Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | No | Address | Proximity | Area |
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Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | Area | |
Nauvoo Illinois Temple |
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50 | N Wells St | Mulholland St | |
William J Reimbold House |
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950 | White St |
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1839/05/00 | Joseph Smith | Vocation | Mormons buy land in the town of Commerce, in an area of western Illinois that has shown some sympathy for the trials of the church. To Smith, the area around Independence, MO, is still the Zion, to which the church will return as soon as possible. | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Exodus to Utah | ||
1840/00/00 | Brigham Young | Vocation | The name of Commerce is officially changed to Nauvoo, a word meaning beautiful site or habitation. | |||
1841/01/00 | Joseph Smith | Vocation | Smith receives a revelation with instructions to construct a house in Nauvoo which would be "a resting-place for the weary traveler". | |||
1846/02/10 | Joseph E Johnson | Accused | Joseph Johnson is taken as a prisoner when the mob enters Nauvoo. | |||
1846/02/10 | Brigham Young | Vocation | Following the death of Smith at the hands of an angry mob and their homes under attack, Young abandones Nauvoo and begins leading 1,600 Latter-day-Saints west across the frozen Mississippi in subzero temperatures to a temporary refuge at Sugar Grove, Iowa | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Exodus to Utah |
Particulars for Nauvoo: | |
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Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Area of Significance | Religion |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Owner | State |
Locale Type | Village |
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