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Some pioneers reached [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]] via [[California Genealogy|California]]. A group of over 530 men called the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Battalion Mormon Battalion]" were recruited off the Mormon Trail into the U.S. Army to help fight the [[Mexican War, 1846 to 1848|Mexican War 1846-1847]]. Most of these men left their families at Council Bluffs, Iowa and marched to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Leavenworth,_Kansas Fort Leavenworth Kansas], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico Santa Fe New Mexico], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona Tucson Arizona], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego,_California San Diego] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]] where they were honorably dismissed from service. A few of these men participated in the discovery of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush gold at Sutter's Mill] in 1848.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mormon Battalion" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Battalion (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> <br> | Some pioneers reached [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]] via [[California Genealogy|California]]. A group of over 530 men called the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Battalion Mormon Battalion]" were recruited off the Mormon Trail into the U.S. Army to help fight the [[Mexican War, 1846 to 1848|Mexican War 1846-1847]]. Most of these men left their families at Council Bluffs, Iowa and marched to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Leavenworth,_Kansas Fort Leavenworth Kansas], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico Santa Fe New Mexico], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona Tucson Arizona], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego,_California San Diego] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]] where they were honorably dismissed from service. A few of these men participated in the discovery of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush gold at Sutter's Mill] in 1848.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mormon Battalion" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Battalion (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> <br> | ||
In 1846 another group led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan Samuel Brannan] with 237 other Latter-day Saints sailed for six months on the first family passenger ship to [[California Genealogy|California]], the [[Ship Brooklyn|''Ship Brooklyn'']], from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn Cape Horn] to [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]] to [[San Francisco County,California|San Francisco]]. Brannan published the Sutter's Mill gold strike to start the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush Gold Rush]. From [[California Genealogy|California]] most of these pioneers found their way to [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]] as individuals or in small groups. This included former soldiers hoping to reunite with the families they last saw in [[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mormon pioneers" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_pioneers (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> | In 1846 another group led by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan Samuel Brannan] with 237 other Latter-day Saints sailed for six months on the first family passenger ship to [[California Genealogy|California]], the [[Ship Brooklyn|''Ship Brooklyn'']], from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn Cape Horn] to [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]] to [[San Francisco County,California|San Francisco]]. Brannan published the Sutter's Mill gold strike to start the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush Gold Rush]. From [[California Genealogy|California]] most of these pioneers found their way to [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]] as individuals or in small groups. This included former soldiers hoping to reunite with the families they last saw in [[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mormon pioneers" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_pioneers (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> | ||
=== Main Route === | === Main Route === | ||
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The exact route of the Mormon Trail varied over the years. Most often it passed through: | The exact route of the Mormon Trail varied over the years. Most often it passed through: | ||
:*[[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]] (in later years sometimes [[Kansas Genealogy|Kansas]]) [[Image:Sites Along the Mormon Trail.png|thumb | :*[[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]] (in later years sometimes [[Kansas Genealogy|Kansas]]) [[Image:Sites Along the Mormon Trail.png|thumb]] | ||
:*[[Nebraska Genealogy|Nebraska]] | :*[[Nebraska Genealogy|Nebraska]] | ||
:*[[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]] | :*[[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]] | ||
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'''Pioneer Databases''' | '''Pioneer Databases''' | ||
*[ | *[https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868] lists birth, death, age, pioneer company, and sources. It is the ''most'' comprehensive listing available of individuals and companies that traveled the Mormon Trail by the [[Church History Library]]. | ||
*[http://earlylds.com/ Early Latter-day Saints - A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database] BMD, parents, spouses, and family groups by Nauvoo Land and Records Office and Pioneer Research Group<br><br> | *[http://earlylds.com/ Early Latter-day Saints - A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database] BMD, parents, spouses, and family groups by Nauvoo Land and Records Office and Pioneer Research Group<br><br> | ||
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'''Local and county histories and biographies''' in Utah also may help identify additional pioneers. For example: | '''Local and county histories and biographies''' in Utah also may help identify additional pioneers. For example: | ||
*Frank Esshom, ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Pioneers Book, 1913). Digical version Vol 1 Pt 1 {{FSbook|101370}} and Vol 1 Pt 2 | *Frank Esshom, ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Pioneers Book, 1913). Digical version Vol 1 Pt 1 {{FSbook|101370}} and Vol 1 Pt 2 {{FSbook|56199}} . | ||
*International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ''Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude'', 4 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah : International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, c1998). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41715246 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|829588|item|disp=FHL Book 979 D36p}}. | *International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ''Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude'', 4 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah : International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, c1998). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41715246 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|829588|item|disp=FHL Book 979 D36p}}. | ||
*''Biographical record of Salt Lake City and vicinity : containing biographies of well known citizens of the past and present'' (Chicago, Illinois : National Historical Record, 1902). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10049081 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|206568|item|disp=FHL Film 1000615 Item 2; Book 979.225 D3b}}.<br><br> | *''Biographical record of Salt Lake City and vicinity : containing biographies of well known citizens of the past and present'' (Chicago, Illinois : National Historical Record, 1902). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10049081 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|206568|item|disp=FHL Film 1000615 Item 2; Book 979.225 D3b}}.<br><br> | ||
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*"The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in ''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 11 July 2011). Brief local histories, trail diary entries, images, and portraits from 40 stops along the Mormon Trail. | *"The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in ''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 11 July 2011). Brief local histories, trail diary entries, images, and portraits from 40 stops along the Mormon Trail. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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