The Mormon "Open-Door" Tradition of Hosting Visitors
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - In his homes in New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, Joseph Smith often entertained visitors, those he invited and others passing through town. In fact, he built a hotel in Nauvoo, Illinois, to accommodate the frequent guests who called upon him and other leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.