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    Far West was a settlement of the Latter Day Saint movement in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States, during the late 1830s. It is recognized as a historic...
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  • Far West, Old West, or Wild West Far West (Taixi), a term used in East Asia that refers to Europe Far West, Missouri Far West, Austin, Texas Far West...
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    absence, and taught at the Kirtland School. Rigdon and Smith moved to Far West, Missouri, and established a new church headquarters there. According to one...
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    W. W. Phelps (Mormon) (category People from Far West, Missouri)
    in the presidency of the church in Missouri, and, in that capacity, he helped found the town of Far West, Missouri, purchasing the land for the town using...
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    Counties. The Mormons began establishing the town of Far West as their headquarters within Missouri. This arrangement allowed for a period of relative peace...
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    1838 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, Far West, Missouri: The Journal Office, OCLC 80327335. Roberts, Brigham H (1900). The Missouri Persecutions...
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    Far West was a shallow draft sternwheel steamboat (or riverboat) plying the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers in the Dakota and Montana Territories...
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    would be dedicated to Mormon settlers. Its county seat was Far West, Missouri. By 1838 Far West reported a population of 4,000. The major figures of early...
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    Church is the 8th largest denomination in Missouri. Stakes are located in Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Far West, Hazelwood, Independence, Joplin, Kansas City...
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    challenges. From 1836 to 1839, the Latter Day Saints' mainly settled in Far West, Missouri. It was here that they began the practice of maintaining rural cemeteries...
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