Harmony, Pennsylvania

This memorial of John the Baptist restoring the Aaronic Priesthood is currently located in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, in the township known in 1829 as Harmony.

Isaac Hale's home where Joseph first met Emma, and where they moved in 1827. Joseph had received the plates and they had to leave the persecution in Palmyra.

The Hale family was more prosperous than Joseph's family. When Joseph told Isaac Hale he was not allowed to see the golden plates, Isaac did not let them stay.

Joseph and Emma moved down the road to a small cabin they bought from Emma's brother. There the translation began in 1828.

Various scribes wrote as Joseph translated, including Emma, Martin Harris, and for the majority of the book, Oliver Cowdery.

The cabin has been rebuilt on the original foundation, and restored with period furnishings. In this cabin their first baby was born but died shortly after birth.

The LDS chapel is across the street from the cemetery.

This view shows the cemetery with the Joseph and Emma Smith cabin in the background (looking south).

This is a new tombstone for the infant son of Joseph and Emma Smith.

This view, looking south, shows how the new tombstone encases the old one.

This is a close-up of the old tombstone.

The re-created well in the yard of the cabin.

This view, looking south, shows the cabin inside the fenced yard.

The restored cabin with the attached shed.

This display explains the significance of the Susquehanna River.

This display relates the events of the baptism of Joseph and Oliver, directed by John the Baptist.

Looking upstream in September 2020. The water levels are usually lower at this time of year than they are in the springtime.

This is the old memorial near the cemetery.

After she left Harmony in 1829, Emma never saw her parents again.

For a brief biography of Isaac Hale, see https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/isaac-hale

Emma's parents are buried in the same cemetery as her infant son.