Monday, June 29, 2026

Kingman Arizona, Bonelli House Tour

The Bonelli House tour is great.  It tells briefly the story of the Bonelli family, but more importantly has some great items from the past, 1915 to about 1970.  The Bonelli House is the home of George and Effie Tarr Bonelli.  George was gthe son of Mormon pioneers and Effie the daughter of the Train Station master.  They were married in the South Methodist church across from their home in 1895.  They owned a large cattle ranch operation.  They were also into other local businesses such as turquoise jewelry.  Their original home had electricity.  It was made of wood and caught fire, perhaps from a short.  They rebuilt within a year this home just to the east of the original.  It had Tufa stone and fire resistant plaster.  Also had an escape from every room.  The copula was a natural cooling system to let the heat out through the roof.  

























Friday, June 26, 2026

History of Elkhart County: Elkhart County Historical Museum

In addition to providing a good history of the Native Americans in the area, Miami and Potawatomi, the museum also gives a good history of the people coming to Elkhart County.  Significant points in Elkhart history includes the develop of mills,the development of medical devices, the manufacturing of musical instruments, becoming a train hub, and the dominance of the St. Joseph River.


















Thursday, June 25, 2026

Book of Mormon Evidences: Nettle Lake Mound Group

The Nettle Lake Mound Group has been dated to 2000 years ago and identified as Hopewell Mounds.  This corresponds with the Book of Mormon time period and possible are Nephite mounds.  They have been excavated and identified as burial mounds and other artifacts taken from the mounds.  It is incredible to think that these things date to around the time Christ visited the Book of Mormon people.  The mounds are not very tall, but there are like five of them.