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mtncorg Says: Following the death of the founding prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., in 1844, the vast majority of the Mormon population of Nauvoo, Illinois responded to the leadership of Brigham Young and set out to establish a new Zion in the parched lands of the Great Basin around what is...
mtncorg Says: Sitting about a mile west of town is the former home of Joseph Smith III who was the eldest son of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Mormon movement. He became the leader of the RLDS church in 1860 which was comprised of many Midwestern congregations that had not...
mtncorg Says: Founded in 1895, Graceland University is non-sectarian though has always been affiliated with the RLDS/Community of Christ Church. There are now two campuses - this main one in Lamoni, Iowa and another urban campus in Independence, Missouri a couple miles west of the...
matt518672 Says: One of the major groups living in the Lamoni area is the Amish. If come to 'town' at the right time of the year, you can see them selling homemade and grown products from the side of the road.
matt518672 Says: If you are looking for a nightlife in LAMONI, keep on going to Des Moines or KC. There is absolutely NO nightlife in Lamoni.
HENRY A. WALLACE MONUMENT - ORIENT
mtncorg Says: If you visit Independence, then a visit to Truman’s Democratic rival, Henry A. Wallace’s hometown of Orient, Iowa, is giving equal time. Wallace was a scientifically-oriented liberal Democrat who became the Secretary of Agriculture under FDR in 1933 - his father had been...
mtncorg Says: French communalists relocated here after the closing of their community in Nauvoo, Illinois. They had a 46 year run as a commune here a few miles to the east of Corning, Iowa in the latter half of the 19th century. Nothing but a State historical roadside sign remains of...
mtncorg Says: In 1836, shortly after the expulsion of Mormons from Independence and Jackson County, the town of Far West was founded. With the failure of the Kirtland Bank and all that followed in Ohio, Joseph Smith and most of his Kirtland followers came west to Missouri transforming Far...
mtncorg Says: After being forced to leave the Independence area in 1833, Mormon refugees resettled to the north in the sparsely populated Caldwell County founding the community of Far West. Venturing further north in to Daviess County, the Mormon community of Adam-ondi-Ahman grew to over...
mtncorg Says: Established in May 1846 as a large semi-permanent camp of between 700 to 2000 people to serve as a second way station for Latter Day Saints migrants who were making their way across Iowa en route from Nauvoo, Illinois to what would eventually be their new home in Utah. It...
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If you are looking for a nightlife in LAMONI, keep on going to Des Moines or KC. There is absolutely NO nightlife in Lamoni.
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LAMONI - THE REORGANIZATION COALESCES
If you go to Utah or States neighboring around, you will find many communities where the majority of the population is Mormon of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) version. Lamoni is one of the few...
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I was driving to Kansas City in May 2008, and was looking for a place for food and fuel when I stopped in Lamoni for the first time. Good choice: it's a pleasant place with a college, Graceland...
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