A meticulously restored and reconstructed 19th-century settlement, Historic Kirtland showcases the vitality and spirit of the early American frontier. It also offers a colorful glimpse into the Second Great Awakening, a period of religious fervor in the United States in the 1820-30s, as it tells the story of early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
Learn MoreImagine a contemporary grocery shopper buying household supplies such as brown sugar or molasses in a 15-gallon wooden keg. Cooking oil is available in a hand-thrown pottery crock. Herbs and spices appear in foot-long, tightly tied bundles while woven baskets display freshly harvested produce.
Such cumbersome shopping would generate impatience in today’s consumers, but it was a significant part of daily life in frontier America.
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