July 14, 2015
Tuesday morning we headed to Historic Kirkland to see the sights.
Kirkland is still a large farming community. I love seeing all the fields of corn.
Bradley, Dad, Josh, Eliza, Nathan and Daniel outside the visitor center.
Heading in...
The grounds are beautiful. They have several houses, the store, a mill and a hotel on the grounds.
Heading for the N.K. Whitney store.
Josh, Mom, Eliza, Daniel, Dad, Nathan and Bradley
This is the main room of the store. All the items are replicas from the time Newel K. Whitney owned the store.
The sister missionaries took us on the tour of the grounds. They would ask the kids questions about the items in the store and what they thought they were used for. They also asked the kids if they could find certain items.
Corn Cob Checkers
This tin chandelier was beautiful. I want one. :)
This is a side room where the family would make goods to sell or trade.
There was another family that we went on the tour with. They had seven children. Eliza enjoyed having a couple more girls around.
This is the upstairs living area. Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma lived above the stair for a while.
This is the room where the prophet held many priesthood meetings. At times the air was so full of smoke that it was hard to breath. Joseph Smith didn't think it could be healthy for you and Emma didn't like cleaning up after ward. Joseph prayed about it, and section 89 of the D&C was given as an answer to that prayer.
This was the room Joseph and Emma shared above the store.
There was also a storage room above the store where the hired help would have slept.
This is the kitchen where the Smiths had their meals.
I loved the china.
Heading to the Newel K. Whitney home. They didn't live at the store even though there were accommodations there. They provided that space for the Prophet and his family.
This is their summer kitchen.
This is the family room where they would have worked on laundry and other projects while reading from the scriptures.
This is the winter kitchen. This fire place would provide the heat for the whole house as well as cool their meals. On the left side is the oven for cooking bread.
This is the room Newel K. Whitney and his wife shared.
This is the parlor. They had some nice furniture for their time. They made a god living with the store.
This grandfather clock reminded me of Grandpa K.
Their front year doubles as the herb garden too.
A livery stable.
Heading towards the mill.
I loved the flower boxes around the livery. I might want some like that one day. :)
The grounds are beautiful!
This is the mill. It was interesting to hear about all that happened to get the mill up and going. The Lord definitely had a hand it getting things going in Kirtland.
Looking at the large saw used to cut the logs.
They cut the logs into boards.
The breast work for the Kirtland temple was constructed in the work room on the side of the mill.
This is the water wheel that powered the mill. Today there isn't very much water running through there.
This is where they would make lye and ash.
There are several products that can be made from ash.
This is Johnson Inn. It burned down years ago and had to be rebuilt using pictures.
This shows what the area looked like when the saints were in the area.
The Kirtland Temple sitting on the hill above where historic Kirtland is now.
This is the river where many saints where baptized.
The bend in the middle of the pictures is the exact spot.
One last look at historic Kirtland before heading up to see the Kirtland Temple.
First look at the Kirtland Temple.
The grounds are beautiful. First we watched a video about the history or the R.L.D.S. Church now called the Church of Christ. Their prophet is Joseph Smith Jr's son. He didn't leave with the saints to go west after the Prophet was killed. They asked us not to take pictures inside the building.
Daniel, Eliza, Mom, Josh, Dad, Nathan and Bradley
I had to feed Josh before we could hit the road, so everyone else went to play. I had to grab a quick selfie to prove Josh and I were really there.
We stopped at Dairy Queen for lunch on the way to Aunt Shellie's house.
The kids loved the dip cones.
Cold!
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