Glimpses of Nauvoo

One of my favorite things about Nauvoo is the Mississippi River that hugs the city in a horseshoe shape. I think it is so beautiful to look out from almost any place in the city and see the river. I also love the water lilies that grow along the edges of the river.


The front of Brigham Young's house. He did not build a house as quickly as other saints in Nauvoo because he first lived in Montrose across the river on the other side.


What at first I thought to be a dining room in Brigham Young's home, but it really ended up being an office were the brethren would get together.


The actual dining room and kitchen in President Young's home.


Sign for one of the many school's that were in Nauvoo.


The inside of the schoolhouse.


Front of the post office in Nauvoo. Something I thought was neat was the fact that paper was expensive so the Saints would write in a circular pattern on the paper so that they would use every inch of a piece of paper. They also used that paper as the envelope.


Front or sign on John Taylor's home, who was the 3rd president of the church


The parlor inside John Taylor's home


The printing office were Newspapers were made and other goods were also sold


Lyon Drug Store sign...there were multiple stores in Nauvoo.


I was impressed with how many goods were sold here. Everything from clothes, to flour, to molasses, etc...


They also sold medicines. One way people knew it was a drug store was by the blue and red glass containers in the window (representing your veins and blood).


Scovil Bakery, one of my favorite stops, maybe because they give you cookies and the recipe!


The inside of the bakery. The Scovil Family commissioned the blue and white temple plate (which is on the mantel, if you look very closely) to be made in celebration of the Nauvoo Temple. There are only of few of the original plates left, but I bought a replica while I was there. It has the temple in the center and the twelve apostles at the time of Brigham Young.


The inside of the Sarah Granger Kimball home. She (really her seamstress) was the one who originally thought of sewing shirts for the men building the temple, which led to the Relief Society being organized.


The outside of Sarah Granger Kimball's home, which had a great view of the temple.


The facade of the Gun Smith Shop, always a guy's favorite stop!


The wagon/carriage rides you can take. One goes on the outskirts of Nauvoo (the area where "Legacy" was filmed) and the other ride goes through Nauvoo.


This display is in the Nauvoo Visitors center. I liked it because it is a grouping of pictures about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Click on the picture to make it bigger so you can see each individual display.


If I remember correctly, this is a statute of the Father and Son appearing to Joseph or the "First Vision."