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3 unusual facts about Kirtland


Joseph Smith Papyri

In July 1835, Chandler brought four mummies and associated papyri to Kirtland, Ohio, then headquarters of the LDS Church.

Joseph Smith—Matthew

It was originally published in 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio in an undated broadsheet as "Extract from the New Translation of the Bible".

Kirtland's Warbler

There is a Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Festival, which is sponsored in part by Kirtland Community College (which is named in honor of the bird and its habitat).


Brian Fechino

Fechino's role with PMB is much wider than his guitar duties; he earned the nickname "Techno" from his bandmates for his soundboard skills, and has mixed and/or produced several of the band's projects including the EP Drive-By Romance, the bonus acoustic tracks on the Kirtland release of Save Me and the Wolf Trap portion of the Vintage Stages Live DVD.

C. Terry Warner

The permanent exhibition, Education in Zion, tells the history of education in the LDS Church, beginning with the spiritual and secular education of Joseph Smith, and continuing through the foundation of educational institutions throughout Church's Kirtland and Nauvoo years, its migration to the Mountain West, and its ultimate worldwide expansion.

Dorrance Kirtland

Kirtland was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819).

Fanny Alger

The Algers first moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, and then to Mayfield, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, ten miles southwest of the Mormon settlement at Kirtland.

Florence S. Jacobsen

As a church curator, Jacobsen supervised the restoration of many church buildings, including the Promised Valley Playhouse in Salt Lake City; the E. B. Grandin building in Palmyra, New York; the Brigham Young home in St. George, Utah; the Jacob Hamblin home in Santa Clara, Utah; the Newell K. Whitney store in Kirtland, Ohio; and the interior of the Manti Utah Temple.

Francisco Mercado, Jr.

He graduated from the Bombardier School at Kirtland Field (now Kirtland Air Force Base), Albuquerque, New Mexico in class WFTC 43-13 on September 11, 1943 and proudly received his Bombardier Wings and a commission as a Second Lieutenant.

Harvey H. Cluff

David Cluff had come to Kirtland to learn more of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and meet with Joseph Smith, Jr. The family later moved to Jackson County, Missouri, Springfield, Illinois and then in 1840 to Nauvoo, Illinois.

Jared Potter Kirtland

Kirtland was born in Wallingford, Connecticut and died in Rockport Township, Ohio (now Lakewood).

KPRT

KPRT-FM, a FM radio station in Kirtland, New Mexico, United States

Larry T. Wimmer

He also had written several works on the Kirtland Safety Society including The Kirtland Economy Revisited with Marvin S. Hill and C. Keith Rooker.

Melon heads

Legend holds that the melon heads may be sighted along Wisner Road in Kirtland, and Chardon Township.

Ohio State Route 306

The Kirtland Temple, the first temple built by the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormons), is located on Route 306 in central Kirtland.


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