Oakland California Temple Information
The Oakland Temple is the second temple built in California, the Los Angeles Temple was the first. The Oakland Temple was announced on 23 January 1961. The temple is 95,000 square feet and made out of reinforced concrete faced with white granite from Raymond, California. In 1924, thirty-seven years before the announcement of the Oakland […]
Get to know Lucy Mack Smith
Lucy Mack Smith was born in 1776 to the deeply religious home of Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates. They had four children. Lucy married Joseph Smith Sr. In 1796 and they had 10 children: Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Kathrine, Don Carlos, and Lucy. Lucy felt the importance of religion with her […]
Who is Brigham Young
Brigham Young was born June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. He was the ninth child of John Young and Abigail(Nabby) Howe. Brighams family was a very poor farming family and had very little formal education. His mother taught him how to read and write. When Brigham was fourteen years old his mom died of tuberculosis. […]
First Return Trip of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus had made it to the New World(Read about his journey here). It had taken Columbus a lifetime of preparation, years of study, countless disappointments but he had made the journey of his dreams. Columbus and the crew were thrilled at their new discovery. They met Native people at each island they went to, […]
Logan Temple Pioneer Stories
The Logan Temple is full of history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Logan Temple is a special place, full of amazing accounts of the Spirit of the Lord. Linked is an article found on the website "Book of Mormon Evidence," with powerful manifestations of the Spirit. The accounts in this […]
Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
-The Idaho Falls Idaho Temple is the 8th temple in operation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the first temple built in Idaho. -The Idaho Falls Temple’s groundbreaking was on December 19, 1939 and was dedicated September 23-25, 1945 by President George Albert Smith. -The Idaho Falls Temple was the ONLY […]
Jordan River Utah Temple Information
-The Jordan River Temple is the 20th operating Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It’s the seventh temple built in Utah and it was dedicated in November of 1981. -The land of the Jordan River Temple was donated by a family that had owned the land for nearly one hundred years! […]
Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
-Halifax Nova Scotia Temple is the 64th dedicated Temple in operation. -The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was first organized in Nova Scotia area in 1843. Because of the commitment of the members in that area Halifax and Dartmouth there are generations of Saints in that region. -Before the Nova Scotia Temple was […]
Payson Utah Temple
-The Payson Utah Temple is the 146th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. -The Payson Temple is the 15th temple in Utah, and the third temple built in Utah county. (The Provo Temple and the Mount Timpanogos temple) -Payson is known for their apple orchards and wheat, both of which […]
The Provo Utah Temple
-The Provo Temple is the 15th dedicated temple in operation. The Provo Temple is scheduled to close following the dedication of the Orem Utah Temple. A new Provo Temple will be built in it’s place. - For 75 years the Logan, Manti and Salt Lake Temples were the only operating temples in Northern Utah and […]