185 years ago today - Jan 18, 1831

Eber D. Howe publishes an article on "Mormonism" and identifies followers as "Mormonites," becoming the first person to apply these terms in print for followers of Joseph Smith.

[Source: Mark Lyman Staker, Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations: A Selective Chronology of Significant Events in Ohio's LDS History]

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