Historic Nauvoo

Be a Young Performing Missionary

publicaffairs — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:29:06 +0000

Applications are being accepted now! Each year 20 stage missionaries and 16 to 18 band members are selected through a rigorous audition process, and will receive a four-month Church Service Mission call to the Illinois Nauvoo Mission, assigned to serve in Nauvoo. Applications for Summer 2012 are being accepted now and processed September 1, [...]

Nauvoo for Every Season

publicaffairs — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:43:02 +0000

by Dean Hughes

Many people don’t know the beauty and activity they’re missing in Nauvoo’s off-season. Read on to find the best ways to enjoy this historic town, not only during summer, but at any time of year.

Chances are, you’ve already visited Nauvoo. And if you have, chances are even greater that you came [...]

Nauvoo Bread

publicaffairs — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:10:44 +0000

Recipe From Family Living Center, Historic Nauvoo

Ingredients:

5 cups hot water
1 ½ Tbs salt
½ cup potato flakes
½ cup oil or shortening
½ cup sugar
2 Tbs yeast
1 cup powdered milk
5 cups whole wheat flour
5 – 9 cups white flour

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Ginger Bread Cookies

publicaffairs — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:54 +0000

Recipe From Scovil Bakery, Historic Nauvoo

In a small bowl, whisk together:

2 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. cloves
2 tsp ginger

and set aside.

In large bowl, cream together:

¾ cup oil
2 eggs
1 cup sorghum (molasses)
1 ¼ cups sugar.

Nauvoo Temple
Information for the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple

http://www.lds.org/temples/main/0,11204,1912-1-160-0,00.html

Nauvoo Tourism Office
http://www.beautifulnauvoo.com/

Nauvoo Area Chamber of Commerce
The official website of the Nauvoo Chamber of Commerce.

http://www.nauvoochamber.org

Carthage Illinois
Information [...]

Webb Brothers’ Blacksmith Shop

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:37:15 +0000

LOCATION: Parley and Granger Streets

All Sites, Tours, Shows, and Rides at Historic Nauvoo are FREE and
Family Friendly!

Chauncy Webb, along with his father and brothers, owned and operated this blacksmith and wagon shop at the corner of Parley and Granger Streets. Wainwrights were wagon builders, while wheelwrights were specialists who constructed [...]

Stoddard Tin Shop

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:33:22 +0000

LOCATION: Main Street

All Sites, Tours, Shows, and Rides at Historic Nauvoo are FREE!

Tinsmiths in Nauvoo were very popular craftsmen because they made many of the items used in homes and farms. Lanterns, candle safes, candle holders, buckets, pots, pans and many other articles could be made quickly and economically from tin. These [...]

Scovil Bakery

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:25:42 +0000

LOCATION: Main Street

All Sites, Tours, Shows, and Rides at Historic Nauvoo are FREE!

The Scovil Bakery was one of several such establishments in Nauvoo in the 1840s. Lucius Scovil and his wife, Lury, built and operated this bakery. They supplied Nauvoo residents with bread, a variety of jams, jellies, confections, and marriage cakes [...]

Riser Boot Shop

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:21:51 +0000

LOCATION: Main Street

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Shoemakers were important craftsmen in Nauvoo in the 1840s. This shop was one of thirteen shoemaking establishments. Shoemakers made and repaired shoes, while cobblers only repaired them. A pair of finished shoes cost $1.75, and boots cost $5.00.

This shop [...]

Print Shop

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:18:56 +0000

LOCATION: Main Street

All Sites, Tours, Shows, and Rides at Historic Nauvoo are FREE!

As in our day, the printed word in Nauvoo was an essential element of the community. The Nauvoo Neighbor and The Times and Seasons, Nauvoo’s two newspapers, kept folks informed of current events and conveyed ideas and information. The Nauvoo [...]

Post Office and Mercantile

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:10:06 +0000

LOCATION: Main Street

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At this site you’ll get two tours for the price of one. A restored post office shares space with the Merryweather Dry Goods Store. Sidney Rigdon was a well known postmaster in Nauvoo and the post office was located [...]

Lyon Drug and Variety Store

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:06:31 +0000

LOCATION: Hotchkiss near Main Street

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The Lyon Drug is a treasure trove of many interesting and unusual items. It served as an apothecary and a variety store, providing residents of Nauvoo with nearly everything they needed in this frontier community. Here you will [...]

Browning Home and Gunsmith Shop

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:03:05 +0000

LOCATION: Main Street

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Family Friendly – Gunsmith Shop Wheelchair Accessible

Jonathan Browning was trained as a blacksmith and apprenticed as a gunsmith at the age of nineteen. He was offered a partnership by his teacher, Samuel Porter, but returned instead to his [...]

Land and Records Office

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:50:52 +0000

LOCATION: Parley and Partridge Streets

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Family Friendly – Wheelchair Accessible

Would you like to know if your relatives lived in Nauvoo? Look them up!

The Land and Records Office has records on the locations of the homes and property of those who [...]

Trail of Hope

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:43:38 +0000

LOCATION: Parley Street West of the Seventies Hall
HOURS: Always Open

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In the concluding dedicatory session of the Nauvoo Temple, President Hinckley of the LDS Church, made a special request of all those who were then in Nauvoo. He asked everyone to take [...]

Smith Family Cemetery

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:35:10 +0000

LOCATION: Water Street next the the Homestead
HOURS: Always open

Descendants of Joseph and Hyrum Smith joined together in 1990 to renovate and landscape the Smith Family Cemetery. Dedicated in August 1991, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the LDS Quorum of the Twelve, himself a descendant of Hyrum, said: “It’s a great privilege for [...]

Quarry Overlook

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:29:59 +0000

LOCATION: Broadway Street, Northeast of the Historic Nauvoo Visitors’ Center
HOURS: Always Open

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Family Friendly – Wheelchair Accessible

Many of the stones for the original Nauvoo Temple came from this quarry. Although it is now filled with water from the Mississippi River, [...]

Pioneer Memorial and Exodus to Greatness

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:25:59 +0000

LOCATION: Parley and Water Streets
HOURS: Always Open

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Family Friendly – Wheelchair Accessible

In a quiet park near the Mississippi River stands the Pioneer Memorial, and inside it is the “Exodus to Greatness” monument.

Upon the walls of the Pioneer Memorial are [...]

Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds

publicaffairs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:20:53 +0000

LOCATION: Parley Street two miles east of Main Street
HOURS: Always Open

The Burial Grounds were established in 1842 on the north side of the old Carthage Road. The City Cemetery that was once near the intersection of Durphy and White Streets had become filled because of the many deaths in early Nauvoo.

Today, a bronze [...]