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Above: The site near Jacksonville where Zions Camp stayed on May 31-June 1, 1834. Joseph preached using the name t(Squire Cook” Below: Home in Geneva, Illinois, commonly called the “Mormon TempleJ Right: Church Hollow Road\ likely one of several remaining original portions of the Zions Camp trail.
Church history, but eventually went west with the body of Saints under the direction of Brigham Young. The planned tabernacle never rose above the foundation, but the current home was built on it. Somehow the homes connection to the Saints was perpetuated as the "Mormon Temple/*22 Some twenty-five miles west of Jacksonville, the members of Zions Camp came to the Phillips Ferry crossing on the Illinois River and ferried across to the west side, where they camped* While there, several of the men climbed a hill where a skeleton was uncovered* Several accounts which say that the Prophet Joseph iden¬ tified the remains as once being a Lamanite named Zelph have survived*23 Details from the various accounts frequently vary, so it is difficult to know with certainty what actually transpired and what Joseph taught. The hill has been identified in modern times as the Naples-Russcll Mound #8, Pike County, Illinois*24 Scholars have written that the hill “is a typical prehistoric Middle Woodland mortuary complex of the Hopewell culture”25 Just north of the Zelph mound, near the west bank of the Illinois River, is an unpaved street traditionally known as Church Hollow Road* Winding between bur¬ ial mounds, its location has remained intact over the years. If Zions Camp continued its journey on to Valley City and Griggsville using this route, it would likely be a surviving segment of the original Zions Camp route along with the preserved section of the National Road near Raysville, Indiana*26 Continuing west, Zions Camp passed through 2 0 0 7 * Vo i. 5 4, No. I * PIONEER 13
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