Martin Harris Farm- Troy and Jenny
I am grateful for Martin Harris and the role he played in bringing about the book of mormon. I don't know if i would have the faith to mortgage my home like Martin did with part of his farm to pay for the printing of the book of mormon. Martin Harris was also one of Josephs first scribes and he was one of the 3 witnesses. Even though he was persecuted he never denied the truth of the Book of Mormon and bore testimony of it until his death on July 10, 1875. The greatest lesson that kept coming to my mind while seeing all these historical places was faith. Faith was what the pioneers thrived on. They were so in tune with the spirit and KNEW that if they just had faith that they would be okay, even if death was the outcome, they still had unwavering faith.
All hand work during construction
The farm Martin Harris owned is now a private residence and is not open for tours, although visitor's can walk on part of the grounds and read plaques that have been put up by the Church. The original home of Martin Harris was a one and a half story white frame house, which was unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1849. There is now a home where the original house stood that is known as a Lake-Stone building. It was built in 1850, by the same skilled laborers that had worked on the Erie Canal. Most of the stones were taken from the shores of Lake Ontario to be used on the house.
These are the stones in the front of the house, they are said to be the best quality of stones.
these were a step down from the best of quality stones, they put these on the sides of the home.
On the back side of the house were the poorest in quality of stones.
Although the home is not open for tours, they were doing some work on it that day and they allowed us to look inside and take a few pics! This is some of the original work on the inside that was not destroyed in the fire.
In the bedroom was a very small washroom with a toilet and a sink
The front door, double the size of what "our" normal doors are today.
stonework
At this point i am starting to forget all of the info about each stop so I may hev to go back later and add a few things. :)
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