Author: DL Barrett
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Nauvoo Printing Office – Nauvoo, IL
Nauvoo Printing Office History In the 19th century the Nauvoo Printing Office produced two papers, one for the community and the other for the official paper of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints called the “Times and Seasons”. Prior to settling in Nauvoo, Illinois Members of the Church of Jesus Christ had a…
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Nauvoo
People are still attracted to this wide bend on the Mississippi river for numerous reasons as outlined below. Nauvoo can be a place of great refuge and inspiration or a crowded tourist trap. It is what you make of it. This article of tips and insight, gleamed over decades of travel, to the City of…
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Childhood Home of Butch Cassidy – Circleville, Utah
Just south of Circleville Utah is the childhood home of Butch Cassidy. Located along US HWY 89 is the recently (2018) recreated Cassidy homestead. This is a great short trip in southern Utah. It is a self guided free tour with easy access and great parking for larger vehicles and trailers. Also has picnic tables…
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Hill Cumorah – Palmyra, New York
In geological terms this “hill” located in upstate New York is technically considered a drumlin: a low oval mound that is part of a group of little hills composed of compacted boulder clay that was molded by past glacial action
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Historic Johnson Home, Hiram Ohio
The Johnson Family Farm is located in Hiram Ohio, about 30 miles south of Kirtland Ohio. In this area many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began gathering in the early 1830’s. The lives of the Johnson’s intersected with the church in 1831 when nineteen year old Lyman Johnson developed a…
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Dinosaur National Monument
One of the most popular destination to stop within the National Monument is the Quarry Exhibit Hall as it displays many of the rare Fossil Bones discovered at this site.