Sunstone Capital

Topic: Engineering
museum: National Museum of American History
objectType: capital, part of
Date: 1846年
Creator: Weeks, William

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints founded the town of Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839 and finished construction of their elaborate temple in 1846. Initially welcomed by the Illinois General Assembly, growing anti-Mormonism and the 1844 murder of leader Joseph Smith drove them to abandon the town less than three years after completing the temple.