Stop 6: Kirtland, OH
(including Hiram, OH, Amish Country & Fairport Harbor, Lake Eerie)
Historic Kirtland village.Upper room of the Newel K. Whitney
store where the school of the prophets
was held.
The Newel K. Whitney store.
The Saw Mill The Ashery. Wicked cool.
The stone quarry where the saints got the stone to build the Kirtland temple (since the bricks in the area were sub-par). You can still see the marks from when they cut the stone!
The John Johnson Home & Farm. All of the paint colors are authentic to the original home, and it's a sign of prosperity (white and red were the cheapest colors - and thus the most common). It amazes me how much the Johnson's were willing to give up, including their beautiful, large dream house to follow the prophet!
This is the bedroom Joseph & Emma slept in
when he was attacked by the mob, tarred &
feathered but then preached on the steps the
next morning.
(Notice the checkboard floors.)
The Elder preaching where Joseph Smith
would preach on the steps of the John Johnson home.
A shot of the carriage house and barn.
Riding in the Amish buggy at the Middlefield
Cheese Factory. Yes, we did find a cheese
factory! And I loved it!
Mary Yoder's Amish Restaurant. Yay for Amish country.
Fairport Harbor on Lake Eerie. Some of the saints sailed into this harbor on their journey to gather in "the Ohio." There's a really cool story about the harbor in New York being frozen over and none of the ships being able to get out, but Mother Smith (Lucy Mack) prayed that the company with her would be able to leave. The ice cracked and it was open long enough for their boat to leave and then closed right up. Looking at the frozen harbor (at the end of March) I can totally understand how frozen the harbors could get.
The Lighthouse at Fairport Harbor.
The Kirtland Temple - absolutely amazing! I can't believe how the Saints were able to build this, and then for it to last for so long.
The Kirtland Cemetary.
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