Upstate New York...and kinda Pennsylvania

Harmony, PA

Site of the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood

So then we went out of the city and into the COUNTRY (back to our comfort zone). First we went to Harmony, PA, or what used to be Harmony. That is where Joeseph and Emma had a home and where the Aaronic preiesthood was restored.

So there really wasn't anything to take pictures of there. It was just a field and cemetary. The river was fenced off. I have pictures of the plaques of information that was at the site, but that's kinda boring... If you want to see more pics of...the pretty lawn where the house used to be, I'll be more than happy to share...

This was our bus. Even though we were with Anderson tours, this is not his own private tour bus...It worked out pretty sweet though! GO ANDERSON!

Fayette, NY

Peter Whitmer Farm

The actual (restored) farm house

Palmyra, NY

Literally a church on every corner

The Sacred Grove

The view of the sacred grove from the Smith home

The Smith Home

E.B. Grandin Print Shop

Where the first Books of Mormon were published

These are the ORIGINAL paintings of these pictures. They are in the E.B. Grandin Building...

Alvin Smith's Grave

The restored headstone is on the left and the original is on the right, it is still on headstone though, just front and back

Hill Cumorah

It rained while we were there and it was a church site, so of course the landscaping and flowers were B-E-A-UTIFUL!

Palmyra New York Temple

The stained glass windows depicted the sacred Grove. It was gorgeous.

The view of the sacred grove from the temple.

So apparently this is the only temple that has clear windows in the...Celestrial Room (I believe is what I was told) so that you could look out and see the Sacred Grove. Also notice that the trees are all cleared on the hill so you can see the actuall grove. I didn't get a picture of the temple from the Grove though. On the pathway (Stafford Road I think) between the log home and the frame home on the Smith farm there is a bench that you can sit on and reversly have a clear view of the temple from the Grove.