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Each of the following years until 1869 several areas in [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy|Nebraska]], [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]], or [[Kansas, United States Genealogy|Kansas]] were used as staging areas for the four-month trip on the Mormon Trail across the plains into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains Rocky Mountains] to Salt Lake City. Several sets of new [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_trains wagon trains] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcart_company handcart companies] came each year to Salt Lake City. By the time the [[First Transcontinental Railroad|transcontinental railroad]] was completed to Utah in 1869 about 70,000 pioneers had walked, pulled a handcart, or ridden a wagon or carriage to [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]].<ref name="PioSto" /> See also [[ | Each of the following years until 1869 several areas in [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy|Nebraska]], [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]], or [[Kansas, United States Genealogy|Kansas]] were used as staging areas for the four-month trip on the Mormon Trail across the plains into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains Rocky Mountains] to Salt Lake City. Several sets of new [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_trains wagon trains] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcart_company handcart companies] came each year to Salt Lake City. By the time the [[First Transcontinental Railroad|transcontinental railroad]] was completed to Utah in 1869 about 70,000 pioneers had walked, pulled a handcart, or ridden a wagon or carriage to [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]].<ref name="PioSto" /> See also [[Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration|Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration]] and [[Handcart Pioneers|Handcart Pioneers]].<br> | ||
'''Other early routes to Utah.''' In 1846 a group of 43 from [[Monroe County, Mississippi]] planned to meet the Nauvoo Mormons on the Mormon Trail. They arrived in [[Independence, Missouri]] on 26 May and made their way to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Platte_River Platte River]. Not finding Brigham Young, these Mississippi Mormons mistakenly concluded they had fallen behind the main group, and from there hurried west. Past [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_Rock_National_Historic_Site Chimney Rock] in western [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy|Nebraska]] they realized their mistake and agreed to go to Pueblo, Colorado to spend the winter. These Southern Mormons were not able to meet the main group until 3 June 1847 at [[Laramie County, Wyoming Genealogy|Laramie, Wyoming]]. Several served as scouts after joining the main group. The next year a few returned and led about 200 more Mississippians to Utah.<ref>Leonard J. Arrington, ''Mississippi Mormons'' at http://lds.org/ensign/1977/06/mississippi-mormons?lang=eng (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> | '''Other early routes to Utah.''' In 1846 a group of 43 from [[Monroe County, Mississippi]] planned to meet the Nauvoo Mormons on the Mormon Trail. They arrived in [[Independence, Missouri]] on 26 May and made their way to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Platte_River Platte River]. Not finding Brigham Young, these Mississippi Mormons mistakenly concluded they had fallen behind the main group, and from there hurried west. Past [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_Rock_National_Historic_Site Chimney Rock] in western [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy|Nebraska]] they realized their mistake and agreed to go to Pueblo, Colorado to spend the winter. These Southern Mormons were not able to meet the main group until 3 June 1847 at [[Laramie County, Wyoming Genealogy|Laramie, Wyoming]]. Several served as scouts after joining the main group. The next year a few returned and led about 200 more Mississippians to Utah.<ref>Leonard J. Arrington, ''Mississippi Mormons'' at http://lds.org/ensign/1977/06/mississippi-mormons?lang=eng (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffff66" align="center" | <center>For additional sources about finding Mormon Trail pioneers, see the [[ | | bgcolor="#ffff66" align="center" | <center>For additional sources about finding Mormon Trail pioneers, see the [[Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration|Latter-day Saint Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki pages.</center> | ||
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