Resurrection - Eternal Judgement - Murders Cannot be Redeemed in this Life (1)
-- 170 years ago - 12Jan41
Between this date and the 17th fifteen lives were lost through snowslides in Little Cottonwood and American Fork canyons; $60,000 worth of property was also destroyed. (2)
-- 130 years ago - Jan 12, 1881 (Wednesday)
Dispatched from New York in accordance with a now-unknown revelation, John Whitmer arrives in Kirtland with the newly revealed book of Moses and other revelations designating Kirtland as the eastern edge of the land of Zion--which extends to the Pacific Ocean--and directing the Saints not to sell their lands, but rather to purchase as much as they can. (3)
-- 180 years ago - 1831 January [12-17]
1 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - Kenny, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
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