Nauvoo

The last time I was in Nauvoo was on a Youth Conference when I was probably 13. It has changed a lot since then. We ended our cross-country trek with a couple days taking in the pageant and exploring the old city.

It's really amazing what the early saints accomplished despite the many trials they endured. Brigham Young (who's home we're visiting in picture #2) said that after we pass to the other side if we want to visit places that once existed and see how the people lived he thinks we'll be permitted to do it (Journal of Discourses, 4:231). Add Nauvoo in the 1840s to my list of places I'll go to see.