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Church History Vacation 2008 : 

Church History Vacation 2008

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We're OFF!!! Saturday, May 31, 2008

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First stop! Breakfast and gas in Rock Springs, WY. Traveled 4 hours this morning.

We kept VERY busy in the cartraveling 4912 miles : 

We kept VERY busy in the cartraveling 4912 miles Z Z Z Z Z Z Z

And you thought we did a lot of sight seeing : 

And you thought we did a lot of sight seeing Z Z Z Z Z Z Z

? There were many bridges to cross… ? : 

? There were many bridges to cross… ?

...And windmills to see... : 

...And windmills to see...

...Ahhh! And not to mentionpenny surfing : 

...Ahhh! And not to mentionpenny surfing

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Lincoln Monument Second stop

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You can see this monument from the freeway Lincoln Bust weighs 7000 lbs.

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The scenery was sooooo GREEN

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Isn’t this just AWESOME?

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Cabela's Sydney, NE Third stop

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Cool Tunnels ...… through the mountain

Anyone for a potty break? : 

Anyone for a potty break?

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The Sacred Grove

Oh, how lovely was the morning! : 

Oh, how lovely was the morning!

Radiantbeamedthesunabove : 

Radiantbeamedthesunabove

Bees were humming, sweet birds singing, : 

Bees were humming, sweet birds singing, Music ringingthru the grove

LOOK! A leaf attached to my shoe...should I keep it? : 

LOOK! A leaf attached to my shoe...should I keep it?

Leaves we would have taken if we could have… : 

Leaves we would have taken if we could have… Kasey Kameron Jenessa Mom

More leaves we really liked! : 

More leaves we really liked! Kameron Jenessa Kasey Mom

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Smith Family Log Home & Frame Home

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Log Home kitchen

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Stairs in the log home leading to the boys and girls bedrooms

Smith Boys bedroomit held 2 double beds for 6 boysplus storage : 

Smith Boys bedroomit held 2 double beds for 6 boysplus storage

Smith Girl’sbedroom : 

Smith Girl’sbedroom

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Notice the 3 rock foundation on the back of the home

The Orchard : 

The Orchard

Frame Home Alvin was building this home for his family when he took sick : 

Frame Home Alvin was building this home for his family when he took sick

Alvin is buried in a small cemetery in Palmyra : 

Alvin is buried in a small cemetery in Palmyra Backside Front

This is where the girls slept in the frame home. Joseph hid the plates under the covers with them when the mob came to search the house. : 

This is where the girls slept in the frame home. Joseph hid the plates under the covers with them when the mob came to search the house.

This is the kitchen area where Joseph paced the floor waiting for the 116 pages from Martin Harris : 

This is the kitchen area where Joseph paced the floor waiting for the 116 pages from Martin Harris

The back of the frame homewith the well and garden : 

The back of the frame homewith the well and garden

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The Cooper shop

Joseph hid the gold plates under the floor of the cooper shop : 

Joseph hid the gold plates under the floor of the cooper shop

…but was prompted to hide them in the attic under the hay.Later the floor was searched, and the plates were not found! : 

…but was prompted to hide them in the attic under the hay.Later the floor was searched, and the plates were not found!

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The Barn

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Stafford Road

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Angel Moroni Monument located at the top of the hill Hill Cumorah Visitors Center Located at the base of the hill

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View from the top of the hill

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TOP the from views More

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Hill Cumorah is located about 2 -3 miles northeast from the Smith family farm

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Coming down the backside of the hill. It looks a lot like the sacred grove. This hill was very steep and wooded. Imagine Joseph carrying the plates down the hill being chased by the mob.

Martin Harris Home and the Grandin Printshop : 

Martin Harris Home and the Grandin Printshop

Martin Harris’ Home is made from Lake-Stone rocks gathered from the riverbed : 

Martin Harris’ Home is made from Lake-Stone rocks gathered from the riverbed

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Martin Harris owned 300 acres of land

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Martin Harris mortgaged his farm for $3000 to begin publication on 5000 copies of the Book of Mormon

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This is the bookshop on the 1st floor. Selling both paperback and hardcover books. They also had an assortment of games to p[ay

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The Book of Mormon was first sold in the E. B. Grandin Bookshop on March 26, 1830

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2nd floor The Bindery sewing the pages together

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The Bindery - Where the leather and hardcover were attached to the sewn pages. Joseph wanted the Book of Mormon to have a brown leather cover and black wording on the spine like the Bible

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Original E.B. Grandin print machine

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Original ink splatters on the wall

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The three witnesses of the Book of Mormon Oliver Cowdry Martin Harris Peter Whitmer Appointed in June 1829 Joseph and Oliver Receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood from Peter, James & John

Peter Whitmer HomeFayette, NY : 

Peter Whitmer HomeFayette, NY

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April 6, 1830 Joseph Smith and 5 other men formally organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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The room where the church was organized

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The upstairs bedrooms

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1830 – 1838 Kirtland, Ohio

--M. Russell Ballard-- : 

--M. Russell Ballard-- “It has been said that we may yet discover that Kirtland is our most significant Church history site.”

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K I R T L A N D ROCK Q U A R R Y

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First temple built by the saints in Kirtland

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Kirtland Temple Grounds

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Gilbert Belnap was first attracted to the Mormons because of the beautiful Kirtland Temple.

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Visiting the Kirtland Temple grounds

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Kitchen located in the rear of the Whitney store. This is Emma’s kitchen during their stay with the Whitney’s Store deliveries were also received through this kitchen The General Store

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Joseph and Emma’s bedroom N. K. Whitney Store 2nd Floor

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Translation Room

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School of the Prophets 1st MTC

Significance of the Kirtland Period The Organizational Period : 

Significance of the Kirtland Period The Organizational Period 1st Headquarters of the Church 1st Presidency formed 1st Quorum of the Twelve 1st Quorum of the Seventy 1st Patriarch called 1st Bishop called 1st High Priests ordained 1st Stake formed 1st High Council Organized 1st Bishop’s Store House 1st MTC 1st Temple & ordinances

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Newel K. Whitney’s Living room where the prophet called Newel to be the first Bishop The store room of the N. K. Whitney store-Known as the first Bishops storehouse

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Church Membership in 1838 Kirtland Area: 2,000 members Missouri Area: 15,000 members

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N.K.Whitney’s home

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Joseph and Emma stayed in this room when they stayed at the Whitney’s During the 6 weeks Joseph and Emma stayed at the Whitney’s home, revelations for 20 sections of the D & C were received including the Word of Wisdom

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Pantry Summer Kitchen

Significance of the Kirtland Period : 

Significance of the Kirtland Period The School Period School of the Prophets organized 65 sections of the D & C recorded Pearl of Great Price written Translation of the Bible Key Revelations Received Significant Priesthood Keys The Law of the Church The Oath & Covenant The Word of Wisdom The 3 Degrees of Glory Law of Consecration Welfare Principles The Olive Leaf Civil War Prophecy Construct a Temple of God

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Key Facts Longest Church Headquarters besides SLC * * * Half of the D & C revelations were received in Kirtland. More than any other location * * * More heavenly manifestations occurred -Heavenly Father & Jesus Christ visited 4 times & 6 more from the Savior About Kirtland

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The Sawmill

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The Ashery

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John Boynton’s home

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Joseph Smith Sr. Home

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Hyrum Smith Home Side View

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John Johnson Inn

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Sidney Rigdon Home John Johnson Home

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“,,,go to the Ohio; and there I will give unto you my law; and there you shall be endowed with power from on high;” --D&C 38:32--

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Adam-ondi-ahman is the smallest mission in the world The Prophet is the Mission President

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The Valley of Adam-ondi-ahman

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Tower Hill Tower Hill Remains of Lyman Wights home

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Thursday, June 5, 2008 Waiting for Jason, Jenessa and Kasey to do baptisms for the dead.

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Rock remains from the fence outlining the Smith Farm. Located on the Palmyra Temple grounds.

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Winter Quarters Temple

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House of the Lord

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The World’s Greatest Kids

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The Celestial Room

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The famous spiral staircase The Nauvoo temple has the largest baptismal font of all the temples

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Admiring the view, from the steps of the temple, overlooking the Nauvoo valley and Mississippi River.

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The Prophet’s Last Ride

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The Recommend desk and Assembly Hall Both are located on the main floor

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High on the mountain top a banner is unfurled

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Dedicated June 27, 2002

Fri. June 9, 2008 - Tue. June 10 : 

Fri. June 9, 2008 - Tue. June 10 Nauvoo, IL

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Lyon Drug and Variety Store

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Browning Home & Gunsmith Shop

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Showcase of guns Jonathan Browning made Browning Home & Gunsmith Shop

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Browning Home

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Used in 2 World Wars, Korean War, Vietnam and present armed forces It was mounted to airplanes, tanks, jeeps, boats, and armored personnel carriers

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Jonathan Browning’s Gun shop

Just Plain Anna-Amanda : 

Just Plain Anna-Amanda

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Meeting the cast

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STEP 1 Learning how to tie the one end STEP 2 Turning the wheel to wind the rope STEP 3 Holding the rope to get a tight wind STEP 4 Trying the rope out How to make a rope

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Good old-fashioned mouse trap Stoddard Tin Shop

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Words were spelled out phonically Calin Pendleton Home & School

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“We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together.” …Lucy Mack Smith

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Brickyard Edmund and Wm Goforth Nelson worked in the brickyard making bricks for the Nauvoo House

Sunset on the Mississippi : 

Sunset on the Mississippi

Sunset on the Mississippi : 

Sunset on the Mississippi

Sunset on the Mississippi : 

Sunset on the Mississippi

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Sunset on the Mississippi

Riser Boot and Shoe Cheap Boot and Shoe Manufactory : 

Riser Boot and Shoe Cheap Boot and Shoe Manufactory Forms for the boots are on the left and forms for the shoes in the center—shoes can be worn on either foot Shoes are Jason’s favorite collection

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Seventies Hall

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Brigham Young Home Nauvoo Temple Artifacts Jonathan Browning Home Brigham Young Home In early Church History the 2nd Floor of the 70’s Hall displayed items brought back from missionaries serving foreign missions. Now it displays artifacts from early Nauvoo.

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Pioneer Pastimes

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Teddy Bear Races

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Pioneer Pastimes

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Before After Experiencing the Pioneer life

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Wagon Ride with Chuck and Charlie

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Cultural Hall

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Stage and seats in the Cultural Hall on main level 3rd floor of the Cultural Hall with the Band Box for dances. Beds on the 3rd floor JOSEPH AND EMMA danced here on this very floor

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Webb Brother’s Blacksmith Shop

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Print Shop Print shop was owned by John Taylor and was located next door to his home They printed the Nauvoo Neighbor & Times & Seasons

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Post Office They sold various items on one side of the post office Waffle iron

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Canteen

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Scovil Bakery Lucius and Lucy Snow Scovil owned and operated this bakery on Old Nauvoo's Main Street. They not only made and sold baked goods, crackers, candy, and jellies, but also operated a catering service and made wedding cakes.

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William Weeks Home William Weeks was chosen as the architect for the Nauvoo Temple

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Nauvoo Groves Meetings were held in the groves around Nauvoo

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Sarah Granger kimball Home Founder of the Ladies Society of Nauvoo R.S. Pres for 40 years.

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Rock Quarry Wm Goforth Nelson and his father Edmund owned a rock quarry on the west end of Nauvoo. Rock in this quarry was used to build the Nauvoo Temple

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Historic Nauvoo Visitor's Center

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Modes of transportation CAR? or WAGON?

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Mulholland Street

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Other Nauvoo Sites Willard Richards Home – Now an INN Porter Rockwell monument

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A walk down Water Street

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First R.S. organized on Mar 17, 1842 First endowment administered on the 3rd floor May 4, 1843 Book of Abraham translation completed here.

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3rd floor of the Red Brick Store

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Smith Family Cemetery Hyrum, Joseph and Emma

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Sidney Rigdon Home Brick Stable Site

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Vinson Knight Home

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This mantle clock is an original of Heber C. Kimball

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Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward & not backward. Courage, and on, on to the victory!

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Carthage Jail

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The road to Carthage

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Front door where the mob came in

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Prisoners would eat here IF they wanted to pay for a meal Jailers room & kitchen Summer kitchen

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Looking up the stairs from the front door into the door of the Dungeon Room

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Dungeon Room where Joseph and others were first held during their stay in Carthage. This room was VERY dark

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Small heating stove in the dungeon room. There were narrow slits in the walls measuring 2” wide & 2’ deep for light & air

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The jailer felt bad that Joseph and his friends were being held in the dungeon room where the temperatures were very hot. So he moved them down to the main floor into the debtors room

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This is the debtors room where Joseph & his friends were held after the dungeon room

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The Jailer moved Joseph & his friends to this room on the 2nd floor after deciding the room on the bottom floor was not safe for them to stay in

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On June 27, 1844, four men were held in the jail’s upper bedroom; Joseph, Hyrum, John Taylor, and Dr. Willard Richards

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A large group of men with disguised faces & guns rushed towards the jail. Pushing the front door open, they stormed up the stairs to the bedroom

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Touching the hole in the door from the bullet that killed Hyrum

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This is the bedroom window on the second floor that Joseph fell from when the mob attacked

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Standing in front of the window the prophet fell from

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Carthage, IL Sunday, June 8, 2008

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Praise to the man ***

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My brother My friend

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Wagons lined up on Parley Street to leave their city of Nauvoo

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A walk down the Trail of Hope

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Mississippi River

Hosea Stout : 

Hosea Stout “Prepared for the night by erecting a temporary tent out of bed clothes. At this time my wife was hardly able to sit up and my little son was sick with a very high fever and would not even notice anything that was going on.”

Bathsheba Smith : 

Bathsheba Smith “My last act in that precious spot was to tidy the rooms, sweep the floor, and set the broom in its accustomed place behind the door. Then with emotions in my heart…I gently closed the door and faced unknown future; faced it with faith in God and with no less assurance of the ultimate establishment of the Gospel in the West and of its true, enduring principles, than I had felt in those trying scenes in Missouri.”

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Mississippi River

Hosea Stout : 

Hosea Stout “When a boat sank while attempting to cross the Mississippi, a number of Saints were tossed and sported on the water at the mercy of the cold and unrelenting waves…some climbed on top of the wagon…while cows and oxen were seen swimming to the shore from whence they came.”

Orson Pratt : 

Orson Pratt “A large amount of labor has been done since arriving in this grove. Indeed, the whole camp is very industrious. Many houses have been built, wells dug, extensive farms fenced, and the whole place assumes the appearance of having been occupied for years…”

Orson Pratt : 

Orson Pratt “Our camp resounded with songs of joy and praise to God, all were cheerful and happy in the anticipation of finding a resting place from persecution in some of the lonely, solitary valleys of the great interior basin whithersoever we might be led.”

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Mississippi landing at the end of Parley Street where the saints left Nauvoo. The grove where the saints camped awaiting departure is on the right.

Hosea Stout : 

Hosea Stout May 8, 1846 “He died in my arms about four o’clock. This was the second child which I have lost, both dying in my arms. He died with whooping cough and black canker. We are entirely destitute of anything even to eat, much less to nourish the sick.”

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This is a grove on Parley Street near the banks of the Mississippi River. . .

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. . . the Saints gathered here awaiting their turn to cross the Mississippi to Montrose, Iowa

Wilford Woodruff : 

Wilford Woodruff “I was in Nauvoo on the 26th of May 1846 for the last time, and left the city of the Saints feeling that most likely I was taking a final farewell of Nauvoo for this life. I looked upon the temple and City as they receded from view and asked the Lord to remember the sacrifices of his Saints.”

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Throwing rocks on the banks of the Mississippi River landing where the saints crossed to Montrose, Iowa

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Pioneer Memorial in memory of the saints who left Nauvoo but died before reaching the Salt Lake Valley

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John McBride Belnap died at the age of 13 months in Salt Creek Missouri. Son of Gilbert Belnap & Adaline Knight (daughter to Vinson & Martha McBride Knight). Ancestors

VINSON KNIGHT : 

VINSON KNIGHT Vinson was thirty-eight when he passed away. While speaking at his funeral, the Prophet declared, “There lies a man that has done more for me than my own brother would do.” He served as Bishop of the Lower Ward in Nauvoo and on 19 January 1841 was designated Presiding Bishop of the Church (D&C 124:75)

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Smith's Homestead Root Cellar Pathway to the Smith Homestead

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Looking down the well at the Homestead Backside of Joseph, Emma and Hyrum’s graves in the Smith family cemetery on the west side of the Homestead

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Nauvoo House Lewis Bidamon’s home next to the Nauvoo House

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Mansion House Foundation for the addition on the Mansion House

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Brigham Young's Home

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Brigham Young’s original dishware, rocking chair, mirror and letter from his wife

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John Taylor's Home

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John Taylor’s shaving stand and writing desk

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John Taylor made this rocking horse for his son. He went back across the Mississippi river to get it after leaving Nauvoo

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Wilford Woodruffs Home Original glasses and cup

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Wilford Woodruffs hat box and reading chair

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Far West Temple Site

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Aaronic Priesthood cornerstone

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Melchizedek Priesthood Cornerstone

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The 4 cornerstones represent 1) Aaronic Priesthood 2) Melchizedek Priesthood 3) The Quorum of the twelve and 4) The First Presidency

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Liberty Jail

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Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, Alexander McRae and Caleb Baldwin were incarcerated on charges of treason

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The men remained in jail from December 1838 to April 1839 *** The jail measured 14’ square & 6 ½’ tall & lacked sanitary facilities

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Liberty, MO

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Council Bluffs, NE Kanesville Tabernacle

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In December of 1847, Brigham met with eight of the other apostles. At that meeting they were inspired to reorganize the First Presidency with Brigham Young as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Heber C. Kimball (left) and Willard Richards (right) as his counselors.

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Monday December 27, 1847 over 1,000 saints gathered in the tabernacle to participate in one of the most significant days in the history of the Church. For the first time since the Church was organized, its members sustained a new First Presidency.

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Inside the Kanesville Tabernacle

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Thomas and Catherine Foy lived in Council Bluffs for a time. Thomas worked as a wheelwright. Shortly after leaving, Catherine came down with cholera during the journey and wasn’t expected to live, yet recovered and lived twenty more years.

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James and Phebe Rodeback lived in Council Bluffs for a few years. James worked as a wheelwright earning money and helping others prepare for their trek west.

Winter Quarters Florence, NE : 

Winter Quarters Florence, NE

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Gilbert Belnap and his wife Adaline Knight Belnap lived in Winter Quarters for a few years after leaving Nauvoo. Their first child, Gilbert Rosel Belnap, was born here.

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Mormon Pioneer Cemetery where more than 300 Saints are buried, who died at Winter Quarters from illness, hunger, and poor living conditions Located next to the Winter Quarters Temple

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Bronze statue, displayed at the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, depicting a couple burying their infant child. Erected in 1836.

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Mormon Pioneer Cemetery Florence, NE

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Mormon Trails Center

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Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff

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Niagara Falls

RLDS Temple : 

RLDS Temple

Church History Vacation : 

Church History Vacation OUTTAKES And famous trip sayings

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Cameron, MO Sister Cameron serving in Independence, Missouri Visitors Center

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I SAID… No dumping! HEY! I gotta go

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Banana anyone? They’re good for the gums

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Running too FLIPPIN’ fast through the mud

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WOW! A carwash, a city and a General Store

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Let’s see… can I fit my head through this?

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Has anyone seen my toothbrush?

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YeaH! I forgot my toothbrush

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Has anyone seen my dog?

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Is this where the bathroom is?

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LOOK! It’s Superman ?

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It’s a M*A*S*H thing Now Rochester

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Is this the princess tower?

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The Crafts family kids were bored as they sat and sat and sat and sat AND sat

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“I couldn’t sleep, the bed was lumpy. I’m tired and bruised, and very grumpy.” …. Only a princess would feel one pea!

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“KAM!...Take those flickin’ headphones off!” - Deixa

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Does it look like I’m happy to be here?

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Look who wants in the temple – NOT!

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QUIET Please! I’m concentrating here

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Do I have broccoli in my teeth?

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Where’s Waldo?

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I bet that chewed gum still has a bit more flavor to it.

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“Mom! ...I canNOT handle Kameron back here!” - Deixa

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

ATTENTION! : 

ATTENTION! The opinions and views of this DVD are expressly those of the Crafts family trip and may not reflect upon the experiences of others vacations. The only animal harmed in the process of this vacation was Deixa’s stuffed dog, Suka. He suffered a minor tear in his side, which mom was able to sew back together.

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Jason Crafts As himself Age 39

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Deixa Crafts As herself... on occasion Age 5

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Kasey Crafts As himself Age 12

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Kelly Crafts As herself Age 39

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Kameron Crafts As himself Age 10

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Jenessa Crafts As herself Age 15

STATES WE VISITED : 

STATES WE VISITED Utah Wyoming Nebraska Missouri Pennsylvania New York Indiana Ohio Illinois Iowa