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Brings history to life
By Cedar Fort
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SALT LAKE CITY - One hundred years ago, thousands of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fled Mexico to find peace in the United States. That anniversary was marked this weekend with a gathering of people interested and involved in that exodus.
Mormon settlers who had been living in Mexico for more than a quarter of a century fled to the United States in 1912 in what is known as the Mormon Exodus. An estimated 4,000 or 5,000 people were part of the exodus, most boarding trains and resettling in El Paso, Texas, starting over with their religion intact.
"The Mormons had gone into northern Chihuahua and built a series of towns. Because of the Mexican Revolution and some violence that was threatening their entire lives they evacuated all their towns within two or three days," said Taylor Macdonald, Mormon Exodus historian.
The struggles and triumphs of the Mormon Exodus are an important part of LDS history. Many Mormons living in Utah can trace their ancestry back to participants in the exodus.
"There are thousands and thousands of descendants of these colonies that live in Utah," said Macdonald.
Mitt Romney's father George was five years old when his family fled back to the United States and to Salt Lake City as part of the exodus.
The exodus is featured in a new short documentary called "Finding Refuge in El Paso."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
There's not much here...
By tbrochny
This is an odd production - there are a few minutes of dramatization (i.e. scenes with actors), lots of old still photographs, and a steady barrage of annoyingly short clips from interviews with various historians, descendents of the colonists, etc. The main feature runs 28 minutes.
The story of the Mormon exodus from Mexico is interesting, yes, but this extremely low-budget production does not tell it very well. I paid the full price ($12 at Amazon) and it is not worth that.
Product Description
Over sixty years after leaving Nauvoo, the Mormons were once again forced to flee for their lives. Discover this incredible story for the first time in this one-of-a-kind book and DVD set, detailing the events of the Mormon Exodus from Mexico in July 1912. Includes mesmerizing interviews from Richard Turley Jr., Lucille Romney, Henry B. Erying, and others.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #836217 in Books
- Published on: 2012-11-13
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.78" h x5.91" w x.98" l,1.20 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 332 pages
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