Wednesday, June 28, 2017 – Zone Trg. Mtg., Clean Family Search Ctr, 70’s Hall, Chancy Webb Home

Our Wednesday Zone Training Meeting was very good as usual. However this will be the last one until August after the busiest of the summer schedule is over. Fact is the missionaries are so busy in July there isn’t time for the regular, weekly Zone or Mission training meetings. 

After Zone Meeting we went straight to work on the sites and put in a full day’s work. We started at the Family Search Center across the street from the Temple. We don’t get to this site very often; in fact the last time we cleaned here was back in January. There were a lot of weeds to clean and rogue trees to kill in the shrubs, bushes and Liriope beds. I even found a Poison Ivy with five foot runners out into the Liriope bed. We had a good crew so the weeds, trees and Poison Ivy are all gone now.

Next we did a general cleaning at the 70’s Hall. There were some real tall weeds but overall the job was quick and easy. The 70’s Hall planters, flowerbeds and hedges all look great now.

 Our last stop of the day was at the historic home of Chancy Webb. Chancy was one of the Webb brothers – Chauncey, John, Edward, Edwin, and Pardon – built wagons. Of these brothers, Chauncey was chosen to make the wagon that carried Brigham Young to the West. The task of building wagons to move west the population of Nauvoo was monumental. Wainwrights, wheelwrights, and blacksmiths were on call day and night. Every available space, from the shop to the parlor was used to assemble wagon boxes and wheels. To accomplish such a massive task, the cooperation of Nauvoo citizens was required. Especially needed were skilled blacksmiths like Chancy Webb and his brothers.

Our last stop of the day was at the historic home of Chancy Webb. Chancy was one of the Webb brothers – Chauncey, John, Edward, Edwin, and Pardon – built wagons. Of these brothers, Chauncey was chosen to make the wagon that carried Brigham Young to the West. The task of building wagons to move west the population of Nauvoo was monumental. Wainwrights, wheelwrights, and blacksmiths were on call day and night. Every available space, from the shop to the parlor was used to assemble wagon boxes and wheels. To accomplish such a massive task, the cooperation of Nauvoo citizens was required. Especially needed were skilled blacksmiths like Chancy Webb and his brothers.