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My Photos - Zone Conference Part II 10/27/08

Here are some additional pictures from the Zone Conference that Devin L. attended. Be sure to look at the Part I Page first. Here is an excerpt of Devin L.'s letter from his experience at the grave site.

"After that, we walked to the graveyard to where Isaac and Elizabeth Hale and one of their children were buried and one of Joseph and Emma Smith's children. What an amazing feeling it was to stand where the prophets son was. We then went to the area of where the foundation area of Joseph and Emma Smith's home used to be. A great feeling came to me as President Pugh told us that most of the Book of Mormon was translated here. It was cool to be in that spiritual air."

I went searching to find out more about this area and the history. I found another article from the Church website that gives additional information that is very helpful:

Joseph Smith’s Susquehanna Years: This talks more in detail about Joseph Smith living in this area, how he met and courted Emma Hale, they lost their first child, and later translated the Book of Mormon.

As you enter the area... ...they have a small parking lot and sign designating the site. Here is nice memorial marker showing John the Baptist.... ...giving Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery the Aaronic Priesthood. This marker was placed here in 1960.

Church name on the back side of the monument. Close by is the McKune Cemetery where you will find... ...a marker for the grave of the infant son of Joseph and Emma Smith Elder Holmes and the gravesite. They have created new markers...

...with the original markers on the back side to preserve them. Grave marker for Elizabeth Hale... this shows the original marker on the back side. This is the marker for Isaac Hale.