Zion's Trumpet: 1856-57 Welsh Mormon Periodical

During 1856 and 1857, fifty-two issues of Udgorn Seion (Zion’s Trumpet) were published to deliver guidance and information to the Latter-day Saints all over Wales from their leaders in Swansea. Emigration was the principal focus of the first few 1856 issues. Today these publications give us a glimpse into the lives of the Welsh Saints, five hundred of whom set sail on the S. Curling in April of that year. Half of this group then crossed the plains with the Edward Bunker handcart company.

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