Webb Blacksmith Shop — Attraction in Nauvoo

The history (HisStory) of desciples' faithful, hard-work efforts to follow Christ's more modern-day prophets who led them as they built the 10th largest US town in the 1840's, a bit of "heaven on Earth" and an extremely impressive Temple to the Most High God, as they started in their impoverished, persecuted conditions on a Mississippi swamp. They then, again under persecution and myterdom and prophetic leadership, built wagons, gathered supplies, and abandoned their miraculous town to blaze a trail, moving like a nation, creating a trail from the wilderness, leading to the Rockies. Webb Brothers' Blacksmith and Wainwright Shop tells part of the Nauvoo history and shows the amazing hard work of building wagons and shoeing oxen for such an amazing trip to the...

I love these little Nauvoo historical venues. Totally free to the public, they demonstrate how the pioneers used to make wagons, wheels, horshoes, etc. The LDS (Mormon) missionaries are very kind and donate their time to help keep the memory of our pioneers alive. Also nearby, check out the living history center, brick-maker's shop and gunsmith. All free to the public. Great for kids. Somebody just might be lucky enough to leave with a mini horse shoe made during the live...

The blacksmith shop is one of our favorite stops in Nauvoo. You'll get to hear about wagon making and wheel making as well, which was interesting to hear. They also give a small demonstration in the blacksmith shop. The missionaries there will make a small horseshoe to show the kids what the blacksmith would have done there.

Each family gets one of those small horseshoes, and every person present gets a prairie diamond ring, which is a horseshoe nail bent into the...