Norm and Marge Nauvoo

Banner mounted on the wall in the basement of the Red Brick Store which acts as a storage for the artifacts found in the digs Tents protecting the dig site from rain and sun On June 1st we  took the service opportunity to help with the "I Dig Nauvoo" project to uncover the foundation of the Samuel Smith home.  I Dig Nauvoo is a group of archaeologists who have the goal of discovering the various sites that are pertinent to the time period when Joseph Smith lived in Nauvoo.  People come every summer and spend a month searching for more artifacts.  Most of them are volunteers.  Some were from the University of Illinois. We started our day by putting on our grubby clothes and showing up at the Samuel Smith home that is located in the middle of the field just a bit south and west of our apartment.  They covered the area with tents so there was some shade.  We were assigned a 4 x 8 foot section in the front part of the house.  The...

Parley Street is know as the path the pioneers took to go to the Mississippi River as they started their trip West.  The Nauvoo Restoration Group has put up a series of plaques commemorating the exodus from Nauvoo.  Until 2000 this part of Parley Street was call the Trail of Tears.  In 2000 President Hinkley  renamed it the Trail of Hope because of the greatness that these people achieved by leaving Nauvoo and all of the persecution that existed there.  On Sunday and Wednesday evenings, the Young Performing Missionaries portrayed actual people that left Nauvoo and told their stories.  It was a very moving presentation.  For those of you who missed it, the following pictures are a record of a trip down Parley Street just reading the clips from the journals of the people who were involved in the great exodus.  I will let the signs speak for themselves. Groups waiting for their turn go down the Trail of Hope Our walk began at sunset ...