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David Whitmer Home Site Marker Dedication.
5:30 p.m., Friday, October 6, 2006, Richmond, Mo.
114 E. Main, (10 Highway & Shaw Streets)
A Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation marker.
Whitmer Family Celebration
Following: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM - Farris Theatre-
Special Program and Commemoration.
A program honoring the Whitmer family. Foyer chart with all known Peter & Mary Whitmer descendants. A slide show of photos both historic and modern, three speakers from among living descendants, a presentation of family genealogy by Gloria Simpson, two musical numbers, and a keynote address by Dr. Larry C. Porter, (BYU). Presentation of a painting of Oliver Cowdery by Dr. Alex Baugh (BYU & pres-elect of JWHA) from the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation to the Ray County Commissioners, for installation in the Ray County Courthouse. Refreshments by the Stake.
Elizabeth Ann (Whitmer) Cowdery Marker Dedication
Sunday, October 8, 2006, 1 pm. City Cemetery, Southwest City, Missouri.
Wife of Oliver Cowdery and their daughter Maria Louise (Cowdery) Johnson and her husband Dr. Charles Johnson.
A Mormon Historic Sites event.
Richmond Jail sites of November 1838 Marker Dedication
Sunday, October 15, 2006, 3:30 pm. Richmond, Mo.
1 block East of the North side of the Square. Main & Shaw Streets.
Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation marker
In cooperation with the city of Richmond
PS. You may want to bring your own chairs for these outdoor events.
P.O. Box 3186 Independence, Missouri 64055
Phone: (816) 257-5588; Fax: (816) 521-3089   Are you interested in learning more about the history of the "Mormon" Restoration Movement in Missouri? Do you like to read original source materials and "hear" stories of early participants' in their own words? Do you have ancestors who lived in Missouri during the early Mormon Period? Do you want a better understanding of the actual locations and stirring events behind familiar Church history stories?
You've come to the right place! Since 1992, Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation has been doing local history "on the ground" around Missouri. MMFF has specialized in identifying and erecting appropriate early "Mormon" historical markers at significant Missouri sites. We've become the best source for local information and assisting people network who have shared interests. Our publications are filled with rare reprinted accounts and cutting edge history. Please join with us and assist in continuing the Foundation's important work.
The Missouri "Mormon" Frontier Foundation is a nonsectarian, nonprofit, organization dedicated to collecting and preserving information related to the "Mormon" experience in Missouri during the 1830s. MMFF is composed of individuals of various religious faiths, LDS, Community of Christ, RLDS, Restorationists, Church of Christ, and those with no "Restoration" church involvement, but who share a lively interest in the history of the early "Mormon" period.
MMFF GOALS
To promote historical research about Missouri events, persons, and sites pertaining to early "Mormonism."
Provide access to scholars and source materials.
Preserve original Mormonia.
Recreate appropriate visual materials to help depict the early Mormon period.
Facilitate networking and access to genealogical
information associated with the early "Mormons" in Missouri.
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