By C. Mark Hamilton
This booklet is the 1st accomplished research of Mormon structure. It facilities at the doctrine of Zion which resulted in over 500 deliberate settlements in Missouri, Illinois, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Canada, and Mexico. This doctrine additionally resulted in a hierarchy of establishing varieties from temples and tabernacles to meetinghouses and tithing places of work. Their outfitted surroundings stands as a monument to a different utopian society that not just survived yet keeps to flourish the place others became ancient or cultural curiosities. Hamilton's account, augmented via one hundred thirty five unique and ancient photos, offers a desirable instance of the way spiritual teachings and practices are expressed in deliberate groups and structure forms.
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And he was equally determined that each settlement have a righteous citizenry whose principles and actions were based on the commandments of God. 41 SATELLITE SETTLEMENTS In an effort to secure the Great Basin for the Mormons, Brigham Young proposed in March 1849 the establishment of a provisional State of Deseret. However, the region was to become a territory before a state. On September 9, 1850, President Millard Fillmore signed legislation creating Utah Territory and declared Young its first governor.
Joseph Smith interpreted Zion as more than a state of mind or way of life; he also saw in it a geographical location. He stated that the Americas in general were blessed above all other lands, with the United States being the most blessed among them. " The city was to be the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ. It was there that Christ was to come, following His appearance to the Jews in Jerusalem. 5 The idea of Zion captured the imagination of the Saints from the beginning—and Joseph Smith wasted little time in preparing for its establishment.
In 1849 "plat C" was drafted, with 84 blocks (672 individual building lots) added. Salt Lake City now spread out in an L-shape, extending three miles to the south and four miles to the east. The location for the temple, however, did not change. Brigham Young chose not to use the varied street widths and grand axial avenues of the revised City of Zion plat; instead, he adopted the uniform street width of 132 feet borrowed from the original plat. A 26 Zion and Mormon City Planning greenbelt area was established around the south and west portions of the city.