Kirtland's history interwoven with the Restoration – LDS Church News

KIRTLAND, Ohio — The peaceful rolling hills, green pastures and tree-lined roadways of northern Ohio belie the wealth of significant events that occurred in the Restoration in and near Kirtland.

The Saints remained in the area eight years, 1831-39, longer than any other place before they migrated to the Salt Lake Valley.

It was in Kirtland that the School of the Prophets began in a room above the Whitney Store. It's where half the revelations now found in the Doctrine and Covenants were received and the first edition of the book was printed. It's where the Prophet worked on the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible and most of the Pearl of Great Price, and where all of the priesthood offices in the church today were revealed. There were also visions of the Father and the Son — more of those appearances in Kirtland than in any other place.

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