dec. 1983):