This is the back of their home...looking up from the boat house.
The boat house...it has a full kitchen and a bathroom.
It was so good to see them.
Wednesday May 12, we went to Carthage Jail. Joseph and Hyrum Smith greeted us.
Carthage jail. A family lived there with their children and acted as jailers.
Sister Cordoba was our tour guide. Joseph and his group spent 2 nights here. They spent the first night in the room that was used as a debtors jail.
This dungeon is on the second floor. It had only slits for windows and got no ventilation. Joseph was supposed to be kept in this room, but because of the intense heat they were moved downstairs the first night.
The second night they stayed in the master bedroom. It was here that the mob attacked them. This is the actual door that was shot by the mob. The first shot hit the door lock, the second shot came through the door striking Hyrum in the face killing him instantly.
John taylor was shot multiple times and wounded seriously. The prophet Joseph Smith was shot four times...twice in the chest from inside the house, and twice in the back from outside the house, then he fell out of the window. Williard Richards was not hurt and he picked up John Taylor, carried him into the dungeon and hid him under a mattress. The weight of the mattress kept him from bleeding to death.
The second floor window that Joseph fell out of.
Then we went to Nauvoo. We went to see the play "Rendezvous", which is performed by all of the missionaries.
A covered wagon on a barge like those used to move the Mormons across the Mississippi river as they fled Nauvoo.
The Nauvoo Temple. It is beautiful inside and out.
We took a wagon ride around the town. Later we took a carriage ride...all free. We heard many touching stories about the building of Nauvoo, and the leaving of Nauvoo.
We crossed the stream...it is lined with limestone. The whole town sits on a bed of limestone.
This is the Sarah Granger Kimball home. She first suggested the idea of a womens service organization, which led to the organization of Relief Society.
The town bakery. This whole building is about 10 feet by 12 feet...very small. There was a summer kitchen out back.
The Lyon drug store. He believed in using natural remedys.
A wagon like those used by the pioneers to go to the Salt Lake Valley. They had to put all their possesions and food and tools in this wagon.
The Browning home and shop. He made the first repeating rifle. His sons followed in his footsteps and also made rifles.
Russ loved all of the guns....
The town post office and dry goods store. Mail could be sent COD and cost as much as $0.25 to send. That was about one fourth of a days wages.
John Taylor's portrait hangs above the fireplace in his home.
Nauvoo is just like I pictured it. Neat blocks with homes spread out through the town. Mostly brick buildings, and some log homes.
The weather has cleared some today. Last night was a terrible storm. The lightning was striking very close with a loud crack every time. The rain was so hard we couldn't even think about sleeping. Then the hail started. It sounded like we were under attack, it was so loud. The skylight above the shower broke...we've fixed it for now with duct tape. Our car has hundreds of dimples all over it from the hail. We are spending tomorrow in Nauvoo as there is still so much to see. Then we will be heading south, if the weather behaves.
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