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Show Sidelights Of Hill Cumorah Trip PALMYRA, N.Y. spectators expected to the annual Hill Cumorah Pag2 can add eant near here July to the pleasure and information to their trip by allowing themselves time to visit some of the historic sites In and near this western New York village. First on the list of interesting things to see is the Joseph Smith home and the Sacred Groe which are located near the Hill Cumorah. The city of Palmyra contains many interesting points of interest The grave of Alvin Smith, Josephs eldest brother, is located in a cemetery just north of Main Street on Highway 21. The cemetery is cn a small hill that can be reached by climbing ' a few steps. The marker is a flat stone. The Martin Harris home is about 1 miles from Palmyras 'Main Street on Highway 21. Guide service is provided at this home. Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses, befriended Joseph Smith and mortgaged his property to finance the printing of the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon. The building in which the first copies of the Book of Mormon were printed is located in downtown Palmyra. It is known as the cld Exchange Building and now houses a Ben Franklin store. A marker in front of the store identifies the building. To assist visitors, civic leaders have arranged to provide free maps and assistance at an information booth installed on Main Street (Route 31) near the Intersection of Highway 21. Fifteen miles east of Rochester at the village of Fishers, N.Y., tours to early Mormon sites and other places of historical importance are available during pageant weeks through the sponsorship of Ghost City of Valentown Museum. The director of the museum is historian J. Sheldon Fisher, who is credited with discovery of many interesting Church history sites. Starting point of the tours is the Ghost City of Valentown Museum, housed in a three-storbuilding built in 1879 as the first covered shopping plaza in the United States by Levi Valentine. A railroad was expected and Valentine wanted to be ready. The expected railroad never arrived and in 1910 yalentine closed down. For 30 years the building which had for so long been filled with hustle and bustle stood vacant Hence the name Ghost Town. In 1940, Mr. Fisher purchased the building and converted it into a museum. One of the special features is a Mormon Room with a crude wooden lathe used by Brigham Young in the early days when he was a carpenter, furniture maker, glazier and brickmaker in the neighborhood. After a visit to the museum itself, the itinerary of the tour suggested by Mr. Fisher includes the following: House at 2G2 Main St. in Fishers built in whole or in part by Brigham Young. Fisher homestead, 268 Main St., Fishers. Has windows fitted by Brigham Young. Charles Fisher and Brigham Young were members of the Mendon Baptist Church before Brigham Young joined the Mormon Church. Home of Phineas Howe Young, a brother of Brigham Young, 408 Main St. Phineas, also an early convert, was manhandled by a mob in Nauvoo. Mendon village, two miles from Fishers, where Brigham Young once lived. Site of Brigham Youngs combination f mile home and water-powe- r mill, from the above home. Here on a crude wooden lathe (now on display at the museum) Brigham turned out furniture. In the. pond feeding Ms millrace many early Mormon converts were baptized. Ira Bond House at the corner of Sem-mRoad and Quaker Meeting House The 100,000 J. Sheldon Fisher looks over wooden "lathe used by Brigham Young before he joined the Church. y one-hal- Grave of Alvin Smith is in Palmyra Cemetery. Road. First services by Mormon missionaries in this area were held here. Tomlinsons Inn at comer of Route 64 and Boughton Hill Road. First regular Mormon meeting house in the area. Solomon Kimball House, built in 1820 on Boughton Hill Road near the county line. He was the father of Heber C. and Charles Kimball, both pouters. An early convert, Heber was a member of the Churchs first Council of Twelve Apostles. He led the first group of Mormon missionaries to England in 1837. When Brigham Young became president, Heber became one of his counselors. Ontario County Historical Society Museum, 55 N. Main St., Canandaigua, has a number of early Mormon items. Martin Harris lived in this home when he met Joseph Smith. WEEK ENDING JULY 26, 1969 , CHURCH- -, |