Joseph Smith Property Tours in Nauvoo, Illinois
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has done a beautiful job restoring and continuing to restore the city of Nauvoo. The feeling in Nauvoo is sacred, and a wholesome place for your family. There are buildings preserved in Nauvoo that you read about all through Church History classes and in the Doctrine and […]
Visiting Nauvoo Sites, Know Before You Go
The city of Nauvoo is one of the most important historical locations in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Nauvoo is a special location for member of the Church because it was the last city the Prophet Joseph Smith lived in before he died, it was a city designed by […]
Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo Illinois
The location of the grave marker of the prophet Joseph Smith, his wife Emma Smith and the prophets brother Hyrum Smith is in the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo Illinois. The Smith Family Cemetery is a small plot of land adjacent the home of Joseph Smith. The Smith homestead is one of the homes closest […]
History of Emma Smith’s Hymn Book
Emma Smith, the wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was known for being highly intelligent, kind, giving and very capable. In the 1800’s women had few rights in society and were not allowed to vote in any elections. Although, it was common for women to excluded from important meetings and decision, this was not the […]
Malaria Healing Miracle Overview
To listen on Spotify click here:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Malaria-Healings-Nauvoo-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-e2p41mf A very special relic from the Nauvoo era is on display at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. The museum is located across the street from the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City Utah and you can go in for not charge. It is a […]
Prophet John Taylor
-John Taylor became the third prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints when he was 71 years old. Brigham Young died three years before John Taylor was sustained as president of the Church. -John Taylor was born in Milnthorpe, England. He is the only latter-day prophet that was born outside of the […]
Samuel Smith, brother of Joseph Smith
To listen on Spotify click here:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Samuel-Smith--Brother-of-Prophet-Joseph-Smith-LDS-e2nm6pr Samuel Smith is the younger brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was born on March 13, 1808 in Tunbridge, Vermont. When Samuel was 19 years old in 1827, he was six feet tall, and endowed with “great strength, far exceeding that of ordinary men, enabl[ing] him to do […]
10 Fun Facts about the rebuilt Nauvoo, Illinois Temple
-The Nauvoo, Illinois Temple was rebuilt from the original Nauvoo Temple that was destroyed in the 1840’s. -The stone on the outside of the Nauvoo Temple was chosen to have the same color and texture as the limestone on the original Nauvoo Temple. The builders of the temple even looked into finding the same quarry […]
Miracle of the Nauvoo Temple Blue Prints
To rebuild the original Nauvoo Temple it took a lot of prep work finding information on everything Nauvoo Temple looked like. Getting the information about the original Nauvoo Temple took many years, and the stories are pretty amazing. When Gordon B. Hinckley announced the rebuilding of the Nauvoo Temple the temple architects and designers did […]