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Episode 4: An Ensign to the Nations

Jake Olmstead is a curator with the Historic Sites Division of the Church History Department. In this episode Jake reviews the first few days when the vanguard company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Jake helps separate lore from the actual history. He explains how the early Saints set about to fulfill a biblical prophecy.

Additional Resources

Chapter Discussed in This Episode:

• Chapter 4: An Ensign to the Nations

Associated Church History Topics:

• Gifts of the Spirit

• Parley P. Pratt

• Salt Lake Temple

• Salt Lake Valley

• Samuel Brannan

• Wilford Woodruff

• Winter Quarters

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