Mormons, many things will pop up in your head when this word is mentioned because we all have preconceived ideas about different people and different groups whether we like it or not. One way to live with these fears we have about anyone who is different than us is to try and learn more about these people. In doing so we understand
our differences and are able to work and live together. If nothing else this report will
inform you and provide a base of knowledge about the Mormons and their difficult path through intolerance and discrimination which has taken them all the way to their current headquarters, Utah.
Joseph Smith, a farmers son from upstate New York, founded the new religion in Fayette, NY, in 1830. In 1823 he supposedly had had and was currently having visions of God and other heavenly beings such as the angel Moroni which told him of
golden plates, bearing a history of ancient America, hidden on Hill Cumorah, near his father's farm in upstate Manchester, New York.
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