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Journal of Mormon History Vol. 36, No. 4, Fall 2010 Table of Contents ARTICLES --Protecting the Family in the West: James Henry Martineau’s Response to Interfaith Marriage Dixie Dillon Lane, 1 --Hasty Baptisms in Japan: The Early 1980s in the LDS Church Jiro Numano, 18 --“Standing Where Your Heroes Stood”: Using Historical Tourism to Create American and Religious Identities Sarah Bill Schott, 41 --Community of Christ Principles of Church History: A Turning Point and a Good Example? Introduction Lavina Fielding Anderson, 67 --History in the Community of Christ: A Personal View Andrew Bolton, 71 --LDS History Principles: Public Theory, Private Practice Gary James Bergera, 80 --The Sangamo Journal‘s “Rebecca” and the “Democratic Pets”: Abraham Lincoln’s Interaction with Mormonism Mary Jane Woodger and Wendy Vardeman White, 96 --The Forgotten Story of Nauvoo Celestial Marriage George D. Smith, 129 --From Finland to Zion: Immigration to Utah in the Nineteenth Century Kim B. Östman, 166 --“The Lord, God of Israel, Brought Us out of Mexico!” Junius Romney and the 1912 Mormon Exodus Joseph Barnard Romney, 208 REVIEWS --S. J. Wolfe with Robert Singerman, Mummies in Nineteenth-Century America: Ancient Egyptians as Artifacts H. Michael Marquardt, 259 --William B. Smart, Mormonism’s Last Colonizer: The Life and Times of William H. Smart Brian Q. Cannon, 261 --Richard E. Turley Jr. and Ronald W. Walker, eds., Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H. Morris Collections Robert H. Briggs, 264 --Edward Leo Lyman, Susan Ward Payne, and S. George Ellsworth, eds., No Place to Call Home: The 1807–1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities Konden R. Smith, 268 --Richard S. Van Wagoner, ed., The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young Joseph Geisner, 273 BOOK NOTICE --D. L. Turner and Catherine H. Ellis, Images of America: Latter-day Saints in Mesa, 281 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol36/iss4/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY FALL 2010 ii The Journal of Mormon History Front cover: Junius Romney (1878–1971), president of Juarez Stake in 1912 during the Mormon evacuation from northern Mexico. Photo courtesy of Joseph Barnard Romney. Back cover: James Henry Martineau (1828–1918), ca. 1882. Photo courtesy of Noel Carmack. Mission Statement of the Mormon History Association The Mormon History Association is an independent organization dedi- cated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history. We welcome all who are interested in the Mormon past, irrespective of reli- gious affiliation, academic training, or world location. We promote our goals through scholarly research, conferences, awards, and publications. 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The Journal’s style guide, based on the Chicago Manual of Style and the LDS Style Guide, and specifications for photographs and other illustrative materials, are available on the Mormon History Association’s website {www.mhahome.org}. iii JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY Volume 36, No. 4 Fall 2010 CONTENTS Protecting the Family in the West: James Henry Martineau’s Response to Interfaith Marriage Dixie Dillon Lane 1 Hasty Baptisms in Japan: The Early 1980s in the LDS Church Jiro Numano 18 “Standing Where Your Heroes Stood”: Using Historical Tourism to Create American and Religious Identities Sarah Bill Schott 41 Community of Christ Principles of Church History: A Turning Point and a Good Example? Introduction Lavina Fielding Anderson 67 History in the Community of Christ: A Personal View Andrew Bolton 71 LDS History Principles: Public Theory, Private Practice Gary James Bergera 80 The Sangamo Journal‘s “Rebecca” and the “Democratic Pets”: Abraham Lincoln’s Interaction with Mormonism Mary Jane Woodger and Wendy Vardeman White 96 The Forgotten Story of Nauvoo Celestial Marriage George D. Smith 129 From Finland to Zion: Immigration to Utah in the Nineteenth Century Kim B. Östman 166 “The Lord, God of Israel, Brought Us out of Mexico!” Junius Romney and the 1912 Mormon Exodus Joseph Barnard Romney 208 iv CONTENTS v REVIEWS S. J. Wolfe with Robert Singerman, Mummies in Nineteenth-Century America: Ancient Egyptians as Artifacts H. Michael Marquardt 259 William B. Smart, Mormonism’s Last Colonizer: The Life and Times of William H. Smart Brian Q. Cannon 261 Richard E. Turley Jr. and Ronald W. Walker, eds., Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H. Morris Collections Robert H. Briggs 264 Edward Leo Lyman, Susan Ward Payne, and S. George Ellsworth, eds., No Place to Call Home: The 1807–1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities Konden R. Smith 268 Richard S. Van Wagoner, ed., The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young Joseph Geisner 273 BOOK NOTICE D. L. Turner and Catherine H. Ellis, Images of America: Latter-day Saints in Mesa 281 James Henry Martineau vi PROTECTING THE FAMILY IN THE WEST: JAMES HENRY MARTINEAU’S RESPONSE TO INTERFAITH MARRIAGE Dixie Dillon Lane* IN THE SPRING OF 1895, Alexander von Wendt, a Russian baron with business interests in Arizona, accidentally burned the day- lights out of his foot. No servants with basins or nurses with salves came running to aid the agonized aristocrat, however. Instead, von Wendt collapsed onto a cot in the living room of a most un- likely friend— James Henry Martineau, a devout Mormon and lo- cal surveyor. Yet strange as this connection between a European nobleman and a humble Mormon Utahn might seem, it was about to become even stranger. For at nearly the same moment as he * DIXIE DILLON LANE {[email protected]} first encountered the Martineau diary while working as the assistant in Western American histori- cal manuscripts at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, where she had the privilege of processing the library’s copy. She is now a doctoral candidate in American history at the University of Notre Dame. Her dissertation is a study of homeschooling across the American religious and political spectrums since 1950. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: She thanks Peter J.