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| Closeup of the "Martyr Line" |
Just below the temple window the stone size changes from 8" to 16". The top of the 8" blocks was the height the temple was when Joseph Smith was martyred; hence the "martyr line." Then Brigham Young wanted them to hurry and finish the temple and they changed to bigger-sized blocks to do so.
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We started the week with an all temple missionaries picnic. Many "district" workers drive 2, 3, and 4 hours to serve in the temple, usually a couple of times a month. They come and serve an afternoon/ evening shift, stay overnight in a Nauvoo historic home, serve again the next morning before returning to their homes. Some even came for the picnic.
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Enjoying the BBQ pork and the plethora of other pot luck dishes contributed. Tons of food.
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Playing "walker" soccer. Two members of the temple presidency in front.
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Seventies Hall
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Bottom floor meeting space of Seventies Hall.
Originally this floor was the second level.
There were 30 Quorums of the Seventy in Nauvoo.
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Top floor meeting place used for Dr.'s office, artt gallery, school. Twenty-four Seventies met here
in January 1845 to discuss upcoming plans.
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An ante room off the second level large room. These books contain lists of the original Seventies. We found a few family names.
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Another ante room on the second level.
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| Blacksmith and Farrier on one side and Wainwright on the other. |
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An inside view of the blacksmith shop. Notice all the tools and implements hanging. Blacksmith made everything needed out of metal. Webb Blacksmith Shop was one of 7 busy ones in Nauvoo. He had 6 sons and taught them all the trade. Edwin continued the tradition.
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Here the missionary is making us a souvenir horseshoe: heat to 1,800 degrees, pound and shape, cool, repeat until desired shape is reached.
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The process continues. Filing the edges. Nail holes must be made to attach the shoe.
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 Final shaping, and then the horseshoe is dipped in motor oil. Why? To give it more horsepower! |
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The small horseshoe is the one he gave us as a souvenir. The larger (real) one
The larger (real) one was given to us by a teamster when we went to see the horses. |
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A milk bucket! Put the container of milk in this bucket/basket and lower it just above the water
in the well and it will stay cool and good for several days.
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The wainwright side was where wagons were built and prepared. Another long process: a block of wood to make the axle sleeve, 5 hours to drill a hole in it, a 2nd drill to widen the hole, send 2 x 4's home for spokes to be carved (12 for each front wheel, 14 for each back wheel),
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Then the wheel arcs needed to be carved and shaped. A metal band heated and shaped to be put tightly on the outside of the wheel. And every 2-3 days the wheels must be removed and greased with beef tallow. This shows a finished wagon.
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| Brigham Young Home is on this tour, but it is closed for inside restoration. |
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| Nauvoo Performing Missionaries present a delightful vignette, Youth of Zion, about growing up in Nauvoo and the beginnings of the Young Gentlemen and Young Ladies organization with lessons from Heber C. Kimball. |
Final shaping, and then the horseshoe is dipped in motor oil. Why? To give it more horsepower!
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