Smith Family Farm
| Smith Family Farm | |
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| Coordinates | 43°02′18″N 77°14′27″W / 43.038234°N 77.240893°W |
| Founded | 1820s |
| Governing body | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
  Site location within New York, USA | |
The Smith Family Farm was the boyhood home of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.[1]
The farm—located in the townships of
History
Quaker, Lemuel Durfee, purchased the farm and permitted the family to rent the frame house until they returned to the log home in the spring of 1829. The Smiths left the area in 1830.[7][8]
The farm was purchased by the LDS Church in 1907 and passed into its care in 1915. The instigator of the purchase was LDS Church president Joseph F. Smith. The grove of trees on the site where Joseph Smith was assumed to have had his First Vision became a pilgrimage site, and centennial celebrations were held there in 1920.[9]
References
- ^ Sowby, Laurie Williams (10 July 2010). "Visiting Palmyra, birthplace of the Restoration". Church News. LDS Church. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Cradle of the Restoration", Ensign, LDS Church, January 2001
- ^ "Joseph Smith Farm Welcome Center", hillcumorah.org, LDS Church
- ^ Flake 2003, p. 83
- ^ Bushman 2005, pp. 27–28
- ^ Bushman 2005, p. 32
- ^ Bushman 2005, p. 47
- ^ "Palmyra, NY - Smith Family Farm", VisitPalmyraNY.com, Palmyra Chamber of Commerce
- ^ Flake 2003, pp. 83, 97
- ISBN 1-4000-4270-4
- Flake, Kathleen (Winter 2003), "Re-placing Memory: Latter-day Saint Use of Historical Monuments and Narrative in the Early Twentieth Century", Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, 13 (1),
External links
LDS Church portal
Media related to Smith Family Farm at Wikimedia Commons- "Joseph Smith Farm Welcome Center", hillcumorah.org, Hill Cumorah
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