Zion's Camp and St. Louis

To follow the life of Joseph Smith in a semi-chronological way, we traveled from the Kirtland area to Missouri today. Joseph Smith and several hundred men from the Kirtland area traveled to Missouri to help the saints there who were being driven from their homes by mob violence. While the 'Zion's Camp' didn't fight once they reached Missouri, the hardship of the march forged strong church leaders. Nine of the 12 Apostles, the Seven Presidents of the Seventy and all of the Seventy were called from those men who were willing to sacrifice their all if necessary.


Words to Remember

We are staying at the Drury Inn in St. Louis tonight. We had a prime rib dinner on the Becky Thatcher riverboat and watched the fireworks from the boat, with the St. Louis arch behind us.


Old and New St. Louis

This hotel has broadband via a data line so I'm finally able to get caught up on loading pictures. It's late so I probably won't be able to caption many of them but I'll be able to insert links to this and earlier posts soon - so you can see selected pictures.

Other pictures of the day.