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Joseph Smith Family Farm
Palmyra, NY

Palmyra is the birthplace of the Latter Day Saint movement and Mormonism. Founder Joseph Smith, Jr.,
whose family lived on a farm that straddled the line between Palmyra and Manchester, claimed to
have been visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ in 1820, an event known as the First Vision. In
1830 the Book of Mormon was first published in the village of Palmyra by E.B. Grandin, in the
present Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site. Beginning in the early 20th century, The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began buying and restoring many of the properties in the area
associated with early church history. In 1997 the Smiths' log cabin was rebuilt on its original site
and in 2000 the church built the Palmyra New York Temple on a portion of the former Smith farm.
Source: Wikipedia