Show PLACES x IN ll CHURCH HISTORY VISITED BY WC W VL C WOOD President James H Robinson Ed- Ed Edard Ed Edward ward bard B Clark dark Frank B Woodbury and Wilford C Wood left Woods Cross on July for the East I travelIng by way ay of of Denver Denser Colo I Ithen then into Kansas a and d saw their won won- wonderful wonderful crop of grain Kansas having the claim of harvesting two hundred million bushels of grain giam this year I GOIn Going on into Missouri they saw caw their seem wonderful t corn fields All of the crops seem eem to be in ec excellent condition Arriving at Independence on July I the they visited the Tabernacle of the Reorganized church This build build- building building I ing is to the Salt Lake Tabernacle TabI Tabernacle Tab- Tab Tabernacle I both in m shape and size but it is built of solid concrete There are areno no steps in the building they are arc all cement ement runways s The galleries and I seats are arc all solid cement The building build andI I ring ing is still under construction and because of lack of finances may not DC be finished for many y v ears Around I the outside of the main auditorium I iare are office rooms of the presiding officers of the church The basement is also a large auditorium for amuse J c ments and social gatherings g Across the street on the cornel cornet is the Tem Tem- Temple Tem Tem- Temple Temple lot which was dedicated by the I Prophet J Joseph oleph Smith foi for the building ing of the Temple This is owned by y the or the Church of Christ The COI coiner ner stone has been I discovered ered and they have started the foundatIOn for the election erection of the Temple Again depression and shor shor- shortage shor- shor shortage shortage tage of finances financed has stopped their work v ork r f President Samuel 0 Benmon Bennion of the Western r estern states mission tra traveled with them as their guide and they visited Richmond also the grave of DaVid in the new nc cemetery cemetery ter tery then to the old cemetery to the j grave of Oliver Cowdrey CO Cow drey where here there I is erected a to him on onI which is engraved the testimonials of f the Prophet Joseph Smith and the I three witnesses David DaId Da Id Oliver Co Cowdrey Cow drey and Martin HarrIs They hey visited mill where here the Rahns mill masacre as was staged and Sixteen I teen Saints were ele killed in one night and their bodies thrown n into awell a well also Adam Ondi Ahmen where the remains of the alter that Adam bUilt is still standing I On July they visited the Carthage jail at Carthage Ill III r where the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Brother Hyrum were ere killed Then on onto onto to 10 Nauvoo to the Nauvoo house the graves where the Prophet Joseph I Smith his wife ue Emma Smith andI and I Hyrum Byrum Smith wel were e buried burled which had been dug up and andre an re buried burled by the Reorganized church Then they wenton went hadI I on n to Springfield Ill where they VIS visited the grave of Abraham Lincoln also the beautiful monument erected in his honor There are fourteen statues of Lincoln there Arrived in Washington D C on July and visited the Capitol and andi other of interest there also I 1 the Washington monument and the LIncoln memorial Then on to Ne NewYork York arriving there on July and visited points of interest including IncludIng including ing the statue of Liberty the Empire tate state building and were ere guests at the I I IrvIng Trust company compan through the 1 courtesy of our banker Joel R parrIsh They arrived ed at the Joseph Smith home ome in Palmyra on July andI and I went vent 0 over er to the Hill nUl Cumorah where the sacred plates were found v which were vere translated by Joseph Smith into our Book of Mormon There is gOIng to be a monument erected on the very top of this hill in the near future Brother and Sister Dean bean Bean who are arc lIv living iv iving ing ng in the Joseph Smith home told some very ery interesting stories of how the plates plate were sere ere translated and the Book of Mormon wa was printed They also visited the sacred grove and saw the stream where early curly baptisms were performed Mr Woo Wood was very fortunate in being able to purchase a copy of the fir first t edition of the Book of Mormon by trading a fur coat valued at 00 for the book The next stop was as at Niagara Falls which was viewed ed from the Canada side and the United States On July they arrived at Kirt- Kirt land Ohio where here they visited the I Ku Temple At one time the I Ithe school chool s of the prophets was held on onI the second floor of this building and andt I It i t is reported that thit President James JamesA JamesA I A Garfield attended this school While in Chicago on July the they visited with Elder Lawrence Moss of Woods Cross who ho is on a miSSion there On Aug 1st they came to Council Bluffs where here the former SaInts Saints held a council before crOSSIng the Missouri river also visited the grave yard where many of the SaInts were ere buried burled at Winter quarters I They arrived home on Monday Aug 3rd after aftel having driven a total of miles |