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The Star Valley Wyoming Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Afton, Wyoming. [1] The intent to build the temple was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson on October 1, 2011. [ 1 ]
The Gillette Wyoming Stake Center The Star Valley Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Afton, Wyoming. The entrance gate of the Martin's Cove Mormon Handcart Historical Center near Devil's Gate (Wyoming). As of November 2024, Wyoming was home to the following stakes: [9]
Star Valley was settled in the late 1870s by Mormon pioneers. Primary sources indicate Star Valley was proclaimed the "Star of All Valleys" for its natural beauty by a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The name was later shortened to Star Valley. Another less supported theory about the origin of ...
After Young's death in 1877, successive leaders of the LDS Church continued to establish new settlements in outlying areas of the west. The Salt River Valley in western Wyoming, now known as Star Valley, was designated for settlement in August 1878, while Bunkerville and Mesquite, Nevada were settled in 1879 and 1880 respectively. [7]
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The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 previously-dedicated, but closed for renovation [1]), 3 scheduled for dedication, 51 under construction, 2 scheduled for groundbreaking, [2] and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
The LDS Church's first replica of Thorvaldsen's Christus was a gift to the church by Stephen L Richards and placed in the North Visitors' Center. [ 23 ] [ 13 ] [ 24 ] Richards first saw the statue in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California and later saw the original in Copenhagen, Denmark in September 1950.
LDS Living is an LDS lifestyle magazine in print and online. Deseret Book Direct sells publications through catalogs, e-mail, and the DeseretBook.com website. [39] From 2000 to 2009 it also operated an auctions website for Latter-day Saint books. [40]