Celebrating Kirtland
The Prophet's Tour, Part 4

A Photographic Essay
by Scot Facer Proctor
All Photographs Copyright 2003 Scot Facer Proctor
(Use of any photographs herein only by written permission of Meridian Magazine)

Karl Ricks Anderson took the Prophet to the very lot the Prophet’s ancestor, Azra Judd, once owned. Don Staheli and Jane Hinckley Dudley look on as Brother Anderson explains how the lot was laid out.

President Hinckley said he wanted to get some “mud on his shoes” from the lot his ancestor owned. Here he poses for a picture on that lot.

Three generations pose on the lot of their ancestor. President Hinckley, daughter Jane and granddaughter Sarah smile for the cameras.

President Hinckley assessed the situation of his ancestor and thought the deal for this lot wasn’t very good. He said, “Never buy real estate when it is covered in snow or when you haven’t seen it.” A man to the side of us said, “I just doubled my real estate knowledge.”

President Hinckley and his wife, daughter and granddaughter, with Don Staheli, get ready to be driven to the new water-powered sawmill and the ashery.

Elder Maxwell enjoys the ride on the wood chip trail to the new sawmill. The sawmill and the ashery were restored to their original foundations.

Click here to go to Part 5, the final part of the Prophet’s Tour.

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