Mormon Heritage Association
TOUR M55 - Missouri/Nauvoo/Winter Quarters
| Dates/Days |
Departs Tuesday morning, May 20, scheduled to return to Salt Lake City
Sunday evening, May 25.
6 glorious days, 5 nights |
| Motels |
Quite nice! Always clean & comfortable,
very adequate for our short-time needs. Scheduled: Comfort Inn,
Quincy City Center,
Super 8 (Pride of Super 8!), AmericInn. All are clean and very comfortable!
Swimming pool most nights. |
| Food |
Deluxe continental
breakfasts at all motels, tasty hot lunches served in restaurants or at some
sites such as Adam-ondi-Ahman, and wonderful buffets for dinners.
Great food is plentiful and so have been the compliments on past tours! |
| Temple options |
Sessions at the beautiful Nauvoo Temple.
Baptisms for the dead also possible. A number of Melchizedek
Priesthood brethren
from
the tour could be required to assist in order to do baptisms. |
| Special features |
Inspirational lecture about the Lincoln-Douglas debate at the monument in Washington Park where it took place in Quincy, Illinois. Optional sessions in the beautiful, new Nauvoo Temple! Spend 2 nights and most of 3 days in this compelling area visiting restored Pioneer homes & shops, Carthage Jail, and enjoying the most delightful Pioneer entertainment imaginable! Wagon ride at Mt. Pisgah on actual wagon trails used by the pioneers. Each tour day starts with a hymn and a prayer and ends the same way. Presentations on the bus while traveling between the sites are inspiring and informative. As much as practical, sites are visited in historical order to make this complex history easier to understand and remember. |
Summary:
Starts in Independence Missouri and ends at Winter Quarters Nebraska (Omaha). In-between,
more than 25 important church history sites are visited while gliding 900
miles through Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska in a deluxe air-conditioned bus.
Carefully-prepared vignettes and other
presentations are given regarding the sites and the people who lived there.
Tour members who wish to participate, are invited to thoughtfully present
these insightful and accurate portrayals and histories.
Also, optional session in the Nauvoo Temple--one of the most beautiful temples in the
world! This is truly a superior tour at a
modest price. We hope you and your family can join us!
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Some Sites Visited, by State |
Western Missouri: Independence, Richmond, Liberty, Far West, Adam-ondi-Ahman, Hannibal
Illinois: Quincy, Green Plains, Warsaw, Nauvoo, and Carthage
Iowa: Locust Creek Camp #2 (Come, Come, Ye Saints), Garden Grove temporary settlement, Mt. Pisgah temporary settlement, Kanesville Tabernacle
Nebraska: Winter Quarters pioneer cemetery and Winter Quarters Temple
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