By: Ardis E. Parshall - December 04, 2016 (Previous installment) (David halts at Memphis for the winter, then pursues his way toward Nauvoo in the spring.) The city of Memphis, in Tennessee, is beautifully situated on a brown clay bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi, thirty feet above high water mark, and is one of the most important and populous cities on the river between New Orleans and St. Louis. Having to stop here for the win...
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