We drove to Montrose, Iowa this afternoon. It is located across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo. The photograph below is looking east from Montrose toward Nauvoo and the temple.

Below is a photograph taken on Montrose's Main Street looking east toward the temple.

When the saints were forced to leave Nauvoo in February 1846, they crossed the Mississippi to Montrose. The majority of the people who lived in Montrose at that time were LDS, and they joined the saints from Nauvoo and moved west. Newel Knight, one of the pioneers forced from Nauvoo, recorded the following in his journal as he stood on the Iowa side of the Mississippi: "Here we all halted and took a farewell view of our delightful city. . . .We also beheld the magnificent Temple rearing its lofty tower toward the heavens. . . .My heart did swell within me."

Interesting details about Montrose and Illinois:
     1)  When Montrose was settled there was a bluff nearby covered with wild roses, hence "mount rose."
     2)  There was an Indian tribe near Montrose known as the Illini, hence "Illinois."

After seeing Montrose we drove to the Aldi grocery store in Fort Madison, IA. On May 10 I wrote about the Aldi coin operated shopping carts. We saw the following sign today at Aldi, and got the official explanation for why they use this type of cart.