Pageants in Nauvoo: The Nauvoo Pageant and British Pageant
If you are in Nauvoo in July and the first week of August do your best to attend BOTH the Nauvoo Pageant and the British Pageant. There are two different Pageants that happen in the same location. The British Pageants and The Nauvoo Pageant alternate days of the week through the month of July and […]
Lucy Mack Smith’s Home, Nauvoo Illinois
One of the “don’t miss” homes in Nauvoo would defiantly be Lucy Mack Smith’s Home. Her home is just a short walk from the other Joseph Smith’s properties(The Red Brick Store, The Nauvoo House, and the Smith Homestead). Lucy’s home was one of the favorite homes in Nauvoo, is simple and sweet with a wonderful […]
The British Pageant in Nauvoo Illinois
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints put on The British Pageant in two different location in the world. One British Pageant is done in England and the other is done in Nauvoo, Illinois. The British Pageant done in Nauvoo at the same location and stage as the Nauvoo Pageant, on different nights. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pioneer woman, Laura Clark Phelps-Helping her Husband escape from Missouri Jail
Prisoners of Siege of Far West Laura Clark Phelps, and early member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived in Far West Missouri. The people of Missouri clashed with the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Problems escalated on October 31, 1838 when the members of the Church […]
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 […]
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 […]