The article discusses the introduction and history of Mormonism in Alaska. It discusses the role of Dr. Edward Giese/Guise Cannon in relation to the migration of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Nome, Alaska. It also discusses a letter by Baron Edward A. de Stoeckl, Russian minister in Washington, D.C, to Russia's foreign minister Prince Alexander M. Gorchakov on the issue of migration of Mormons within the U.S. states.