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520: 200:, until its name change in spring 2000. The Nauvoo Journal started with Lyman D. Platt and the Early Mormon Research Institute in 1989, intending to aid Mormon History "by bringing to light previously unknown and little used records, by correcting false research and traditions, by indexing of other difficult records, and by publishing many sources that are inaccessible to hundreds of interested family historians and genealogists". 25: 590: 191:. It features "essays, biographies, documents, book reviews, historical site descriptions, indexes, and archival listings relevant to subjects of general interest to Latter-day Saints". 585: 580: 130: 605: 157:
including the working towards the relocation of the main road so visitors would not have to compete with traffic in visiting the historic sites there.
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In 2020 the organization returned to its original name, Ensign Peak Foundation, after the LDS Church discouraged use of the "Mormon" nickname.
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The foundation was originally started in 1992 as the Ensign Peak Foundation, involved in the creation of
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in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the success of this project the organization changed to the
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and undertook a broader mission. Their next major project was the restoration of
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database of historic sites related to the Latter Day Saint movement.
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The Foundation published a semiannual scholarly journal called
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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The new name of the organization first appeared in the
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the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ensign Peak Park
Kirtland, Ohio
LDS Church News
Haun's Mill Massacre
Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation
Junius F. Wells
Larry R. King
J Malan Heslop
Historic Kirtland Village
"Mormon Historic Sites Registry"
archived
"Park at Ensign Peak dedicated"
Church News
"Ensign Peak"
Religious Studies Center
ISBN
978-0-8425-2799-6
Baugh, Alexander L.

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