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Saints In Nauvoo with the Prophet Joseph Smith

Blog # 57 By Kevin V. Hunt Part 2 in a series of 4 Articles on Historic Sites in Missouri, Nauvoo, and Westward

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Saints in Missouri Before Nauvoo

Blog #56 By Kevin V. Hunt Part 1 in a Series of 4 Articles on Historic Sites in Missouri, Nauvoo, and Westward Recently Sister Hunt and I were privileged to be a part of several Church History Immersion trips with the Young Sister Missionaries of the mission. We went along as Mission Historians. Sister Hunt and I both took the photos. And after the trips, I was privileged to research the sites…

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A Visitor's View of Old Nauvoo

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April Mission News

Blog #54 By Kevin V. Hunt Sister Hunt and I work together to create the monthly history or newsletter for our Illinois Historic Sites mission. We enjoy this task and opportunity. We are pleased to share with you the history which we created for the month of April. Enjoy!

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Announcing New Nauvoo Publications

Blog #53 Kevin V. Hunt It is with happiness that I announce the publicationof two more of my historic books. It is a pleasure for me to document the history of Nauvoo. I don’t remember if I have ever published two new books in one day … but it happened this time! Wow! By the fact that you find yourself reading this blog article, you know that writing blog articles about Nauvoo. Previously I…

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In Gratitude to Simeon A. Dunn

By Kevin V. Hunt A few days before Sister Hunt and I arrived in Nauvoo to serve as missionaries, we received notice that we would be assigned to live in the historic Nauvoo home of Simeon A. Dunn, located at 780 Parley Street (at the SW corner of Hyde and Parley Streets).  I knew already of the home.  I had taken a photo of it in 1975 when I was serving my “young mission” in Nauvoo.  I…

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Making Nauvoo History Old and New

BLOG #50 By Kevin V. Hunt As Site Guides in Nauvoo, we spend much of our time presenting the history of past people, prophets, and ancestors,   We share with our guests historic places where our people lived, served, and grew together. It is great fun having all of this history around us.  As a self-proclaimed historian, I enjoy anything and everything history. In addition to experiencing…

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Celebrating Many Years of Journaling

Blog # 49 Kevin V. Hunt Today is May 20, 2025 and it is a day of personal celebration for me.  And being a historian, I look for any opportunity to write about and to otherwise celebrate any possible historic event – and to remember it again and again with the passage of time.  And so, on this day, I celebrate again the anniversary of my journal writing – begun May 20, 1973 – fifty two years…

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Marching in the Mission

Blog #48 By Kevin V. Hunt Sister Hunt and I are the historians for our mission. We love this calling and opportunity. In this role, we create a molnthly “newsletter” that goes out to all of our missionaries. And then at the end of the year, these monthly histolries become a part of the annual history for the mission – and this goes to the Church History Department.

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Winter, Cousins, Bricks, and Spring Fun

scrapbook WINTER, COUSINS, BRICKS, AND SPRING FUN BLOG #47 By Kevin V. Hunt Okay, so it has been so long since you’ve had a “regular blog” from me, you might think I could have died a slow death in the depths of historic research.  Yes, I have been very busy researching various subjects – like the Martrydom, burials of Joseph Smith, compiling journals and family history, Belcher Family…

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THE TOMB OF JOSEPH

Blog #46 By Kevin V. Hunt

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Jesus was Born for Easter Joy

By Kevin V. Hunt A day to rejoice! Today is Good Friday and Sunday will be Easter. It is a joyful time to rejoice in our Lord, Jesus Chrsit – for his glorious life, His total obedience to God the Father, for his atonement, his death and his glorious resurrection. It is a time to be grateful to Him for his special gifts given for us all. For about 35 years, I have composed a new song for each…

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February Fun Times in our Nauvoo History

There certainly were a lot of fun times in our February Nauvoo experience. I have written about some of those times previously but now I share with you the official mission history that we prepared for the month. Enjoy the good times with us: Blog #44 By Kevin V. Hunt So many good and fun times on the Nauvoo trail!

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Announcing Family History Guide Book

Blog #43 By Kevin V. Hunt A couple of months ago, I taught a series of classes about family history. I made PowerPoint presentations for each of the classes. At the time, I distributed a link to each of the presentations and I also posted them as separate blog posts on this blogsite. I have now compiled all of the five presentations into a single book volume. I have also added much additional…

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Our Nauvoo Ancestors - Belcher Family Edition

BLOG #42 By Kevin V. Hunt A few months ago, I published a blog and then a book about my Hunt Nauvoo pioneer ancestors. And now I am pleased to publish this blog and a book about my wife’s Nauvoo Belcher ancestors. There are four ways that you can get the book. One is to copy the material below. With the blog article open, you can click at the top corner and drag it all of the way down and then…

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Recording History Live from Nauvoo

By Kevin V. Hunt BLOG #41 Yes, here you have it!  Reporters recording history live from Nauvoo! Featured Photo is cover from “Times and Seasons” publication in old Nauvoo 1 March 1842 – “The Book of Abraham” published by Joseph Smith From the earliest days of the Church, Joseph Smith and other church leaders were anxious to record and disseminate the news of the church.  Various publications…

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Miracles of the New Nauvoo Temple Brick

Blog #40By Kevin V. Hunt We have seen many miracles in the development of the NEW NAUVOO TEMPLE BRICK! What? Is there a new brick in Nauvoo? Did I miss something? How and when did that come about? The answer is a resounding “Yes! There is, indeed, a new souvenir brick for Nauvoo visitors. And it is very exciting! It is the “Nauvoo Temple Brick!” Above: Top first sample brick pressed and fired…