Clausen Country

Our week in Nauvoo went sooooo fast! We didn't have very good Wi fi connection and I didn't do very well keeping up with posting, but here goes.
WED. March 18th
We spent the morning touring some of the sites. Jim was very interested in the Gun shop. The Elder that did the tour for us was from Montana and he built his own gun of that time in history. He was very interesting and informative. Coming to Nauvoo at this time of the year has it's advantages. When we tour a place we aren't rushed and most of the time we were the only ones on the tour so the missionaries took their time and we got to know them a bit. Today we were engrossed in the tours and didn't take as many pictures. We decided we'd go back and take more pictures.

When we went to the brick shop this is the oven in the front. Our tour guide on this day was somewhat plain in his presentation and when we asked if we could each get a brick he told us we could only have one but we could go to the Red Brick Store and buy more. When we went to the store we were told they didn't have any. The brick makers usually supply the store with bricks but they hadn't received any yet. The store is owned by the Community of Christ which long ago were know as the reorganized church.

We went to the tin shop but spaced getting any pictures.

These pictures are of the print shop. We learned some interesting things here. There were three sisters in the print shop and as they were giving their presentation we kept hearing things being dropped on the floor upstairs. Finally we were told that there was a sister up there working on a quilt and apparently dropped the frame. Nothing to be to concerned about!!

So the table shows how print set up happened - the beginnings. It's all upside down and has to be proof read paragraph by paragraph very carefully because if you put a whole column together and then discover a mistake in the first paragraph it all has to be taken apart, to the mistake and start all over from there. It was very time consuming. So a couple of things I learned - When I was a kid my mom would tell me to mind my "p's and q's". I never knew what that had to do with anything until we were in the print shop. The only difference between a "p" and a "q" is the way it's turned. Sometimes young people were typesetters and they would be reminded to "mind the p's and q's", meaning - be careful and don't screw up!

This picture is taken were the typeset would be put on paper. The arm in the front would be pushed back and forth and it would apply pressure that would make the print be applied clearly on the paper.

Then the paper had to be dried and there were papers hanging all over - of course I didn't take a picture of that,

Oh, the other thing - I call people "ding bats" occasionally. That term describes the decorative things added to the type to make the paper more appealing.

There were two publications printed in the print shop: The Times & Seasons and The Nauvoo Neighbor.

The Times & Seasons would be compared to our Ensign now and the Nauvoo Neighbor would be more like The Church News.

We went down to the river's edge. at the end of Parley Street. This is where the saints crossed the river. I was amazed at how large the Mississippi River is, although I don't think it was this big when the saints were here.

This is the ferry that took the saints, their wagons and the meager belongings they had, across the river.

This is the point they entered the river.

This statue of Joseph and Brigham is at this site too. We were told they often talked about the saints moving west - just not like it ended up happening.