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| View of Nauvoo from Montrose with lily pads in the river |
This afternoon Ann and I drove to Fort Madison, Iowa and followed the river road down to Keokuk, Iowa and back to Nauvoo. We wanted to see the view of Nauvoo from Montrose, Iowa which is located between Fort Madison and Keokuk. Montrose is where the Saints went when they crossed over the frozen Mississippi River in February of 1846.
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| Kiosk at Montrose, Iowa |
It was in May of that same year when Wilford Woodruff made the following entry in his journal:
"I was in Nauvoo on the 26th of May, 1846, for the last time, and left the city of the Saints feeling that most likely I was taking a final farewell of Nauvoo for this life. I looked upon the temple and City as they recede from view and asked the Lord to remember the sacrifices of his Saints."
