The Mormon Trail is the 1,300-mile (2,100 km) long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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eastern half of the trail was also used by travelers on the California Trail (from 1843), Mormon Trail (from 1847), and Bozeman Trail (from 1863) before...
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half of the California Trail followed the same corridor of networked river valley trails as the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail, namely the valleys of...
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and Mormon Trails—were collectively known as the Emigrant Trails. Historians have estimated at least 500,000 emigrants used these three trails between...
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The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter-day Saints, who migrated beginning...
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called "Mormons". In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. It has also been referred to as the Book of Mormon belt...
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as the Old Spanish Trail/Mormon Road Historic District. The Old Spanish Trail became the fifteenth national historic trail after Congress adopted Senate...
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Canada's Mormon Trail has a variety of National Historic Sites, Provincial Historic Sites and many points of interest that display the unique cultural...
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Numerous other trails followed the Oregon Trail for much of its length, including the Mormon Trail from Illinois to Utah; the California Trail to the gold...
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The Mormon Trail Monument was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.577). The Monument is to remember the 500 Mormon pioneers came to the San Bernardino...
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strategy to avoid predation by other Mormon crickets. A journal documenting an 1846 journey along the Oregon Trail describes an encounter with the crickets...
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Utah War (redirect from Mormon campaign)
Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the...
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North Platte River (category Mormon Trail)
emigration trails established along the north and south banks of the North Platte River were the Oregon (1843–1869), California (1843–1869), Mormon (1847–1869)...
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Wagon train (redirect from Wagon trail)
Fe Trail, the Chisholm Trail, the California Trail (which split southwestward from the Oregon Trail), the Mormon Trail, and the Old Spanish Trail. Although...
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The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history in federal service, recruited solely from one religious body and having...
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Historic Trails California Trail Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Mormon Pioneer Trail Nez Perce Trail Old Spanish Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express...
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The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km) between Springer Mountain...
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The Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters is a museum and visitors' center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in the Florence...
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Devil's Gate (Wyoming) (category Mormon Trail)
Wyoming, the Mormon Trail was rerouted through Whiskey Gap in Carbon County, to a point 10 miles west of Devil's Gate to rejoin the original trail. Devil's...
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the Mexican Cession. With the opening of the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the California Trail, vast numbers of pioneers travelled through parts...
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-93.499848 Mormon Trail Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Humeston, Iowa. It operates Mormon Trail Elementary...
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Mormon Road, also known to the 49ers as the Southern Route, of the California Trail in the Western United States, was a seasonal wagon road pioneered...
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Hark Lay Wales (section Mormon Trail)
County Mississippi, was one of the few African Americans to cross the Mormon Trail as a pioneer with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site (category Mormon Trail)
the famous Oregon Trail. To the west, the common trail leaving Fort John-Laramie later spins off to the Mormon and California trails further west along...
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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned...
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The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake...
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Fort Bridger (category Mormon Trail)
a vital resupply point for wagon trains on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Mormon Trail. The Army established a military post here in 1858 during...
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were American, particularly Mormons fleeing marginalization and persecution from the United States via the Mormon Trail. Following the Mexican–American...
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Fort Kearny (category Mormon Trail)
during The Mormon War and after the discovery of gold in the Colorado and Montana Territories (1858-1865). Freighters found the Ox-Bow Trail, with more...
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South Pass (Wyoming) (category Mormon Trail)
pass became the route for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century. It was designated as a U.S. National...
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