Joseph Smith’s writing desk from the Kirtland Temple. • Emma Smith’s walking stick. • The home of early Mormon leader Sidney Rigdon and wife Phebe. • Other homes that belonged to early ...

In August they lay the cornerstone for a temple; within a year, more than 800 more church members have moved to the area. Yet Smith decides to keep his headquarters in Kirtland. Joseph Smith ...

(Frank Mecham- The News-Herald.) This is the first year that the nativity scenes are in the Kirtland Temple Visitor Center, 7809 Joseph St., as the church acquired the property last year.

The growing community plans a grand temple. The Mormons toil ... during a national speculative rush, Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon establish the Kirtland Safety Society Bank.

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