The towering temple was the last bit of Nauvoo the departing Mormons saw. The temple was eventually burned.* This year the church is opening a new Nauvoo Temple on the same site as the original.

Nauvoo “lost its sovereignty last night because Utah will always control it,” said Irene Tukuafu, a Latter-day Saint temple worker in the town. “Nauvoo has become a colony of Salt Lake City.” ...

The lavish temple, with a tower and spire 165 feet high, has fueled a fivefold tourism jump in Nauvoo, said Kim Farah, a church spokeswoman in Utah. Other attractions, including the home and grave ...

The town of Nauvoo, Ill., population 1,063, appeared as sleepy as any river town on a hot August day when we arrived on the sixth day of our journey down the Mississippi River. But beneath the ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conducted the symbolic laying of the cornerstones at the Nauvoo Temple Sunday, Nov. 5, at noon in Nauvoo, Ill. General authorities of the LDS Church ...

In September 1846, the last of more than 12,000 residents of Nauvoo, Ill., were forced to leave their homes -- and the temple for which they had sacrificed so much since construction had commenced in ...

In Mormon memory, Nauvoo stands for the first full blossom of the temple-based religion that now claims more than 10 million members. Founder and first prophet Joseph Smith Jr. already had ...

As the sorrowing saints walked westward, George Washington Johnson was given six keys and a charge to watch over the Nauvoo Temple just weeks after its dedication in 1846. Five years later ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has bought a cherished piece of its history: the Kirtland Temple. On Tuesday afternoon, the Salt Lake City-based faith announced the purchase of the ...

The lavish temple, with a tower and spire 165 feet high, has fueled a fivefold tourism jump in Nauvoo, said Kim Farah, a church spokeswoman in Utah. Other attractions, including the home and grave ...