Kirtland: Part 1

Earlier in the month I went with my YSA group to Kirtland, Ohio to tour the sites and see an exibit of bronze statues at our visitor center (more on that later). It was a really great day. Kirtland is only about two hours away, it's very do-able.


For those not in the know, Kirtland is where the member of the church lived from 1830- 1838 after they had to leave Palmyra, NY. A lot of important events happened in Kirtland and a lot of aspects of the church were organized here as well. A lot od the sections in the Doctrine & Covenants were revealved here. It was neat to be places that the prophet Joseph Smith had been.

Here's the Newell K. Whitney Store:

and the interior:

Upstairs is where the School of the Prophets was held (it's a pretty small room!):

Also upstairs in the store (Joseph Smith really sat at this table!):

The Whitney home:

Inside:


Replicas of the sawmill and the ashery:

Inside the ashery (used to process ash into lye for soap):
The waterwheel runs the sawmill:

Inside the sawmill:

We also went down the road to a park where the saints had taken stone to build the temple.You could still see where they carved away the stone, it was a lovely place:

And last but not least, the Kirtland temple:

The Kirtland temple was the first temple in this dispensation and it was neat to take a tour of it.

In all, it was a really nice day and it was very uplifting to see all these places where such great things happened. I wish I had more time now to write more about the history.

Stay tuned for more Kirtland!