August 1835
Joseph Smith visited Michigan; he returned to Kirtland on August 23, 1835.
Travels
September 2, 1835
Joseph Smith traveled from Kirtland to New Portage, Ohio, to attend a Church conference and remained there until September 8.
June 22, 1836
Joseph Smith took his mother and aunt Clarissa Smith in a carriage to Painesville, Ohio, where they partook of the sacrament together before his father and uncle John Smith started on a mission to the branches in the eastern United States.
July 25, 1836
Joseph Smith left Kirtland and boarded the steamboat Charles Townsend at Fairport Harbor, Ohio, beginning the first leg of his proselyting journey to Massachusetts.
July 29, 1836
On his way to Massachusetts, Joseph Smith took the line boat on the Erie Canal to Utica, the railroad car to Schenectady, and a luggage car to Albany, New York.
About August 3, 1836
Joseph Smith arrived in Salem with Sidney Rigdon, his brother Hyrum, and Oliver Cowdery.
October 2, 1836
Joseph Smith's father and his uncle John Smith returned from their successful mission to the eastern United States.
July 29, 1837
On his journey to Canada, Joseph Smith walked on the beach and bathed in the beautiful, clear water of Lake Erie at Ashtabula before boarding the steamer for Buffalo, New York, in the afternoon.
August 1837
Joseph Smith spent most of August in Canada, where he preached, baptized, blessed the Saints, and strengthened the branches.
September 27, 1837
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon left Kirtland to travel to Missouri.
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