In 1856, close to 1,500 people all part of the Martin and Willie handcart companies and the Hodgetts, Hunt, and Smoot wagon companies became stranded on the high plains of present-day Wyoming in the dead of winter. Most of these groups were traveling from Iowa to present-day Utah to join with many others of their faith..
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Red Brick Store – Nauvoo, IL
Utilization of the Red Brick Store’s upper room would fluctuate depending on the series of events that transpired in Nauvoo over the next 30 years. Obviously, as thousands left their homes to travel to Utah in 1846, the store was not required to the same extent for church purposes.
Browning Home & Gun Shop – Nauvoo, IL
Browning’s Home and Gun shop was authentically restored in the 1960’s in Nauvoo. It was one of the first buildings in Nauvoo to be restored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this area. Today if you visit for a tour you will be taught a bit of history
The Mansion House & Smith Homestead – Nauvoo, IL
Joseph Smith and his family moved to Nauvoo in 1839 and used their home as Church Headquarters. This log home was also called ‘the homestead’
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…
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 Joseph,
Joseph Smith Birthplace – Sharon, Vermont
Today the 38.5 foot monument sits a few steps from the site of the New England home that Lucy Mack Smith gave birth to Joseph Smith. This monument was raised 100 years after Joseph Smith’s birth. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints created the monument with inscriptions describing Joseph Smith’s life and his role in the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Kirtland Temple – Kirtland, Ohio
In the first few years of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founder, Joseph Smith received instructions how to build a temple. That temple was to be built in Kirtland, Ohio. Built from sandstone. It also took years of labor but the temple was completed on March 27, 1836.
Devils Tower National Monument
Devils Tower, has been known by several different names, some of those include: “Bear’s House” “Great Gray Horn” or “Brown Buffalo Horn”. Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River and can be seen from miles away.
Nauvoo Temple
Nauvoo Temple History The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its cornerstones, laid on April 6, 1841, would await the temple’s completion for many years. In fact, from accounts it would seem that the first construction of this temple was never totally completed. Although In…