Ft. Madison, Carthage, Nauvoo

We cross the Mississippi river to get to Ft. 

Madison Iowa. Just as we crossed over on the

bridge, the alarm sounded and they stop traffic

and open the bridge to allow barges to go through. 

 Notice how big the barge is that came through.

We stopped at the park to watch the barge and 

then we went to the museum.

Then we stopped at the linger longer park.

This was where the saints crossed the 

Mississippi when they left Nauvoo.

Then we drove to Carthage Jail.  The Hughes were

working there and gave us the tour.

 This is the room that Joseph and Hyrum Smith

were killed in.  That is the bullet hole put in the

door and the clock stopped at 5:20. 

When we got back to Carthage we visited some

of the sites.  This is Brayden operating the press.