Temperance
Today a senior missionary stokes the once bellowed fire by a flick of a switch. Hot air taunts the red coals to sing heat into a lead stick. Now glowing the iron worker transplants the soft medal to a place where force can be applied over and over, molding and shaping a useless piece of iron into a tool. The blacksmith shop is one of many local businesses that worked all in conjunction with one another to create the prosperous and...
Carthage Conspiracy
The lush green surroundings seem to mock. The well springing of life that is provided by this landscape spreads in its vastness all around the deadly prison that held our sweet Prophet, Joseph Smith. Standing just two simple stories high, this jail was made from a honey colored natural rock. White windows adorn the wavy and inconsistent glass panes. Inside the family home included a prison awaiting trial cell as a side business. There...
Joseph’s City
The city streets whisper stories from ancient days, long ago when travelers found refuge on the sandy shores of the Mississippi River. The green hillside slopes in reverence to the crystal white walls of the Saint’s ultimate life work, the temple. Sunstones cap the great pillars to eternal life and heralding calls of angels. Great billowing flames in the blacksmith shop stoke our hearts to look inward at our roots, in awe at...