According to the autobiography of early
member, Lewis Barney, why did the landscape of Illinois look so “gloomy and
lonesome?”
a.
The desertion of Nauvoo after the Saints left the city
b.
The feeling around Nauvoo after Joseph and Hyrum were martyred
c.
What Missouri looked like after the Saints expulsion
d.
What Commerce, Illinois looked like prior to the Saints arrival to
build the city of Nauvoo
Yesterday’s
answer:
a.
Stephen Markham
On June 6,
1846, a movement started at Warsaw to drive out the remaining Mormons at the
point of the sword. The mob militia assembled at Golden Point for this purpose,
but at this time it was rumored that Stephen Markham had returned to Nauvoo
with several hundred armed men. As Markham’s name was a terror among his
enemies, the mob hastily disbanded. Markham had returned to Nauvoo to remove
some Church property but had brought no more than a few teamsters and wagons
for that purpose.
Berrett, William Edwin, The Restored Church (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1973),
226.
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