Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River is a river that flows from south eastern New York state through central Pennsylvania. At a point where the river briefly dips into Pennsylvania many key events took place near Harmony, Pennsylvania. To avoid the persecutions at his home in Palmyra, NY, in 1829, Joseph took his wife to live in Harmony, where she was from. While there, Joseph and Oliver Cowdery continued the work of translating the golden plates. On May 15 of that year, while Joseph and Oliver were translating, they came upon a passage about baptism. Wanting to know the lords will on the subject, they went to the banks of the river to prayer to the lord. While there, John the Baptist, a resurrected being appeared unto them and conferred upon them the Aaronic Priesthood. They then entered the river and baptized each other. Then after coming of the river, three more resurrected beings appeared, Peter, James, and John appeared on the banks of the river and conferred upon them the Melchezidek Priesthood.