Category: Missouri
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Adam-ondi-Ahman – Missouri
Joseph Smith selected this site for a settlement on a beautiful elevated spot resting above a fertile valley skirting the Grand river. While Joseph gazed admiringly upon the scene, the word of the Lord came to him naming the area Adam-ondi-Ahman, because “it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people” (D&C…
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Liberty Jail – Liberty, Missouri
Today in place of Liberty Jail the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built a ‘Historic Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center’. A tour through the visitors’ center takes less than an hour as the guides inform you about Joseph Smith’s incarceration.
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Haun’s Mill, Missouri
In the fall of 1838 about 75 families, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, lived in the small settlement of Haun’s Mill in northwestern Missouri. Like many of the other places members of the Church of Jesus Christ tried to live, misunderstanding and distrust greeted them.