“Places to Know,” Doctrine and Covenants Stories (2002), 243–44
“Places to Know,” Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 243–44
Places to Know
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
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Adam-ondi-Ahman is a place in the state of Missouri. Jesus visited Adam there long ago.
- America
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America is the land where the Book of Mormon people lived long ago.
- Arizona
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Arizona is a state in the western United States. Brigham Young sent Saints to build towns in Arizona.
- California
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California is a state in the western United States. Brigham Young sent Saints to build towns in California.
- Carthage
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Carthage is a town in Illinois. Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed in the Carthage Jail.
- celestial kingdom of heaven
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The celestial kingdom of heaven is where Heavenly Father and Jesus live. Righteous Saints will live there after they are resurrected.
- Colorado
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Colorado is a state in the western United States.
- Council Bluffs
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Council Bluffs is a town on the plains of the United States. It is located in Iowa.
- Egypt
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Egypt is a land where Abraham and Moses lived long ago.
- Far West
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Far West was a town in the state of Missouri. The Saints lived in Far West for a while.
- Fayette
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Fayette is a town in the state of New York. Joseph Smith organized the Church in Fayette.
- Garden of Gethsemane
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The Garden of Gethsemane is near Jerusalem. Jesus suffered and bled for us in the Garden of Gethsemane.
- Great Salt Lake Valley
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The Great Salt Lake Valley is in the western United States.
- Harmony
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Harmony is a town in Pennsylvania where Joseph Smith lived.
- Haun’s Mill
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Haun’s Mill was a town in Missouri. A mob killed many Saints in Haun’s Mill.
- heaven
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Heaven is the place where Heavenly Father and Jesus live. We lived in heaven before we came to earth.
- Hill Cumorah
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The Hill Cumorah was near Joseph Smith’s home in New York. The gold plates were buried in the Hill Cumorah.
- Idaho
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Idaho is a state in the western United States. Brigham Young sent Saints to build towns in Idaho.
- Illinois
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Illinois is a state in the midwestern United States. Nauvoo and Carthage are towns in Illinois.
- Independence
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Independence is a city in Jackson County, Missouri. Jesus said the city of Zion would be built near Independence.
- Jackson County
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Jackson County is in Missouri. The mobs made the Saints leave Jackson County.
- Jerusalem
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Jerusalem is a city in Israel. Jesus will go to Jerusalem when he comes back to the earth.
- Kirtland
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Kirtland is a town in Ohio. The early Saints lived in Kirtland for several years and built a temple there.
- Liberty
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Liberty is a town in Missouri. Joseph Smith was in the Liberty Jail for several months.
- Mississippi River
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Part of the Mississippi River is near the city of Nauvoo. The Saints crossed the Mississippi River when they left Nauvoo.
- Missouri
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Missouri is a state in the midwestern United States. Independence is a city in Missouri.
- Nauvoo
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Nauvoo is a city in Illinois. The Saints lived in Nauvoo and built a temple there.
- New York
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New York is a state in the eastern United States. The Hill Cumorah is in New York. Palmyra and Fayette are towns in New York.
- Ohio
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Ohio is a state in the midwestern United States. Kirtland is a town in Ohio.
- Pacific Ocean
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The Pacific Ocean is on the western side of the United States. The Mormon Battalion marched to the Pacific Ocean.
- Palmyra
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Palmyra is the town in New York where Joseph Smith’s family lived for many years.
- Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania is a state in the eastern United States. Emma Smith’s family lived in Pennsylvania.
- Pueblo
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Pueblo is a city in Colorado. The men in the Mormon Battalion left their families in Pueblo.
- Quincy
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Quincy is a town in Illinois.
- Rocky Mountains
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The Rocky Mountains are in the western part of the United States. The pioneers crossed the Rocky Mountains and went into the Great Salt Lake Valley.
- Salt Lake City
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The pioneers built Salt Lake City. It is in the Great Salt Lake Valley.
- telestial kingdom of heaven
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People who are not good on earth will live in the telestial kingdom of heaven after they are resurrected.
- terrestrial kingdom of heaven
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People who are good but do not obey all God’s commandments on earth will live in the terrestrial kingdom of heaven after they are resurrected.
- United States
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The United States is a land in North America. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was restored in the United States.
- Utah
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Utah is a state in the western United States. Salt Lake City is in Utah.
- Vermont
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Vermont is a state in the eastern United States. Joseph Smith was born in Vermont.
- Winter Quarters
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Winter Quarters was a town on the plains of the United States.
- Wyoming
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Wyoming is a state in the western United States. Brigham Young sent Saints to build towns in Wyoming.
- Zion
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Zion was a city that Enoch built. Someday there will be another city named Zion. It will be in Jackson County, Missouri.