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    Nauvoo (/ˈnɔːvuː/ NAW-voo; from the Hebrew: נָאווּ, Modern: Navu, Tiberian: Nâwû, 'they are beautiful') is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United...
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  • The history of Nauvoo, Illinois, starts with the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes who frequented the area, on a bend of the Mississippi River in Hancock County...
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    The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is the 113th dedicated temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The intent to build the temple...
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    The Nauvoo Legion was a state-authorized militia of Nauvoo, Illinois, United States from February 4, 1841 until January 29, 1845. Its main function was...
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    the Nauvoo Illinois Temple. The Latter Day Saints made preparations to build a temple soon after establishing their headquarters at Nauvoo, Illinois, in...
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    The Nauvoo Expositor was a newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois, that published only one issue. Its publication, and the destruction of the printing press ordered...
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    Joseph Smith (category Mayors of Nauvoo, Illinois)
    established a new settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, of which he was the spiritual and political leader. In 1844, when the Nauvoo Expositor criticized Smith's...
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  • martial law to protect themselves from mob violence, such as Nauvoo, Illinois, during the Illinois Mormon War, or Utah during the Utah War; or in response...
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  • Nauvoo may refer to: Nauvoo, Alabama, town in Walker and Winston Counties Nauvoo, Illinois, city in Hancock County Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania...
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    Emma Smith (category People from Nauvoo, Illinois)
    Quincy, Illinois, until Joseph escaped custody in Missouri. The family moved to a new Latter Day Saint settlement in Illinois which Joseph named "Nauvoo".[citation...
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