If you have never been to Nauvoo during summer season, you may be wondering, just what is “Youth of Zion”? It is a delightful few minute’s retreat into days of old Nauvoo. The Young Performing Missionaries, called to serve in Nauvoo from early May thru mid-August arrive with smiles on their faces and songs in…
If you haven’t experienced a Nauvoo spring, you are missing something special. Weather is totally unpredictable—warm one day, cold the next. Maybe even the threat of snow at times, and yes, the wind is always blowing. My favorite things about a Nauvoo spring? Trees covered with blossoms. Tiny bright green leaves. Tulips…..thousands of them. Green…
Saturday as we were enjoying a late afternoon walk in the Nauvoo Flats, we noticed a carriage being drawn by our two favorite horses here in Nauvoo. Normally you don’t see the carriages. Instead you might encounter a wagon full of folks from all over the world with two of our beloved Teamster Missionaries at…
A demonstration. That’s the only way to see a prairie grass fire. During my childhood, I read books like Caddie Woodlawn that mentioned prairie grass fires. (I really didn’t even know what a field of prairie grass looked like, until I moved to Nauvoo.) In Historic Nauvoo there’s a quarter-acre section of prairie grass that…
March 17, 1842…..no photographs taken of the day’s momentous event but if they had, it might have looked like this one. On this special day, the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo was organized by Joseph Smith in the upper room of the Red Brick Store. During our first trip to Nauvoo in 2009, I heard…
Yes, it is still winter. Yes, it was cold when this was taken. And yes…..some winter days in Nauvoo are without snow. The photograph proves it. This shot of Joseph and Emma’s home shows just how stately the Mansion House appears across this field in Old Nauvoo. When one considers the history surrounding the Mansion…
Roads cleared a little the day after our sleigh ride so we ventured out of Nauvoo and headed down “The Great River Road” that runs alongside the Mississippi. Everything was still covered in snow, including the Mississippi River…..and it really does freeze solid. Underneath the snow was at least 24” of solid ice. Tom headed…
Hi! I know this is crazy, but do you happen to know if he offers private carriage rides for a fee? I’m planning to get married at the Nauvoo Temple in May and think it would be fun to have a carriage ride as we leave the temple. Would you possibly pass my contact information on to him just in case? I’ve found one other company, but I didn’t really like the style of carriage that they had.
Grae Morgan
Hello Grae,
Congrats on your upcoming wedding in Nauvoo! We do provide a list of local vendors to our wedding photography clients. Please contact us at 217-453-2797 for more information.