The Ensign Peak Foundation (formerly the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation) is an independent organization that seeks to contribute to the memorialization of sites important to the history of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
. The organization also maintains a database of historic sites of the LDS Church called the Mormon Historic Sites Registry.
History
The foundation was originally started in 1992 as the Ensign Peak Foundation, involved in the creation of
Ensign Peak Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the success of this project the organization changed to its current name and undertook a broader mission. Their next major project was the restoration of
Kirtland, Ohio
Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,937 at the 2020 census. Kirtland is known for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1831 to 1837 and is the site of the movement's first ...
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.
The current title first appeared in the ''
LDS Church News
The ''Church News'' (or ''LDS Church News'') is a weekly tabloid-sized supplement to the ''Deseret News'' and the '' MormonTimes'', a Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is ...
'', about the ceremony held in 1998 to remember the
Haun's Mill Massacre, held jointly by the MHSF and the
Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
.
Publications
The MHSF produces a semiannual scholarly publication called ''Mormon Historical Studies''. It features "essays, biographies, documents, book reviews, historical site descriptions, indexes, and archival listings relevant to subjects of general interest to Latter-day Saints".
Mormon Historical Studies was originally ''The Nauvoo Journal'', 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".
See also
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Junius F. Wells - the "Junius F. Wells Award" is given to individuals who promote the purposes of the Foundation
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Larry R. King - executive director
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J Malan Heslop - president for at least part of the time it was known as the Ensign Peak Foundation
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Historic Kirtland Village
Historic Kirtland Village, located in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio, is the name given to a historic site (itself made up of historic buildings and sites important to the early Latter Day Saint movement). The village is owned and operated by the ...
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References
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External links
Official websiteMormon Historic Sites Registrymaintained by the MHSF
Heritage registers in the United States
*Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Latter Day Saint organizations
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Organizations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Utah
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