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== Background History == | == Background History == | ||
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 | 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 https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/pioneer-trek (accessed 8 July 2011).</ref> | ||
*[https://winterquarters.byu.edu/ Winter Quarters Project] | *[https://winterquarters.byu.edu/ Winter Quarters Project] | ||
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:*[[Utah, United States Genealogy|Utah]]<br><br> | :*[[Utah, United States Genealogy|Utah]]<br><br> | ||
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provides an interactive website titled the [ | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provides an interactive website titled the [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/pioneer-trek Pioneer Story], which includes an interactive map of the historic trail, allowing you to search the trail from the beginning or allowing one to go to a specific location along the trail. A variety of personal accounts of some of the pioneers are included with each of the stops along the trek west from Nauvoo, Ilinois to Salt Lake City, Utah.<br> | ||
'''Connecting migration routes.''' The Mormon Trail linked to other migration routes at each end. The migration pathways connected at the east end included: | '''Connecting migration routes.''' The Mormon Trail linked to other migration routes at each end. The migration pathways connected at the east end included: | ||
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*"Oregon - California Trails Association" in ''Calcite Rocky Mountain College (Internet site)'' at http://www.octa-trails.org/ (accessed 8 July 2011). Includes Mormon trail maps, photos, site descriptions, and diary quotations. For an index of overland trail documents see [http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp www.paper-trail.org/search.asp]. | *"Oregon - California Trails Association" in ''Calcite Rocky Mountain College (Internet site)'' at http://www.octa-trails.org/ (accessed 8 July 2011). Includes Mormon trail maps, photos, site descriptions, and diary quotations. For an index of overland trail documents see [http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp www.paper-trail.org/search.asp]. | ||
*"Mormon pioneers" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopeida'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Pioneers (accessed 9 July 2011). Background, vanguard company, Mormon Battalion, travel conditions, Ship Brooklyn, later migration, and settling the Mountain West. | *"Mormon pioneers" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopeida'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Pioneers (accessed 9 July 2011). Background, vanguard company, Mormon Battalion, travel conditions, Ship Brooklyn, later migration, and settling the Mountain West. | ||
*"The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in ''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' at | *"The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in ''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' at https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/pioneer-trek (accessed 11 July 2011). Brief local histories, trail diary entries, images, and portraits from 40 stops along the Mormon Trail. | ||
*[https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/far-away-west/lest-thou-forget-memorializing-and-marking-mormon-pioneer-trail "Lest We Forget:" Memorializing and Marking the Mormon Pioneer Trail. BYU Religious Studies Center] | *[https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/far-away-west/lest-thou-forget-memorializing-and-marking-mormon-pioneer-trail "Lest We Forget:" Memorializing and Marking the Mormon Pioneer Trail. BYU Religious Studies Center] | ||
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