Tag: lds historical site
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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…
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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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The Eight Witnesses Monument
The granite that composes the eight witnesses monument was quarried from the same deposit that was used to construct the Three Witnesses Monument as well as the Joseph Smith Memorial over a century ago.
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Pioneer Cemetery and Monument – Richmond, Missouri
The city of Richmond Missouri has two cemetery’s of interest to followers of the latter day saint movement. Oliver Cowdery, one of the three witnesses and an early scribe for Joseph Smith, is buried somewhere in the small Pioneer Cemetery. He died in Richmond after rejoining the Church at Winter Quarters and coming back to…
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Far West Temple Site: Far West, Missouri
The Far West Temple Site is a square plot of land with pristine grass. Inside it’s gates it preserves the corner stones that were set many years ago in preparation for the fulfillment of a prophecy.
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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.