Friday we got up and drove to see the sites in Missouri. We went to Adam-Ond-Ahman. This is the place where the Garden of Eden was. The saints never actually lived here. They did stake out corner stones for a temple and the stakes are still there. There is also a rock that is supposed to be the rock that Adam prayed at when he was cast out of the Garden of Eden. Then we went to Far West. They went here after they were driven out of Independence. The corner stones of the temple are still there and a monument, but that is all that is left. Then on to Independence. There is a LDS visitors center there on one corner, the crazy Community of Christ Temple with the spiral on one corner, the Temple Lot owned by other church-the Church of Christ (this is where we placed our temples corner stones, but they have now been removed and it is just a grassy field.) On the 4th corner is a huge meeting center for the Community of Christ. We went into the visitors center and learned about the history of the church in Independence. Then we went to Liberty Jail. It is a reproduction on the jail, but it was still cool to see the size of it and how miserable it would have been for them to be in that small, cold, and damp place for almost 4 months.
Welcome to Missouri
Adam Ondi-Ahman
It was 105 with the humidity index
Possible alter where Adam offered sacrifices after being cast out of the Garden of Eden
Far West
Prophecy Fulfilled
Cornerstone of the temple in Far West
Temple site owned by the Church of Christ. This is the place where the cornerstones of the temple were placed. They have now been removed, but we know that there will be a temple here in the future.
Community of Christ Temple
Community of Christ Auditorium
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Visitor Center
Liberty Jail
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