Tag: Nauvoo

  • The Mansion House & Smith  Homestead – Nauvoo, IL

    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 – 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

    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…