Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown, New York is small, very small. The only reason this place of 1, 912 people made it on the map is because it’s home to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball enthusiasts from all over descend on this little town each year to revel in the Hall of Fame. Believe it or not, this little town also has a tie to the early years of the Church, what is it?

a.      The Bible used in the JST of the Bible was printed here

b.      This is the birthplace of Oliver Cowdery

c.       This is where the first official ward was organized in the Church

d.      This is where the first official branch of the Church was organized

Yesterday’s answer:

(D)   “Thou fool . . .”

At Willow Springs, some of the colonists wrote comments on the rock walls of the canyon. One inscription reads, “Arizona Mission Dead—1873.”  A more optimistic colonist countered with graffiti of his own: “Thou Fool, This Mission is not dead, it only sleeps.”

Kevin H. Folkman, “The Moste Desert Lukking Plase I Ever Saw, Amen!” The “Failed” 1873 Arizona Mission To The Little Colorado River, The Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 37, No. 1, Winter 2011, pg. 138.