I have created this site to serve as a space to remember the “Mississippi Saints,” a group of religious pioneers that hailed from Monroe County, Mississippi and Lamar County, Alabama but made their mark upon the American West as part of the great Mormon migration from the United States as it stood in 1846-1847. They were among the first to settle Pueblo, Colorado and to enter the Great Salt Lake Valley of Utah. They helped establish San Bernardino, California and Utah’s “Dixieland.” Some have eventually returned to their Southern homeland through their descendents.
I intend to provide a history of this group and add as much detail as I can over time. I will attempt to acknowledge all sources that I use. I intend to link to many other websites that provide more information about this little-known group. I will write under the name A Mississippi Saint, as I will not personally seek credit for simply exposing another interesting piece of American history. Any honor should go to the memory of those I will write about and, of course, to God the Father and His Son, the Savior of the World, even Jesus Christ.
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The Mississippi Saints 