1.0Sunstonehttps://sunstone.orgSunstonehttps://sunstone.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OMgVFWZzb7"><a href="https://sunstone.org/gold-rush-saints-the-contest-between-babylon-and-zion-in-californias-new-el-dorado-2/">GOLD RUSH SAINTS: THE CONTEST BETWEEN BABYLON AND ZION IN CALIFORNIA’S NEW EL DORADO</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sunstone.org/gold-rush-saints-the-contest-between-babylon-and-zion-in-californias-new-el-dorado-2/embed/#?secret=OMgVFWZzb7" width="600" height="338" title="“GOLD RUSH SAINTS: THE CONTEST BETWEEN BABYLON AND ZION IN CALIFORNIA’S NEW EL DORADO” — Sunstone" data-secret="OMgVFWZzb7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Beginning with the 1846 and 1847 arrivals of the Brooklyn Saints and the veterans of the famed Mormon Battalion, California’s LDS pioneers became centrally involved in events that had great significance not only to Mormonism but also to the broad course of regional and national growth. In this presentation, based on his recently published narrative …