Before we leave Cove Fort I must confess something. I have no quarrel with the Mormon faith. I follow George Carlin’s statement on religion which is “Religion is like a lift in your shoe. If it helps you stand up straighter and walk a little better, good for you! But don't you go and try to put your lifts in my shoes.” But even if I were inclined to become a member of the Mormon Church one thing would stop me. Joseph Smith claimed to have transcribed the Book of Mormon from golden plates shown to him by the angel Moroni. Since I suffer from the curse of memory I remember a 1957 song written by Larry Williams titled “Boney Maronie” which begins: I got a girl named Boney Maronie she’s as skinny as a stick of macaroni I see her rock and roll with her blue jeans on not very fat, just skin and bones So you can see my problem. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After forty-five minutes my guide and I began exploring the barn which was why I had stopped in the first place. The original barn had burned down and when the new barn was built only 19th century technology was used. When the carpenters arrived to begin construction they were told that no power tools could be used. There is not one nail in this barn. It is held together by wooden dowels. The image on the right shows detail of some of that work.