N.K. Whitney Store

Then we headed over to the N.K. Whitney Store:

The salesroom

Mr. Whitney was also the postmaster

another angle of the salesroom

The Back Room

This was the backroom where all of the items shipped to the store was sorted and put in their proper place. Later this room would become the first Bishop's Storehouse after Brother Whitney became bishop.

The Cellar

During the winters, the pioneers would go up to Lake Erie and chop up big chunks of ice. They would bring them back to their homes and pack them in straw and (I believe newspapers.) Then they would place them in their cellars where it was cool. If done properly, the ice would last until late August.

Joseph and Emma's kitchen in the store

Brother and Sister Whitney gave up part of their store in the back, so that Joseph and Emma could have their own kitchen. They then gave the Smith's rooms upstairs, too.

Joseph and Emma's bedroom on the second level of the Store

We were told that this is where Emma gave birth to their firstborn that lived longer than infancy.

Goodnight, Sleep tight, Don't let the bedbugs bite!

We were told that the saying, "goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite" was because of the way their beds were made. Their boxspring (so to say) was just a bunch of ropes tied together. They needed to be tightened every night before bedtime due to the untightening of them during the night before's usage. The bedbug part of the saying was from the straw that was put inside the blankets for insulation. It was a good night if you didn't have little critters bitin' ya.

The town of Kirtland actually owns this table. It is said that they have records that indicate this table has always been in the storehouse, in this very room. This room was where Joseph would come to work on revising the Bible.

The School of the Prophets

This picture, and the next picture, is the room where Joseph held, "The School of the Prophets." This was for the uneducated men that were going out to serve missions. This is also the room where God the Father and Jesus appeared with a room full of 20 men. Coincidentally, only four men wrote about it in their journals. I was thinking it, but the tour guide said it, "I am just speculating here, but, I presume that not all 20 men saw them."

The School of the Prophets room, is also where Emma had to come in and clean up after all the men that spit tobacco out on the floor. After about a month of doing this, she told her husband that she didn't think it was fair and he then went into the room where he revised the bible and prayed about it. He had a revelation about the Word of Wisdom and D&C 89 was written.