We went on a tour with the Reorganized Church because you can’t get into any of their properties without being on a tour. They keep them all locked up. One of the places we went to was the Red Brick Store. In the old days it was Joseph Smith’s store and all kinds of good could be purchased there. We looked at a book there that actually showed things that were purchased and by whom and on what date back in the day. That was fun and there were a lot of familiar names. The Relief Society was organized in the large room above the store.

While on their tour we visited the Smith Family Cemetery which is next to the first Smith home. Joseph, Emma, Hyrum, Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith were some of the people buried there. It is a beautiful site along the Mississippi River. The Smith Homestead was originally a log cabin and then they built onto it. The Reorganized Church tour took us inside so we could see it. It’s amazing how these people could live in something so small. We were thinking about how opulent our homes have become these days.