CLARKSTON - One hundred years ago on July 10, 1925, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Harris’ death, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints placed a granite monument on his gravesite in the Clarkston cemetery.

President Heber J. Grant, the president of the church at the time, dedicated the monument with an inscription telling of Harris’ role as a special witness and his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Harris was a prominent figure in the early history of the Church and the monument on his gravesite marks the importance he had in the beginnings of the LDS Church.

He was one of the three witnesses of the Book of Mormon; he held the gold plates in his hands, from which the Book of Mormon was translated.

Anytime he had an opportunity he would share his witness of the events in hi

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