BLOG #76
Note from Kevin: As I served as a Site Missionary in the Illinois Historic Sites Mission from 2024 through 2025, I created a plethora of blogs on a variety of historic subjects. Through the mission I created 75 blog articles. Most of these blog articles were created from extensive history research about Nauvoo, the prophets, ancestors, and others who lived and served there. Many of the blog articles ultimately became books of their own and the 20 books compiled in Nauvoo are available as free PDF files (upon request to me by email or text). These are also available for purchase on lulu.com. (Find the books – and many others of mine – with a search on the word “Nauvoo” and even more with a search on my name)
The 75 blog articles have been published on lulu.com in four volumes (each of just under 800 pages).
Above: Elder Hunt as the “night writer”.
Some of the blog articles were created as monthly newsletters of the Illinois Historic Sites Mission – as Sister Hunt and I served as the Mission Historians. These articles are not included in the published books but they will be included in the official 2025 full year mission history when published in January of 2026.
Above: Elder Hunt typing blog articles when not busy giving tours at the Sarah Granger Kimball (original) home
Above: Elder Hunt typing above the Orson Hyde home between tours
There are a variety of ways that you can access the blog articles:
All of the blogs are and will continue to be available on the blogsite of:
InNauvooWithKevandLou.wordpress.com
If you see one or more articles that you like and want a copy, send me a text or e-message with your e-mail address and I will be happy to send one or many of them to you.
Blog articles on the blog site are in descending order by date of publication. Note that some of the articles were published out of chronological order but that order has been corrected in the published books.
Above: Elder Hunt writing at the Browning Home and Gun Shop (nice office) when not giving tours.
At the bottom of this article I have included an index of all the published blog articles. The index (in chronological order) includes the Blog #, the Blog Title, the Date the article was published on the blog site, and the book volumes in which the articles are published on lulu.com.
If the links do not work or do not appear to be active, simply copy the link address into your browser and hit enter and it should come up.
Here is the link to the Blog Book #4 in a free PDF format
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:a47065d0-9179-4bc0-8889-fd2849c49956
This is the link to purchase the book on lulu.com
Here is the link to Blog Book #3 in a free PDF format:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:3d6028dc-b1dd-4d76-aab1-43d590fa91f9
This is the link to purchase Book #3 on lulu.com
Here is the link to Blog Book #2 in a free PDF format:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:ff7514c7-f6cd-4ff5-950a-12badd2b84d8
This is the link to purchase Book #2 on lulu.com
Here is the link to Blog Book #1 in a free PDF format:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:722baef4-8b6d-4eaa-984d-dd639c2cd22f
This is the link to purchase Book #1 on lulu.com
Above: Elder Hunt typing outside of the Lyon Drug Store in Nauvoo
Here is the list of the 75 blog articles:
| BLOG # | BLOG ARTICLE TITLE | DATE PUBLISHED | PUBLISHED IN BOOK # |
| 1 | THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ADVENTURE IN NAUVOO | 2024-04-03 | 1 |
| 2 | PRAISE TO THE MAN | 2024-01-04 | 1 |
| 3 | GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT ON THE MISSION | 2024-04-07 | 1 |
| 4 | THE MAGNIFICENT MISSION TRAINING CENTER – THE MTC | 2024-04-10 | 1 |
| 5 | MAKING THE MIRACLE TREK TO NAVUOO | 2024-04-18 | 1 |
| 6 | GETTING INTO THE MISSION SCENE IN NAUVOO | 2024-04-27 | 1 |
| 7 | SO MANY GREAT MOMENTS | 2024-05-06 | 1 |
| 8 | SPECIAL TIMES, PLACES, AND PEOPLE | 2024-05-17 | 1 |
| 9 | RESTORATION IN OLD NAUVOO 1975-2024 | 2024-05-15 | 1 |
| 10 | SPECIAL TIMES AT JOSEPH’S RED BRICK STORE IN OLD NAUVOO | 2024-06-02 | 1 |
| 11 | SO MUCH GOOD IN ONE DAY | 2024-06-07 | 1 |
| 12 | TRUE TO THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS | 2025-06-20 | 1 |
| 13 | MILLIONS SHALL KNOW BROTHER JOSEPH | 2024-06-29 | 2 |
| 14 | IN AWE OF GOD’S BEAUTIFUL NAUVOO | 2024-07-03 | 2 |
| 15 | PATRIOTIC, CULTURAL, AND COUNTY FAIR FUN | 2024-07-12 | 2 |
| 16 | REJOICING IN NAUVOO MIRACLES | 2024-07-18 | 2 |
| 17 | IT’S PAGEANT TIME IN NAUVOO | 2024-07-31 | 2 |
| 18A | MARKERS, MONUMENTS, … AND THE DASH | 2024-08-08 | 2 |
| 18B | MARKERS, MONUMENMTS, … AND MORE OF THE DASH | 2024-08-08 | 2 |
| 19 | OUR COVENANT COMMUNITY OF NAUVOO MISSIONARIES | 2024-08-23 | 2 |
| 20 | NAUVOO HOMES, BRICKS, AND THE LEGACY OF ELDER E.H. BELCHER | 2024-09-13 | 2 |
| 21 | MY FULL CIRCLE OF MISSIONARY SERVICE IN OLD NAUVOO | 2024-09-21 | 2 |
| 22 | THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF THE LORD | 2025-09-26 | 2 |
| 23 | THE NAUVOO WHISTLING WHITTLING BRIGADE | 2024-10-02 | 2 |
| 24 | SERVING IN NAUVOO HOMES AND SHOPS | 2024-10-08 | 2 |
| 25 | REFLECTIONS ON A LIFE MILESTONE | 2024-10-31 | 2 |
| 26 | MY NAUVOO ANCESTORS – PIONEERS OF HERITAGE, COVENANT, AND FAITH | 2024-11-11 | 2 |
| 27 | FALLING FOR FALL IN “BOO”-TIFUL NAUVOO | 2024-11-17 | 2 |
| 28 | A MISSION THANKSGIVING DAY OF GRATITUDE | 2024-11-28 | 3 |
| 29 | CONTINUING JOYFUL IN WINTER DAYS | 2024-12-13 | 3 |
| 30 | CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS ON HOLY GROUND | 2024-12-24 | 3 |
| 31 | MANY ARE CHILLED BUT FEW ARE FROZEN | 2025-01-13 | 3 |
| 32 | TRUTHS LEARNED FROM JOSEPH SMITH’S FIRST VISION | 2025-01-19 | 3 |
| 33 | FAMILY HISTORY HEIRLOOM RECORDS | 2025-01-24 | 3 |
| 34 | WRITING THE JOURNAL OF YOUR LIFE | 2025-01-31 | 3 |
| 35 | WRITING YOUR LIFE STORY | 2025-02-06 | 3 |
| 36 | COLLECTING RECORDS FOR YOUR FAMIY HISTORIES | 2025-02-16 | 3 |
| 37 | THE FIRE OF THE COVENANT | 2025-02-17 | 3 |
| 38 | COMPILING AND PUBLISHING YOUR FAMILY RECORDS | 2015-02-20 | 3 |
| 39 | RIDING IN A HORSE-DRAWN OPEN SLEIGH | 2025-02-23 | 3 |
| 40 | MIRACLES OF THE NAUVOO TEMPLE BRICK | 2025-03-09 | 3 |
| 41 | RECORDING HISTORY LIVE FROM NAUVOO | 3125-05-01 | 3 |
| 42 | OUR NAUVOO ANCESTORS – BELCHER ADDITION | 2025-03-22 | 3 |
| 43 | ANNOUNCING FAMILY HISTORY GUIDEBOOK | 2025-03-28 | 3 |
| 44 | FEBRUARY FUN TIMES IN OUR NAUVOO MISSION | 2025-03-30 | MISSION HISTORY |
| 45 | JESUS WAS BORN FOR EASTER JOY | 2025-04-18 | 3 |
| 46 | THE TOMB OFJOSEPH | 2025-04-19 | 4 |
| 47 | WINTER COUSINS, BRICKS, AND SPRING FUN | 2025-05-04 | 3 |
| 48 | MARCHING IN THE MISSION | 2025-05-15 | MISSION HISTORY |
| 49 | CELEBRATING MANY YEARS OF JOURNALLING | 2025-05-20 | 4 |
| 50 | MAKING NAUVOO HISTORY OLD AND NEW | 2025-06-01 | 4 |
| 51 | IN GRATITUDE TO SIMEON A. DUNN | 2025-06-15 | 4 |
| 52 | CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF NAUVOO MIRACLES | 2025-06-29 | 4 |
| 53 | ANNOUNCING NEW NAUVOO PUBLICATIONS | 2025-07-08 | 4 |
| 54 | APRIL MISSION NEWS | 2025-07-21 | MISSION HISTORY |
| 55 | A VISITOR’S VIEW OF OLD NAUVOO | 2025-08-07 | 4 |
| 56 | SAINTS IN MISSOURI BEFORE NAUVOO | 2025-08-18 | SEPARATE BOOK |
| 57 | SAINTS IN NAUVOO WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH | 2025-08-26 | SEPARATE BOOK |
| 58 | SAINTS IN NAUVOO AFTER THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH | 2025-08-31 | SEPARATE BOOK |
| 59 | SAINTS GO WESTWARD FROM NAUVOO | 2025-09-04 | SEPARATE BOOK |
| 61 | LATTER-DAY SAINTS ON THE MOVE AND A LOT MORE BOOKS TOO | 2025-09-14 | 4 |
| 62 | A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE | 2025-09-15 | 4 |
| 63 | A MERRY MONTH OF MAY IN OLD NAUVOO | 2025-09-19 | MISSION HISTORY |
| 64 | SAVING THE COOLIDGE HOUSE AND PIONEER CRAFTS | 2025-09-26 | 4 |
| 65 | WELCOMING GUESTS TO OLD NAUVOO | 2025-10-01 | 4 |
| 70 | A MISSION HIATUS, A WEDDING, AND A REUNION | 2025-11-02 | 4 |
| 67 | FINDING JOY IN OLD NAUVOO – JUNE MISSION HISTORY | 2025-10-11 | MISSION HISTORY |
| 68 | SHARING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST THROUGH NAUVOO PERFORMANCES | 2025-10-28 | 4 |
| 71 | AUGUST MISSION NEWS | 2025-11-06 | MISSION HISTORY |
| 60 | GREAT TIMES IN NAUVOO WITH OUR BRIGHAM DISTRICT | 2025-08-09 | 4 |
| 72A | GOOD TIMES, MIRACLES, AND CONNECTIONS KEEP COMING | 2025-11-16 | 4 |
| 72B | MORE GOOD TIMES, MIRACLES AND CONNECTIONS | 2025-11-19 | 4 |
| 73 | OUR MISSION IS WINDING DOWN – PREPARING TO DEPART NAUVOO | 2025-11-25 | 4 |
| 74 | REFLECTIONS OF OUR MISSION SERVED | 2025-12-01 | 4 |
| 75 | FAREWELL NAUVOO, OUR EXODUS WEST, AND OUR WELCOME HOME | 2025-12-05 | 4 |
| 69 | HOMECOMING MESSAGES FROM THE NAUVOO EXPERIENCE | 2025-10-28 | 4 |
| 76 | INNAVOOWITHKEVANDLOU – BLOG INDEX AND PUBLLISHED BOOKS | 2025-12-10 | N/A |
Happy to share all of these articles with you. Check them out again!
It was so fun writing and documenting along the Nauvoo trail.
Kevin Hunt
On the Nauvoo Trail 