When we got to Independence, it was hot but not so humid which made us very happy. Our first place to go was the Visitor’s Center in Independence, which ended up being just through the fence and shrubs from our RV park. Very nice.
Since there are no sites in Jackson County that actually belonged to any of the Saints, the visitor center has created these displays to give us an idea of how the people lived back in the 1830’s.
Pioneer cabin
Replica of the printing press where the Book of Covenants was being printed which was destroyed by the mob
One of the first 5,000 copies printed of the Book of Mormon
Christ statue with a beautiful mural background
The visitor’s center and a nearby stake center are built on a portion of the temple lot purchased by Edward Partridge back in the 1830’s.
Across the street to the west from the LDS Visitor’s Center is the headquarters of the Community of Christ Church (formerly RLDS) and directly across another street to the north is the Community of Christ temple. They had a museum there and a gift shop which we wanted to go to but they closed early and we ran out of time to make it before we had to move on to Winter Quarters.
Across the street kitty corner from the LDS Visitor’s Center is a building for the Church of Christ. All of these buildings are built on a small portion of the original temple lot.
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