THE NORWALK EXPERIMENT, Ohio, April 13, 1858  

* Mormons - Mormonism 
* Lexington, Missouri Temple

Page 2 has a brief report noting in part: "Before the Mormons abandoned Jackson county, Missouri, a chosen number secretly laid the foundation of the future temple & then carefully covering all traces of their work with dirt, planted it over. The location of this spot is held a church secret..." waiting for the Mormons to return.
Also on page 2: "The Expedition to Utah--Immense Train" being a good report on the very lengthy wagon train.
Four pages, nice condition.

Background: The convergence of these two reports in April 1858 underscores a pivotal moment of existential crisis and shifting destiny for the Latter-day Saints, highlighting the stark contrast between their foundational past and their turbulent present. The mythologized secret of the Jackson County Temple Lot speaks directly to the deep-seated millenarian hope of the early Church—the belief that despite being violently driven from Missouri in 1833, they were spiritually bound to return to their designated "Zion." Meanwhile, the "immense train" of the U.S. Army’s Utah Expedition represented an immediate, federal threat to the sovereign kingdom they had spent the last decade building in the West. This juxtaposition captures the Church at a critical crossroads: just as the federal government was utilizing unprecedented military force to break Brigham Young’s political monopoly in Utah, popular lore was reminding the nation of the Mormons' unresolved, radical religious ambitions in the American heartland. Ultimately, the events of 1858 shattered any remaining isolation the Saints enjoyed in the Great Basin, forcing a permanent political reconciliation with the United States while cementing the Missouri Temple Lot as a symbol of unfulfilled prophecy that would permanently split the post-martyrdom restoration movement into competing factions.