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Nauvoo, Illinois from 1839 to 1845 was a gathering place for members of [http://lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes called "Mormons"). In 1846 hostile neighbors forced an exodus of the main group out of Nauvoo across Iowa to the area near where Omaha, Nebraska would eventually be built. Most Mormon pioneers stayed there in "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Quarters_%28North_Omaha,_Nebraska%29 Winter Quarters]" and in 1847 completed the journey to Salt Lake City in Utah Territory, their new gathering place.<ref name="PioSto">"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 8 July 2011).</ref> | Nauvoo, Illinois from 1839 to 1845 was a gathering place for members of [http://lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes called "Mormons"). In 1846 hostile neighbors forced an exodus of the main group out of Nauvoo across Iowa to the area near where Omaha, Nebraska would eventually be built. Most Mormon pioneers stayed there in "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Quarters_%28North_Omaha,_Nebraska%29 Winter Quarters]" and in 1847 completed the journey to Salt Lake City in Utah Territory, their new gathering place.<ref name="PioSto">"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 8 July 2011).</ref> | ||
*[https://winterquarters.byu.edu/ Winter Quarters Project | *[https://winterquarters.byu.edu/ Winter Quarters Project] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/627357?availability=Family%20History%20Library Richard E. Bennett. ''Mormons at the Missouri, 1846-1852 : "And should we die. . ."Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, c1987. FHL 978.2 H2be] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/627357?availability=Family%20History%20Library Richard E. Bennett. ''Mormons at the Missouri, 1846-1852 : "And should we die. . ."Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, c1987. FHL 978.2 H2be] | ||