Show IDS Acquires Huge Tract In East Stake Slake t Acquisition of ot acres acre I j land on Susquehanna river h it Pennsylvania is announced b b the Church of Jesus Christ 5 j Latter-day Latter Saints The land a adjoins joins 80 acres acre BT p. p obtained Th The total 0 o 01 nearly acres includes th old farms of Joseph Smith founder of the church Jo ni McKune and Isaac Hale Hate TIll Thi Smith farm was Joseph Smith first residence after his mar ria nage e to Emma Hale of Isaac Hale Named After Settler The area at that time wa wi j known as McKunes McKune's settlement named after Joseph Mci McKune first settler Since then the Erie Eri ra has been built bunt across the Bret prop prep erUes Wilford C. C Wood Bout businessman obtained th properties for the c church t ti tb first 80 acres two years year ag agO with the exception of the nii road way right through th land J New i iThe The property is located HM ne the spot on the river where Joseph Smith ct WI WIthe ii the priesthood wa was r restored ri re stored to him I The farms are in the of Oakland This township wa wj formed with division of Hi Rat mony township which originally nally included the three farm armi They are approximately i ii 12 miles from Fayette N. N Y 5 where the church was April 6 1830 |