Category: Geography and Archeology

Here is an excerpt from Letter VII written by Oliver Cowdery. I must now give you some description of the place where, and the manner in which these records were deposited. You are acquainted with the mail road from Palmyra, Wayne Co. to Canandaigua, Ontario Co. N.Y.and also, as you pass from the former to the […]

Even before Joseph Smith received the Gold Record from the Hill Cumorah, the family members already knew the place was called Cumorah. The only thing that makes sense is that the Angel must have called it Cumorah. This following excerpt comes from the book Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for […]

Knowledge of this sermon was made known to me in the book entitled Between These Hills written by Jonathan Neville. This discourse by President Brigham Young was delivered at a Special Conference Held at Farmington, for the Purpose of Organizing a Stake of Zion for the County of Davis, on Sunday Afternoon, June 17, 1877. […]

The links to the Joseph Smith papers were reported by Jonathan Neville in his book Between These Hills – A Case for the New York Cumorah published in May 2021. Record 1 This first link is as follows: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/lucy-mack-smith-history-1844-1845/41 These screenshots are of the history given by Lucy Mack Smith telling the story of her […]

In 1881, Congress commissioned the Smithsonian Institute to survey the mounds of the lands of the United States.[Robert Silverberg, The Mound Builders, page 131] This map is the results of that commission. Pay attention to groupings as it may give hints as to where ancient Nephite and Lamanite settlements once existed. One other thing to […]

We don’t really have a whole lot about exactly where the family of Lehi would have landed. What we really have is two things. 1. The expeditions of Phillip Beale demonstrate not only the plausibility of, but in fact the most likely route that Lehi would have taken. Lehi most likely sailed around Africa and […]

I am posting this video here which was a presentation from an Archeologist. He is not a believer or proponent of the Book of Mormon. I just find it fascinating how many parallels he points out that match to the people of the Book of Mormon.

I am republishing an article from The American Antiquarian originally written by A. L. Rawson entitled “The Ancient Inscription at Chatota Tennessee”. Link to original article is given below. https://books.google.com/books?id=drJBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=chatata+tennessee+writings+on+wall&source=bl&ots=7Eh2MkzjvG&sig=ACfU3U2jYX8vFNzmGqq7qKC24uinavO46w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrz4LO7e32AhVUC0QIHVcjCE44FBDoAXoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=chatata%20tennessee%20writings%20on%20wall&f=true The Ancient Inscription at Chatota Tennessee by  A. L. Rawson In March, 1891, the Cleveland (Tennessee) Express printed a short account of a discovery of […]

Any time I talk about the location of Zarahemla, I usually begin with Doctrine and Covenant section 125:3. 3 Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it. Now keep this in mind. The Lord does not […]

An assumption of many Heartlanders of the Book of Mormon is that Zarahemla is in the location mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 125.  D&C 125:3 Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it. The Book of […]

The Meaning of the Word Manti The name Manti has a good match from the Chicago Demotic Dictionary. For meaning, it means porter, doorkeeper, or night watchman. Evidently Manti may have been a strategic location to prevent intruders from entering a portion of the western portions of the Nephite lands. The Location of the City […]