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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, United States 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, United States Genealogy|California]] most of these pioneers found their way to [[Utah, United States Genealogy|Utah]] as individuals or in small groups. This included former soldiers hoping to reunite with the families they last saw in [[Iowa, United States 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, United States 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, United States Genealogy|California]] most of these pioneers found their way to [[Utah, United States Genealogy|Utah]] as individuals or in small groups. This included former soldiers hoping to reunite with the families they last saw in [[Iowa, United States 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> | ||
''' Histories''' | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/180837?availability=Family%20History%20Library Andrew Jensen. ''Day by day with the Utah pioneers, 1847 : a chronological record of the trek across the plains ; a revision of the account published April 6, 1897 to July 24, 1897 in the Salt Lake Tribune.'' Salt Lake City,Utah: Salt Lake Tribune, 1934. FHL Digital Images] | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/693440?availability=Family%20History%20Library Richard E. Bennett. ''We'll find the place : the Mormon exodus, 1846-1848.'' Salt Lake City,Utah: Deseret Book, 1997. FHL 978 H2b] | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/378061?availability=Family%20History%20Library Wallace Stegner. ''The Gathering to Zion: the Story of the Mormon Trail.'' Salt Lake City,Utah: Westwater Press, 1981] | |||
== Main Route == | == Main Route == | ||