He had his Skull Read

During the Nauvoo years phrenology was alive and well in the United States. Phrenologist would read peoples skulls to help the person understand his strengths and weaknesses. A phrenologist came to Nauvoo to read whose skull?

a.      Sidney Rigdon

b.      Elias Higbee

c.       Lucy Mack Smith

d.      Joseph Smith

Yesterday’s answer:

(C)   Painted on mottos or slogans

Between 1856 and 1860 some three thousand Latter-day Saints participated in the effort to immigrate to Zion through a streamlined transportation system .Commencing in Iowa City—the furthermost railhead at the time—the handcart pioneers began their journey to the valley of the Saints. Some painted their handcarts with such mottos as “Zion’s Express,” “Merry Mormons,” and “Truth Will Prevail.”

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Their Faces Toward Zion (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996), 129.