Threatening mobs forced the saints to leave their temple behind just weeks after its dedication in 1846. ... Two pictures of the Nauvoo Temple by local artist Chad Hawkins hang above the keys.

By Julene Thompson. As the sorrowing saints walked westward, George Washington Johnson was given six keys and a charge to watch over the Nauvoo Temple just weeks after its dedication in 1846.

The 65,000-square-foot Nauvoo Temple is shown in this Feb. 27, 2002, file photo in Nauvoo, Ill. Seth Perlman / AP Nov. 9, 2006, 12:55 PM EST / Source : The Associated Press ...

The leading attraction in this riverfront town of 1,200 is a meticulously landscaped, historically significant, theologically momentous hole in the ground. The rectangular depression, marked with a… ...

Gregg’s book describes early Nauvoo, before the building of the Mormon Temple, as a picturesque site on the east side of the Mississippi River, about 10 miles north of Keokuk, Iowa.

NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds ...

Mormon temple a tourism draw. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 17°F. Wednesday, February 19th 2025 Digital Replica Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News. Latest Headlines; ...

In September 1846, the last of more than 12,000 residents of Nauvoo, Ill., were forced to leave their homes -- and the temple for which they had sacrificed so much since construction had commenced in ...

NAUVOO, Ill. – Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith hav… ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have ...

This celestial limestone carving was one of thirty that adorned the grand temple at Nauvoo, which was destroyed by a fire (possibly due to arson) in 1848 and tornado-force winds in 1850. Date made ...