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History of the Saints — Storyline

The History of the Saints: Gathering to the West is a television documentary series produced by Dennis Lyman and Glenn Rawson. It focuses on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members following the death of Joseph Smith. This includes the story of the Mormon Pioneers as they left behind Nauvoo, Illinois and traveled along the Mormon Trail to Utah.

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History of the Saints — Series Details

History of the Saints — Episode Guide

Season 1: The Martyrdom to the Salt Lake Valley

• E1: The Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum (2010-11-21) — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E2: "The Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith" (2010-10-10) — On June 27, 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were shot and killed in an attack inside the jailhouse at Carthage, Illinois. This episode discusses the martyrdom and the even
• E3: The Aftermath of the Martyrdom (2010-10-17) — Following the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, many enemies of the Church hoped its members would disband, and the Church disintegrate. This episode discusses how people, both in a
• E4: The City of Joseph Part 1 (2010-10-24) — This episode tells the story of the momentous days and weeks immediately after the Martyrdom of Joseph Smith. Critical decisions were made and dramas played out that set the course
• E5: The City of Joseph Part 2 (2010-10-31) — By the summer of 1845 the time of Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois was coming to a close. Persecution and public opinion were mounting against them. They would have to leave.
• E6: The Nauvoo Temple (2010-11-07) — As with the ancients, the Latter-day Saints are a temple building people. First there was the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio where the Lord revealed himself. Then others were
• E7: The Great Western Measure (2010-11-14) — Far from being an accidental or sudden idea, the exodus of the Latter-day Saints to the West was an informed and planned decision. It was not an idea that originated with Brigham Y
• E8: Across Iowa (2010-11-21) — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E9: Brigham Young: The Lion of the Lord (2010-11-28) — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E10: Spring Exodus (2010-12-05) — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E11: The Mormon Battalion – Part 1 (2010-12-12) — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E12: The Fall Exodus — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E13: Thomas L. Kane: Friend of the Mormons — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E14: Winter Quarters – Part 1 — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E15: Winter Quarters – Part 2 — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E16: Beyond Winter Quarters: The Ponca Saints — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E17: Beyond Winter Quarters: The Dissenters — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E18: The Mormon Battalion–Part 2 — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E19: The March to California — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E20: The West before the Mormons — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E21: The Donner Party – Part 1 — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E22: The Donner Party – Part 2 — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E23: The Mormon Train: Preparing to Depart — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E24: The Mormon Trail – Part 1: Nebraska — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E25: The Mormon Trail – Part 2: Nebraska — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E26: The Trail of Diarists — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E27: Frontier Forts — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E28: Out of Pueblo — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E29: Across Wyoming — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E30: Sam Brannan and the Brooklyn — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E31: Into the Valley — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E32: The Pioneer Trail: A Perspective — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E33: The Mormon Battalion in California — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• E34: The First Days in the Valley — History of the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Season 3: The Kingdom Endures

• E1: The Handcart Story Part 1: The Plan (2013-01-01) — Though relatively few Latter-Day Saint pioneers crossed the overland Trail with a handcart, those handcart pioneers have become representative of the entire pioneer trail experienc
• E2: The Handcart Story Part 2: The Ellsworth, McArthur, and Bunker Companies — There were three other hand cart companies that made the trek before the Willie and Martin companies made their tragic journey across the plains in late 1856 – accomplished the jou
• E3: The Handcart Story Part 3: Willie and Martin Beginnings — By the 25th of June, 1856, the first three handcart companies had outfitted and departed in Iowa City. The next day, another group of 856 saints arrived from England. A second grou
• E4: The Handcart Story Part 4: The Journey of the Willie Company — August 16, 1856, the Willie Handcart Company, led by Captain James Grey Willie, pulled out of Florence, Nebraska, bound for the Salt Lake Valley. They were about 400 in number with
• E5: The Handcart Story Part 5: The Call to Rescue — The story of the Willie and Martin handcart tragedy is not just one story of a single group; it is a story of many distinct groups interacting over a period of months. This episode
• E6: The Handcart Story Part 6: The Rescue of the willie Company — It was the morning of October 21,1856, when Captain James Willie and Joseph Elder led the relief wagons into their camp at the sixth crossing of the Sweetwater. The company was suf
• E7: The Handcart Story Part 7: The Journey of the Martin Company — A large group of Latter-day Saint emigrants left Liverpool on May 25,1856, on the ship Horizon. They arrived at Iowa City July 8,1856. They were the poorest of the Saints to emigra
• E8: The Handcart Story Part 8: The Rescue of the Martin Company — November 2, 1856, the Martin Handcart Company with the help of rescuers reached Devil's Gate, Wyoming, and an old abandoned fort there called Fort Seminoe. However, they could not
• E9: The Handcart Story Part 9: The Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Companies of 1856 — While modern history celebrates the saga of the Willie and Martin handcart companies, it all but overlooks those who traveled right along with them through the same storms and priv
• E10: The Handcart Story Part 10: Willie and Martin Companies – Aftermath and Legacy — By December 15,1856, the last of the emigrants had made it to Salt Lake City. Their arrival was neither the end of their sufferings nor the end of the story. The whole episode was
• E11: The Mormon Reformation Part 1 — Just before the rescue of the handcart companies got underway in 1856, there was a dramatic movement of reform among the Saints led by President Young's fiery second counselor, Jed
• E12: The Mormon Reformation Part 2: Culture, Context, and Results — The Mormon Reformation started in earnest in September 1856 and ended in the spring of 1857. Intense preaching and calls for repentance produced notable improvements but also some
• E13: Utah War Part 1: Beginnings — The Latter-day Saints had known persecution from the beginning, having been driven as a people from New York and then Ohio. The Saints thought they had found a home in Missouri in
• E14: Utah War Part 2: The March on Utah — United States President James Buchanan considered the Latter-day Saints in Utah in a state of rebellion and dispatched an army to put them down. This episode follows that army on i
• E15: Utah War Part 3: The Mountain Meadows Massacre — The stage was set for war. A federal force was poised on Utah's doorstep, and the Saints were unclear of that army's intentions. Governor Brigham Young declared martial law, and th
• E16: Utah War Part 4: Utah's Response — The United States Army, under the command of Colonel Edmund Alexander, was marching on Utah, but when would they arrive and what was its intentions? No one knew for sure. But somet
• E17: Utah War Part 5: The Move South and Occupation — Johnston's Army had gone into Winter Quarters near Fort Bridger on the eastern edge of Utah Territory, and General Daniel H. Wells had dismissed most of his Nauvoo Legion forces fo
• E18: Pioneer Architecture: Building Zion — When the Latter-day Saints first came to the West, it was their intention to build up the kingdom of God in the Rocky Mountains. The key word is build. Throughout the pioneer perio
• E19: The Great Builders and Buildings of Zion — When the Latter-day Saints arrived in Utah it was a wilderness, and out of that wilderness they were determined to establish a Zion society – one that embodied permanence, order, b
• E20: Preserving the Past — One of the earliest revelations given to Joseph Smith was D&C 21:1, which admonishes, "Behold there shall be a record kept among you…. " Former LDS Church Historian, Elder Marlin
• E21: The Return of Martin Harris — Martin Harris was there from the beginning. He helped Joseph Smith get to Harmony, assisted with the scribing of the Book of Mormon, helped finance its printing, and became one of
• E22: The Rise of the Latter-day Saint Music Tradition — It was July 1830 when Emma Smith, the wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was commanded to "make a selection of sacred hymns, as it shall be given thee, which is pleasing unto me, to
• E23: The Latter-day Saints and the Civil War Part 1 — One of the darkest times in American history was the Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. It led to the death of approximately 600,000 soldiers and scarred the lives of milli
• E24: The Latter-day Saints and the Civil War Part 2: Public Opinion — The Civil War swept up the United States and poured forth hate and destruction across the continent. It forever altered the United States, ideologically and politically. More than
• E25: The Latter-day Saints and the Civil War Part 3: Involvement and Impact — The Civil War was the most devastating conflict in American history. And while the Latter-day Saints as a Church maintained neutrality in the conflict, there were those who did fig
• E26: Polygamy in Utah — The Bible makes it plain that there were times when the Almighty commanded His people to live in polygamy. When Joseph Smith inquired of the Lord as to how that could be just, he w
• E27: The War on Polygamy — "It is the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and slavery." Such was the key platform of the newly formed Republican Party, de
• E28: Railroad, Relief society, and Retrenchment — "That the Church may stand independent above all other creatures beneath the celestial world" was a revelation given to Joseph Smith in March 1832; it received a renewed emphasis a
• E29: The Last Days of President Brigham Young — President Brigham Young left St. George in January 1877 with renewed life and determination. Over the next eight months, he traveled the length and breadth of the territory, settin
• E30: The St. George Temple — It is the oldest operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the first one built in the Intermountain West. Though the Salt Lake Temple was under constr

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does History of the Saints have? 2 season(s) with 64 episodes.

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