Joseph JohnstunOct 2, 20231 minAfrican American NauvooIn February 1845 the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people could not be held in the state. That year, there were about forty...
Joseph JohnstunOct 2, 20231 minYouth Organizations Religious and social developments in Nauvoo occurred for youth and children, too. While most Sabbath services occurred in homes...
Rachel ClaytonOct 2, 20231 minNauvoo HouseOn January 19, 1841, Joseph Smith received a revelation commanding the Saints to build the Nauvoo Temple and a hotel to be called “Nauvoo...
Joseph JohnstunOct 2, 20231 minFamily HistoryFamily history work began for the Latter-day Saints here in Nauvoo. In mid-August 1840, Joseph Smith introduced baptism for the dead...
Joseph JohnstunOct 2, 20231 minFinding NauvooAfter their expulsion from Missouri in 1838-39, many Latter-day Saints traveled east through the new Iowa Territory. Israel Barlow was...
Joseph JohnstunOct 2, 20232 minVenus, Commerce, and Commerce CityThe first known settlers to make the Nauvoo peninsula their permanent home were James and Lurancy Barber White. They purchased Denis...