The second day at Nauvoo was Sunday. We went to sacrament meeting at the chapel by the Nauvoo Temple and then took pics around the temple grounds. We saw as much of Nauvoo as we could before the attractions closed as they close early on Sundays.
Joseph Smith Jr grave
Hyrum Smith grave
Emma Hale Smith
Joseph Smith SR and Lucy Mack Smith
Red Brick Store
Here is a blurb about what the Red Brick store and it's importance in church history.
The mansion House. Steven said "That doesn't look like a mansion to me"
You can read more about it
here
We were not able to tour either of the above two places as they are owned by the community of Christ Church and they didn't have any running when we were there. Likely a tour would have cost money as I know they charge for tours of the Kirtland Temple which they also own. The tours by our church are free. The next few places also owned by the Community of Christ church. I can't remember what this first building is. :(
We drove out to Carthage Jail where Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. There was a special spirit there even though terrible things had happened there. Even the kids felt it especially Annalisa. It was amazing how quietly they all sat in the room where it happened.
Room where jailkeeper would sleep
The actual jail where they were at first
There was another jail upstairs but was way too dark for pictures.
Room where they moved eventually. This is where they were killed.
Window Joseph Smith fell from after being shot. He landed on the ground below.
Original door the mobs broke through. You can still see the bullet holes.
Steven and Annalisa looking out the window
Window in the background.
Close up of bullet holes
Looking up at the window, it's the top one.
Karl signing in as a descendant of John Solomon Fullmer. They talked about him a lot during the tour. He was a bodyguard to Joseph Smith. At one point he was in the jail with him but Joseph sent him on an errand and he wasn't allowed back in. So he wasn't there at the martyrdom. But he had left behind his gun. Hyrum had it in his pocket but was killed before he could use it. It is now in the church history museum in SLC.
With statues of Joseph and Hyrum.
You can read more about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith
here.
We grabbed lunch and went back to Nauvoo. First we went to the wheelwright shop and learned how they made wagon wheels.
Then the blacksmith shop. We got a little horseshoe and each family member got a ring made out of a horseshoe nail.
Then we saw the Seventies Hall. Downstairs was the the place they gathered to hear their leaders speak. I don't remember what the upstairs was orginally but now it is a museum for artifacts that have been found around Nauvoo.
signing into a book as a descendant of one the men in the book. I can't remember who, Karl thinks it is John Hyrum Green
Outside of the the seventies hall
Then we went to the bakery. The kids liked this one because they got a free cookie.
Love this beautiful plate! My parents have a similar one of the Kirtland Temple.
The boys wanted to visit the John Browning gunshop.
Showing the kids how the guns were made
I think this was a store or something. Annoyed that I can't remember
a mouse trap
John Taylor's home (he was our 3rd prophet
John Taylor's shaving mirror (it is the original)
Toy he made for one of his kids (also original)
Print shop
The school
After that the buildings closed down. We got some outside pics after that.
The post office
this was Vinson Knight's home. The original building I believe. He was one of Karl's ancestors. It is a private residence now and not open to tours.
Sign with quote from Gilbert Belnap, another of Karl's ancestors.
Nauvoo Temple in the distance
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young looking west.
The Mississippi River
Playing on the banks of the Mississippi
