Church History Sites in Far West Missouri
Three Witnesses Monument, Richmond Missouri
The Three Witnesses Monument it located in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery in the small town of Richmond Missouri. This monument is to commemorate the three witnesses of The Book of Mormon: Oliver Cowdrey, Martin Harris and David Whitmer. These three men were chosen by Heavenly Father to be witnesses to The Book of Mormon and […]
Apostle Peter in Rome Italy and Pennsylvania
Rome is full of rich history of the ancient Church of Jesus Christ. While traveling around the ancient city, you can imagine what it was like after the death of Jesus Christ. The ancient apostles working as missionaries urgently working to spread the gospel and prepare the world for Christ to return again. Rome was […]
Emma Smith Interview on the Authenticity of The Book of Mormon
Emma Hale Smith saw first hand the miracles of the translation of The Book of Mormon through her husband the prophet Joseph Smith. She was as amazed as anyone would be, and maybe even more so, because she knew her husbands inadequacies. Emma was a strong support to her husband and even through the hardest […]
Who is Martin Harris
Most people have heard of Martin Harris in The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as one of the three witnesses of the Book of Mormon and the man who lost the 116 pages of translation of The Book of Mormon. There is so much more to Martin Harris, he was […]
The Three Witnesses of The Book of Mormon
When Joseph Smith, the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, received the gold plates to translate, he was under strict instructions not to show anyone. It was a heavy wight to bear for the young prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph received a revelation, (Doctrine and Covenants 17) that he would be […]
Who is Oliver Cowdery?
Oliver Cowdery was born October 3, 1806 in Wells, Vermont. Oliver Cowdery was a teacher in Manchester New York. While teaching in New York he heard about the prophet Joseph Smith and the translation of The Book of Mormon. In 1829, he accompanied the prophets brother, Samuel Smith to Harmony Pennsylvania where the young prophet […]
Get to know Emma Hale Smith
Emma Smith was born in Harmony Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County on July 10, 1804. She is the daughter or Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Emma grew up in very prosperous circumstances. Lucy Mack Smith(Joseph’s mother) described Emma’s childhood home as a “mansion” with “every convenient appendage necessary.” Emma was the seventh of nine children of […]
David Whitmer’s Miracle
Stories of miracles are some of my favorite stories to tell and retell. Sometimes we forget that our God is a God of miracles. There is so much sadness, depression, anger in this world and there is a tendency to let that overrun all the good. There are also miracles, joy, hope, happiness, sunshine it […]