How did a city in Iowa receive the Book of Mormon name of Zarahemla? Where is it located, and why did the Lord speak to the Saints living there? “Not all of the Saints who were driven from Missouri found refuge in Illinois. Some settled across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo, in Iowa. The revelation [Doctrine and Covenants 125] came in response to a question about whether they should remain in Iowa or gather to the Illinois side. One of the first to suggest that the Saints locate in Iowa was Dr. Isaac Galland, the man who had sold the land on which Nauvoo was built. Elder Joseph Fielding Smith wrote that ‘Mr. Galland in a communication to David W. Rogers, suggested that the Saints locate in Iowa, which was a territory; for he thought they would be more likely to receive protection from mobs under the jurisdiction ofthe United States, than they would be in a state of the Union, “where murder, rapine and robbery are admirable (!) traits in the character of a demagogue; and where the greatest villains often reach the highest offices.” He also wrote to Governor Robert Lucas of Iowa, who had known the “Mormon” people in Ohio, and who spoke very highly of them as good citizens.’ (Essentials in Church History,p. 220.)” (Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual,311).