This is the naked Mormon history travel log for April 3rd and 4th, 2017.

The only reason I'm coupling these days together is because I didn't see any real Mormon historic sites of note.

It was pretty much just driving these past two days.

But there was one exception to that.

I went to, on the 4th, I went to the Isaac Hale and Emma and Joseph Smith Farm, which is just in what is used to be Harmony, Pennsylvania.

Now it's called like Octawana or something like that.

I don't know.

I don't know how they pronounced it or spell it.

I just, I punched it into my, my Google Maps and it took me there. So essentially what

happened with this, this plot of land. The, um, the history behind it is fascinating to say the

least. This is where Joseph courted Emma when he was hired by Josiah Stowell.

And, uh, you know, and for treasure digging to find the, the silver treasure mine on the banks of

the Susquehanna River. And it is right on the banks of the river. It's incredible. So, um,

that's where Joseph and Emma met each other and they began

courting back and forth. And eventually they eloped up to South Bainbridge, which is just

across the New York state line from them, from where they were living in Pennsylvania.

So it's a place that's rife with important Mormon history because they, Joseph and Martin

Harris translated a big chunk of the Book of Mormon, well, wrote a big chunk of the Book of

Mormon to the 116 pages of Lehigh.

And they were quote unquote lost.

Now, I'm of the opinion that Martin Harris was probably just hiding them and testing out Joe the way that he had tested him before with the searstone.

You know, at one point he swapped out the rock that Joseph was using, you know, precious.

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