By: Ardis E. Parshall - March 21, 2017 In July 1859, the Church Historian, George A. Smith, was absent from Salt Lake City, attending court in Provo – this was the court held by Judge Cradlebaugh after the end of the Utah War, a critical time for the Church, not only because Judge Cradlebaugh was investigation the Mountain Meadows Massacre and numerous other, less well-founded accusations against the Church, but also because the Judge ...
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