Oakland in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Joseph Smith
Photographed By Jack Duffy, August 10, 2011
1. Joseph Smith Marker
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list.
Location. 41° 57.095′ N, 75° 38.353′ W. Marker is in Oakland, Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County. Marker is on Pennsylvania Route 171. Exit just south of Great Bend, Pennsylvania on I-81. Go east about seven miles. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Susquehanna PA 18847, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. “Go, and Be Baptized” (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Susquehanna River (about 400 feet away); War Memorial (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Bluestone Mining
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Also see . . . Joseph Smith - Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 29, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Photographed By Don Morfe, September 28, 2015
2. Entrance to the Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site
Photographed By Don Morfe, September 28, 2015
3. Church on the site
Photographed By Don Morfe, September 28, 2015
4. Statues on the site
Photographed By Jack Duffy, August 10, 2011
5. Joseph Smith Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 9, 2015
6. Joseph Smith
This 1971 portrait of Joseph Smith by Adrian Lamb, after an unknown artist, hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
“During the 1820s, the religious movement called the Second Great Awakening was particularly powerful in upstate New York, an area known as the ‘Burned Over District’ for the fierceness of its revivals. Amidst this fervid religiosity, young Joseph Smith in 1830 founded what came to be known officially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or more informally as the Mormons, after a book he said he translated, the Book of Mormon. Smith urged his followers to gather into communities that by their size and cohesiveness threatened other citizens, which led to antagonism and ultimately forced evictions. In 1839 they settled in Commerce, Illinois, which they renamed Nauvoo. After five years, opposition to the Mormon presence, grew, as did challenges to Smith's leadership from political opponents and Mormon dissenters. After he closed down an opposition newspaper, he was put in prison, where he was attacked by a mob and murdered. ” — National Portrait Gallery
“During the 1820s, the religious movement called the Second Great Awakening was particularly powerful in upstate New York, an area known as the ‘Burned Over District’ for the fierceness of its revivals. Amidst this fervid religiosity, young Joseph Smith in 1830 founded what came to be known officially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or more informally as the Mormons, after a book he said he translated, the Book of Mormon. Smith urged his followers to gather into communities that by their size and cohesiveness threatened other citizens, which led to antagonism and ultimately forced evictions. In 1839 they settled in Commerce, Illinois, which they renamed Nauvoo. After five years, opposition to the Mormon presence, grew, as did challenges to Smith's leadership from political opponents and Mormon dissenters. After he closed down an opposition newspaper, he was put in prison, where he was attacked by a mob and murdered. ” — National Portrait Gallery
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2011, by Jack Duffy of West Jordan, Utah. This page has been viewed 648 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 25, 2011, by Jack Duffy of West Jordan, Utah. 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 5, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 5. submitted on September 25, 2011, by Jack Duffy of West Jordan, Utah. 6. submitted on August 10, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
