We traveled to the site/area where Joseph Smith and Emma Hale eloped. I still find it crazy that I am actually on the eastern side of the country, walking where Joseph and Emma walked. I got to learn about the Colesville Branch and now when I read D & C, I have a picture in my mind of every time the Colesville Branch is mentioned. We saw Joseph Knight Sr.'s home and it is in this area that the first miracle of the church happened. (Colesville Branch is the first branch of the church. Hyrum will be sent up here to lead the saints)
Later on that day we went to the Priesthood restoration site by the Susquehanna River (which is gorgeous) in Harmony PA which also includes Isaac and Elizabeth Hale's home and one of the homes that Joseph and Emma lived in. We were also able to visit the graveyard where Emma's parents and Emma and Joseph's first son, Alvin, are buried. Seeing baby Alvin's headstone really brought the reality of Joseph and Emma's hardships.
Tonight we stayed at a pretty sketchy hotel....it smelled absolutely awful! And the door to my room would not stay closed. You close it and if you just barely touch it, it opens!
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| Somewhere in this area is where Joseph and Emma where married..:) |
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| The original sign said that Joseph married Emily Smith...they fixed it last year I guess haha |
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| This is the original well that was used up until the new well was made a couple years ago |
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| There was a barn across the street from Joseph Knight Sr's home where the members would meet for church |
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| Hyrum was in charge of the saints in the Colesville branch (The first branch of the church!) |
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| A really old hymn book (not the one Emma made, but similar/not LDS) |
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| Joseph and Emma's home in Harmony down the road from Emma's parents |
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| Isaac and Elizabeth Hale's homestead |
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| This is a replica of the box that Joseph used to haul around the plates...it had stuff in it to make it weigh over 50 lbs. I could barely pick it up! I do not know how Joseph was able to run with it. |
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| Where Joseph and Oliver did a lot of the translating |
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| Monument for the restoration of the priesthood...and the artist depicted it probably wrong. People are given ordinances/the priesthood one at a time. I was told that maybe John the Baptist did do it like this but it is highly unlikely. |
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| Emma's Father: we was originally buried on his property but it was in the way of the railroad. So his body was moved here later on |
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| Emma's Mother |
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| Baby Alvin :( |
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| The original headstone for baby alvin |
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| In the woods where the Priesthood was restored |
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| The Susquehanna River |
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| The burger is as big as my face! |
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