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The next mission to be organized was the Northern States Mission (initially called the Northwestern States Mission) with headquarters in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The first president of this mission was Cyrus H. Wheelock. Wheelock had served as a missionary in both Iowa and Michigan about this time. The mission was organized in 1878.
This mission was organized from the part of the Mexican in the United States, when it was discontinued its operations were merged with the geographical missions in Texas, California and Colorado/New Mexico, making it so the mission now covered all LDS missionary work in a given geographical area
Glenview, Illinois, United States April 1, 1981 by Spencer W. Kimball August 13, 1983 by Gordon B. Hinckley August 9, 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley October 8, 1989 by Gordon B. Hinckley 37,062 sq ft (3,443.2 m 2) on a 13-acre (5.3 ha) site Modern adaptation of six-spire design - designed by Wight & Co and Church A&E Services
Later, after the Mormon exodus to the Rocky Mountains, several small branches were organized along the routes taken by Latter-day Saint missionaries traveling between Utah and the eastern states. [ 10 ] [ 9 ] In 1882, Indiana became a part of the Northern States Mission, having no permanent church missionary presence prior to that time.
In 1890, Michigan was not officially included in any of the three conferences of the Northern States Mission. [12] The church dedicated a chapel in Detroit in 1928. That was the only building the church owned in the state although there were also branches in Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Saginaw and Lansing. [12]
Backman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but spent much of his youth in South Africa, where his father, LeGrand Backman, was president of the LDS Church's South African Mission. After returning to Utah for his last year of high school, Backman later served as a missionary in the church's Northern States Mission, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1878 and 1879, Wheelock served as president of the Northern States Mission which then consisted of the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. [1] He died in Mount Pleasant, Utah Territory.
Hanks was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] As a young man he served in the Northern States Mission of the LDS Church, which was headquartered in Chicago. He was in the United States Navy during World War II and received a J.D. from the University of Utah. [2]