Journal of Mormon History Volume 33 Issue 3 Article 1 2007 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 33, No. 3, 2007 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (2007) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 33, No. 3, 2007," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 33 : Iss. 3 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol33/iss3/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 33, No. 3, 2007 Table of Contents CONTENTS ARTICLES • --The Mormon Hierarchy and the MX Jacob W. Olmstead, 1 • --What E‘er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: John Allan’s Albany Crescent Stone Matthew O. Richardson, 31 • --A Mormon Bigfoot: David Patten’s Cain and the Concept of Evil in LDS Folklore Matthew Bowman, 62 • --Howard and Martha Coray: Chroniclers of the Words and Life of the Prophet Joseph Smith Elizabeth Ann Anderson, 83 • --In Harmony? Perceptions of Mormonism in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Stanley James Thayne, 114 • --“The Spirit of the Place”: The Clifford Family and the Joseph Smith Memorial Farm Susan L. Fales, 152 REVIEWS --Todd M. Kerstetter. God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American estW C. Bríd Nicholson, 187 --Robert N. Baskin. Reminiscences of Early Utah, 1914; with “Reply to Certain Statements by O. F. Whitney,” 1916 David L. Bigler, 190 --Edward L. Kimball. Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball D. Michael Quinn, 193 --Richard Lyman Bushman. On the Road with Joseph Smith: An Author’s Diary Gary James Bergera, 195 --Hugh Nibley and Alex Nibley. Sergeant Nibley PhD: Memories of an Unlikely Screaming Eagle Robert M. Hogge, 204 --Andrew D. Olsen. The Price We Paid: The Extraordinary Story of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers Marshall Hamilton, 207 --William Whitridge Hatch. When Push Came to Shove: Mormon Martyrs in an Unrelenting Bible Belt, 1831–1923 Jad Allen Mills, 212 --Elijah Nicholas Wilson and Charles A. Wilson. The White Indian Boy and its sequel The Return of the White Indian Mark Carter, 218 --Gary C. Vitale, ed. Letters to Molly from Her Mormon Past: 1860–1912 Dawn Farrell Thurston, 222 --John W. Welch, with Erick B. Carlson, eds. Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844 Daniel P. Dwyer, 224 --Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story Michael Van Wagenen, 227 --Pioneer Memorial Museum Samplers and Carol Holindrake Nielson, The Salt Lake City 14th Ward Album Quilt, 1857: Stories of the Relief Society Women and Their Quilt Lavina Fielding Anderson, 231 --Dean Hughes. HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN. The Writing on the Wall. Troubled Waters. How Many Roads. Talk Me Home. So Much of Life Ahead. Dawn Hall Anderson and Dlora Hall Dalton, 236 --Violet T. Kimball. Stories of Young Pioneers: In Their Own Words. Joe Geisner, 246 --Violet T. Kimball. Stories of Young Pioneers: In Their Own Words Neal Chandler, 248 BOOK NOTICES --R. Kent Tipton. Kid Posse and the Phantom Robber, 255 --William A. Morton. From Plowboy to Prophet: Being a Short History of Joseph Smith for Children, 256 --Dory J. Peters. The Warrior’s Code, 256 --R. Wayne Shute. Under a Bright Samoan Sun: Stories of the Remarkable History of the Church in Samoa, 257 --Bruce E. Dana. Glad Tidings near Cumorah: Firsthand Accounts of Sacred Places, Angelic Visitations, and Ancient Relics, 258 --Steven L. Olsen. The Mormon Ideology of Place: Cosmic Symbolism of the City of Zion, 1830–1846, 259 --John H. Gronerg. Anytime, Anywhere, 260 --Werner Klein. Under the Eye of the Shepherd, 261 --Robyn Heitzler. My Spiritual Trail: The Journal of Cateline Fortier, 263 --Hartt Wixom, Critiquing the Critics of Joseph Smith, 263 --Claudia Lauper Bushman and Richard Lyman Bushman. Building the Kingdom: A History of the Momrons in America, 264 --W. Jeffrey Narsh with Jennifer Johnson and Celeste Pittman. The Journal of Mormon History The Eyewitness History of the Church. Volume 1: The Restoration, 1800–1833, 265 --Gary Topping, ed. Great Salt Lake: An Anthology, 266 --Carol Cornwall Madsen and Cherry B. Silver, eds., New Scholarship on Latter-day Saint Women in the Twentieth Century, 268 --Fred C. Collier, The Nauvoo High Council Minute Books of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 270 --Fragments of Experience: [Sixth Book] from the Faith-Promising Series, 270 --Charles W. Allen, The Gift: A True Story of Life, Death, and Trust, 272 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol33/iss3/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY FALL 2007 CONTENTS iii Staff of the Journal of Mormon History Editor: Lavina Fielding Anderson Executive Committee: Lavina Fielding Anderson, Sherilyn Cox Bennion, Breck England, G. Kevin Jones, Jennifer L. Lund, Carol Cornwall Madsen, Kahlile B. Mehr, Patricia Lyn Scott Editorial Staff: Elizabeth Ann Anderson, Robert Briggs, Barry C. Cleveland, Linda Wilcox DeSimone, John S. Dinger, Sherman Feher, John Hatch, Scarlett M. Lindsay, Linda Lindstrom, Craig Livingston, H. Michael Marquardt, Murphy S. Mathews, Stephen R. Moss, Jerilyn Wakefield Editorial Manager: Patricia Lyn Scott Book Review Editor: Tom Kimball Assistant Review Editor: Linda Wilcox DeSimone Indexer: Marjorie Newton Business Manager: G. Kevin Jones Compositor: Brent Corcoran Designer: Warren Archer Board of Editors Polly Aird, Seattle, Washington Douglas D. Alder, St. George, Utah Todd Compton, Cupertino, California Ken Driggs, Decatur, Georgia Paul M. Edwards, Independence, Missouri B. Carmon Hardy, Orange, California Janet Burton Seegmiller, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah John C. Thomas, BYU—Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho The Journal of Mormon History is published three times a year by the Mormon History Asso- ciation, 581 S. 630 East, Orem, UT 84097, 1-888-642-3678, {[email protected]}. It is dis- tributed to members upon payment of annual dues: regular membership: $35; joint/spouse membership: $45; emeritus/retired membership: $30; student member- ship: $20; institutional membership: $45; sustaining membership: $100; patron member- ship: $250; donor membership: $500. For subscriptions outside the United States, please add $10 for postage, in U.S. currency, VISA, or Mastercard. Single copies $15. Prices on back issues vary; contact Larry and Alene King, executive directors, at the address above. Also a fully digitized copy of all back issues up through 2003 is available on DVD for $40. Contact the Kings or order online at www.mhahome.org. The Journal of Mormon History exists to foster scholarly research and publication in the field of Mormon history. Manuscripts dealing with all aspects of Mormon history are welcome, including twentieth-century history, regional and local history, folklore, histori- ography, women’s history, and ethnic/minorities history. First consideration will be given to those that make a strong contribution to knowledge through new interpretations and/or new information. The Board of Editors will also consider the paper’s general in- terest, accuracy, level of interpretation, and literary quality. The Journal does not consider reprints or simultaneous submissions. Papers for consideration must be submitted in triplicate, with the text typed and dou- ble-spaced, including all quotations. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (the Journal’s style guide is available on the Mormon History Association’s website {www.mhahome.org}) and be prepared to submit accepted manuscripts on com- puter diskette, IBM-DOS format preferred. Send manuscripts to the Journal of Mormon History, P.O. Box 581068, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1068. JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY VOLUME 33, NO. 3 FALL 2007 CONTENTS ARTICLES The Mormon Hierarchy and the MX Jacob W. Olmstead 1 What E‘er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: John Allan’s Albany Crescent Stone Matthew O. Richardson 31 A Mormon Bigfoot: David Patten’s Cain and the Concept of Evil in LDS Folklore Matthew Bowman 62 Howard and Martha Coray: Chroniclers of the Words and Life of the Prophet Joseph Smith Elizabeth Ann Anderson 83 In Harmony? Perceptions of Mormonism in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Stanley James Thayne 114 “The Spirit of the Place”: The Clifford Family and the Joseph Smith Memorial Farm Susan L. Fales 152 REVIEWS Todd M. Kerstetter. God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West C. Bríd Nicholson 187 Robert N. Baskin. Reminiscences of Early Utah, 1914; with “Reply to Certain Statements by O. F. Whitney,” 1916 David L. Bigler 190 Edward L. Kimball. Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball D. Michael Quinn 193 iv CONTENTS v Richard Lyman Bushman. On the Road with Joseph Smith: An Author’s Diary Gary James Bergera 195 Hugh Nibley and Alex Nibley. Sergeant Nibley PhD: Memories of an Unlikely Screaming Eagle Robert M. Hogge 204 Andrew D. Olsen. The Price We Paid: The Extraordinary Story of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers Marshall Hamilton 207 William Whitridge Hatch. When Push Came to Shove: Mormon Martyrs in an Unrelenting Bible Belt, 1831–1923 Jad Allen Mills 212 Elijah Nicholas Wilson and Charles A. Wilson. The White Indian Boy and its sequel The Return of the White Indian Mark Carter 218 Gary C. Vitale, ed. Letters to Molly from Her Mormon Past: 1860–1912 Dawn Farrell Thurston 222 John W. Welch, with Erick B. Carlson, eds. Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844 Daniel P. Dwyer 224 Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story Michael Van Wagenen 227 Pioneer Memorial Museum Samplers and Carol Holindrake Nielson, The Salt Lake City 14th Ward Album Quilt, 1857: Stories of the Relief Society Women and Their Quilt Lavina Fielding Anderson 231 Dean Hughes.