NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The original 12 cast-iron oxen — 2,200 pounds each — installed when Salt Lake Temple first opened in 1893 are now back at home after being "meticulously" restored as the ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- Mormon church leaders opened a plush reconstruction of their historic holy sanctuary Wednesday, more than 150 years after the original temple was destroyed.

In 1848, a fire believed to be arson destroyed much of the Nauvoo temple. In 1850, a storm leveled what was left. ... Interior features include a baptismal font resting on 12 limestone oxen, ...

Nauvoo “lost its sovereignty last night because Utah will always control it,” said Irene Tukuafu, a Latter-day Saint temple worker in the town. “Nauvoo has become a colony of Salt Lake City.” ...

Among them are pieces of the original Nauvoo, Ill. temple's baptismal font and floor and items that reflect the everyday life of e... Friday, November 15 54°F / Cape Girardeau. Latest; ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have ...