description: This is the story of Ben Nelson after he had befriended the Saints, Latter-Day Saints, in Missouri on the banks of the Missouri River in 1833. In December, during the harsh winter of 1833, the Saints were driven from their home in Jackson county, Missouri, to the banks of the muddy Missouri River. There, under constant harassment of the mob, they waited fro skiffs and ferryboats to take them and their meager possessions across the river to Clay County where they were received with kindness by the residents. The Saints had little respite while they sojourned in Clay county. The Jackson County mob then turned on the people of Clay Country for their assistance, refusing to trade with them. It became obvious to the Saints that they should no longer infringe on the kindness of their benefactors. Their goal was to have a section of Missouri where they could worship God and live in peace. A movement was then started by a friend of the Saints, Alexander Doniphan, a lawyer, a brigadier general in the sate militia, and a member of the state legislature. He wanted to have Ray County, which was overlarge, divided into two more counties 00Daviess and Caldwell--with caldwell being designated for the Mormons. As it turned out, the Saints could settle in other counties by a majority vote of the populace. Ben Nelson and his stepfather, Wes Bradford, had befriended the Saints while they were in danger in Jackson County. Ben now lived among them. He had two reasons for this--he had joined the church, and had fallen in love with Alice Farris. This is the story of their love and marriage and the shattering attack of the mob militia on the Saints. Again Ben lends a hand to help--even when he knows it might mean the sacrifice of all that he has--for the sake of his friends. Sequel Ben Nelson, the defender of the faith.
language: English
title: Shoal Creek country: The further adventures of Ben Nelson
titlecomplete: Shoal Creek country: The further adventures of Ben Nelson
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Herald Pub. House