[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. and his party choose the site of Adam-ondi-Ahman on the Grand River. (1)
-- May 19, 1838
Joseph Smith and others visited a place on Grand River, in Missouri, about 25 miles north of Far West, called Spring Hill by the Saints, which by revelation was named Adam-ondi-Ahman because "it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or the Ancient of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet." (See D&C 116, Dan. 7:9-14.) (2)
Adam-ondi-Ahman selected for settlement in Daviess County, Missouri. (3)
Joseph Smith receives a revelation that Spring Hill, Missouri is really "Adam-ondi-Ahman, because, said he, it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or the Ancient of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet" and that a pile of stones found there was the remains of an altar built by Adam to offer sacrifices. (4)
Spring Hill, Missouri. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 116, a revelation that identified Spring Hill as the site of Adam-ondi-Ahman and the place where Adam would again come to meet with his people. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Planned Mormon settlement at Spring Hill (soon renamed Adam-ondi-Ahman), Daviess County. (6)
-- May 21, 1838
Elder Heber C. Kimball and Elder Orson Hyde arrive back in Kirtland after introducing the Gospel to England. (7)
Hyde, Orson: Arrived in Kirtland 21 May 1838. (8)
-- (Tue) May 22, 1838
Heber C. Kimball returned to Kirtland, at a time when Smith loyalists were very much unwelcome there. (9)
-- May 22, 1838
Heber C. Kimball returns to Kirtland, OH. (10)
[Heber C. Kimball] Returns to Kirtland from first English mission. (11)
Kimball, Heber Chase: Returned to Kirtland 22 May 1838. With companions baptized nearly fifteen hundred. (8)
-- During 1838 May
[Wilford Woodruff] Visits Scarboro and Boston 1:243f (12)
Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - Church News: Historical chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
3 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
4 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
8 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
9 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
10 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
11 - Kimball, Stanley B. (editor), On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987
12 - Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah
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