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   How did the pioneers travel the Mormon Trail?

   • The pioneers mostly traveled the Mormon trail by foot as they pushed handcarts or drove wagons pulled by a team of oxen to carry their meager possessions. Take a tour of the Mormon trail by following this map of The Pioneer Story. The trail runs from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake Valley.

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   Where did the Mormons cross the Great Plains?

   • The trail across the Great Plains traversed hundreds of miles along the north side of the Platte and North Platte rivers. At Fort Laramie the Mormons crossed to the south side of the river, where they joined the Oregon Trail. About 100 miles later, they left the North Platte River at present day Casper, Wyo.

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   Where did the Mormon pioneer trail start & end?

   • From 1846 to 1869 more than 70,000 Mormons traveled along an integral part of the road west, the Mormon Pioneer Trail. The trail started in Nauvoo, Ill., traveled across Iowa, connected with the Great Platte River Road at the Missouri River, and ended near the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

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   What is the Mormon pioneer National Historic Trail?

   • Congress established the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail as part of the National Trails System on November 10, 1978. This historic trail commemorates the 1846-47 journey of the Mormon people from Nauvoo, Ill., to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mormon_pioneersMormon pioneers - Wikipedia

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   Pioneers Crossing the Plains of Nebraska. On April 5, 1847, at 2 p.m., the wagon train moved west from Winter Quarters toward the Great Basin. With the afternoon start, they made three miles (5 km) and camped in a line a few hundred yards from a stand of timber.

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   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 Saints) traveled from 1846–47. Today, the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System , known as the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail .

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5. byustudies.byu.edu › article › mortality-on-theMortality on the Mormon Trail, 1847–1868 - BYU Studies

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   Historians have estimated that between 50,000 and 80,000 Mormons crossed the plains between 1847 and 1868. 6 That is a wide range, and by its very breadth evidences the incompleteness of the existing records.

   • Mortality rate (%): 3.41
   • Total deaths: 1,910

   • Total companies: 307
   • Total immigrants: 56,042

6. www.familysearch.org › en › wikiLatter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration • FamilySearch

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   Oct 23, 2023 · Mormon Pioneer Companies Crossing the Plains (1847–1868.) Narratives. Third Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Dept., 1990. (FamilySearch Library book 289.3016 B291m; film 1592752 item 6). Since then, many more sources have been added.

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   Jun 25, 2019 · Updated on June 25, 2019. The Mormon trail was almost 1,300 miles long and crossed great plains, rugged lands, and the Rocky Mountains. The pioneers mostly traveled the Mormon trail by foot as they pushed handcarts or drove wagons pulled by a team of oxen to carry their meager possessions.

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9. www.npshistory.com › publications › mopiPark Archives: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

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   From 1846 to 1869 more than 70,000 Mormons traveled along an integral part of the road west, the Mormon Pioneer Trail. The trail started in Nauvoo, Ill., traveled across Iowa, connected with the Great Platte River Road at the Missouri River, and ended near the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

10. www.churchofjesuschrist.org › church › newsChurch History Tells Stories of Extraordinary Pioneer Youth

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    Jul 11, 2017 · A demographic analysis of the Church History website’s Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database reveals 51 percent of the 57,000 Mormon pioneers currently documented were younger than 21 at the time they crossed the plains, according to Church History Library director Keith Erekson. Mary Martha Wanlass — 14 years old.