THE SITE OF THE TEMPLE AT ZARAHEMLA

Folks, this photo does nothing to show it, but it is a beautiful site photo of the area just west of Nauvoo (and across the river where you could walk across the river in the summer - before the dam was installed, that raised the water level there).  This pronounced limestone shelf was an impediment to easy river traffic at low water times, so a dam and locks were installed in order to avoid it.  I believe this was the same limestone shelf (basically a fault line where the north side erupted up) that they encountered on Parley Street when they attempted to dig the canal up and into downtown Nauvoo.  Prior to dynamite,  this was a show stopper when they hit this rock strata.  It was this rock strata river ford that Joseph used on occasion to fool the mobs when he would have someone dressed as he would, cross over on a horse and throw them off to his true whereabouts.

I predict that this area will once again become great and a spiritual center will rise from it, on a scale similar to that of Salt Lake City - but not as prominent as the NJ.