Kanesville Tabernacle

Consequently, they began to make plans to evacuate Nauvoo and migrate to the Rocky Mountains where they hoped to establish church headquarters and practice their religion in relative isolation and peace.

[1] Ongoing concerns about their safety and their ability to leave Nauvoo led church leaders on February 2, 1846, to meet to discuss their situation.

[2] Kane assisted the church leaders in negotiating an agreement that allowed them to establish a provisioning base in the territory of the Omaha tribe known as Winter Quarters.

Young, however, quickly returned to Winter Quarters (near present-day Florence, Nebraska) to organize the remainder of the pioneers in preparation for their trek and to deal with a few business items.

In the center of the wall opposite the entrance, there was a small wing that provided a stage upon which the church leaders could sit and conduct the meeting.

[7] The replica, which sat less than a block from the site of the original tabernacle, was dedicated by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley on July 13, 1996.

[12][13] The site of the demolished replica was dedicated as the Kanesville Memorial on September 28, 2024, by Elder Kyle S. McKay, Church Historian and Recorder.

These events include the mustering of the Mormon Battalion (with an emphasis on remembering the families of these soldiers who were left behind in Kanesville), the reorganization of the First Presidency, and former-church leader Oliver Cowdery returning to the faith.