Pioneer: 2007 Vol.54, No.1

day was Sunday, members of the Camp invited citizens
in the area to attend a worship service in their camp the
following day. A good number attended, but Joseph
and his colleagues did not identify themselves as
Mormons because of safety concerns,21
The Camp left Jacksonville on June 2, They passed
by Geneva, where a home today is frequently referred
to by locals as the “Mormon Temple” This name was
derived from the fact that the extant home was built on
the foundation of what was to be an LDS tabernacle in
Geneva. This site was occupied by Latter-day Saints
fleeing the Missouri persecutions in 1838—39- Many of
them stayed there through the Nauvoo period of
“I NEVER WENT THROUGH A MORE SEVERE TRIAL
OF MY faith; it was as much as we all could
BEAR. We PERFORMED IOO MILES IN THREE DAYS,
IN THE HOTTEST WEATHER, SOME OF US AT TIMES
CARRYING OUR MUSKETS AND KNAPSACKS WEIGH¬
ING SOME 20 OR 30 POUNDS ON OUR BACKS, TRAV¬
ELING UNTIL THE BLOOD COULD BE HEARD IN OUR
BOOTS AND SHOES.”
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