What to see in America . uvoo, whither came in search of peace 15,000 JMormonSaints, in 1838, from farther east where they had beenridiculed and persecuted. They found here the littlevillage of Commerce, the name of which they changed toNauvoo, which means the City of Beauty. The placewas not long in becoming the largest and most promisingin the state; but in less than ten years it was well-nighdeserted, much of the Mormons property had been confis-cated, and their prophet, Joseph Smith, and others had beenslain. The place has stagnated ever since, and yet itscommanding plateau „_ ,overlooking
What to see in America . uvoo, whither came in search of peace 15,000 JMormonSaints, in 1838, from farther east where they had beenridiculed and persecuted. They found here the littlevillage of Commerce, the name of which they changed toNauvoo, which means the City of Beauty. The placewas not long in becoming the largest and most promisingin the state; but in less than ten years it was well-nighdeserted, much of the Mormons property had been confis-cated, and their prophet, Joseph Smith, and others had beenslain. The place has stagnated ever since, and yet itscommanding plateau „_ ,overlooking the riveris very great ^Mormontemple which stoodat the crest of therise is gone, butmany of the villagestreets are as they , ^ ,_ ^ •^ An Indian Mound near Cahokia were, and you can trace the orderly plan of the vanished metropolis in thegrass-grown thoroughfares. On the high river bank at thesouth end of Main Street is the home of the prophet, aclapboarded unpainted farmhouse of moderate size, and on. 242 What to See in America
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