Kirtland

We spent an afternoon and then the next morning in Kirtland.  

We first stopped at the Issac Morley farm.  Issac Morely is another interesting example of how the Lord prepared for Joseph and his family to come to the Kirtland area.  Many, Many saints lived and stayed at the Morley farm.  Issac Morley is one of the few early leaders who stayed faithful through the Kirtland era.  

The church has done a wonderful job with the Kirtland historic village.  We visited the original Newell K. Whitney Store and home.  We found out that he painted his home yellow because that was the most expensive paint color and he wanted everyone to know how rich he was.  

We also visited the 

Ashery.  It was interesting to see how the Saints turned their poor situation in Kirtland into prosperity.  All they had was manpower, and a little wood.  So they burned the wood, made ash, then turned the ash into pot ash and pearl ash, worth lots of money.  

The next day we went to see the Kirtland Temple.  

In the afternoon we visited the John Johnson farm.  The house is still the original house.  The Johnson's were wealthy farmers and business people with a large family.  Interestingly enough though most of their family was grown when they built a big house on the farm.  A few years later when Joseph Smith needed refuge from the persecution, they offered their farm.  There would not have been enough room in a normal farm house, but the Johnson's had so many extra rooms for Joseph and Emma and their family and all the guests who came to visit Joseph.  

It was hard to see the room from which Joseph was pulled before he was tarred and feathered.