Mormon Trail: Difference between revisions

''' Histories'''

== Main Route  ==

   

The Mormon Trail usually followed the north side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Platte_River North Platte River] west through [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy|Nebraska]] and [[Wyoming, United States Genealogy|Wyoming]] to follow the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetwater_River_%28Wyoming%29 Sweetwater River] farther west. The trail went over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pass South Pass], then worked its way through the mountains. Pioneers crossed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_%28Utah%29 Green River] at [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/lombard_ferry.htm Lombard Ferry], headed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bridger Fort Bridger], and forded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_River_%28Utah%29 Bear River] before reaching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Echo_Canyon.jpg Echo Canyon]. Their last camp on the trail was often near the Old Fort at Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City. The Mormon Trail overlapped parts of the [[Oregon Trail]] and [[California Trail]] which normally stayed on the south side of the North Platte River. The Oregon Trail took [http://www.nps.gov/cali/parkmgmt/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=542813 a more northerly route] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_%28Utah%29 Green River] into [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]] and [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]]. The California Trail [http://www.nps.gov/cali/parkmgmt/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=542813 continued west] from Salt Lake City (or from the Oregon Trail at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hall Fort Hall, Idaho])<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "California Trail" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Route (accessed 9 July 2011).</ref> into [[Nevada, United States Genealogy|Nevada]] and [[California, United States Genealogy|California]].  

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'''Winter Quarters'''

'''Perpetual Emigration Fund.''' Pioneers who received financial assistance immigrating to Utah were expected to repay their debt. In 1877 a list of persons who still owed money was created. For details see the [[Perpetual Emigration Fund]] Wiki page. <br>  

*Frank Esshom, ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies'' (Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Utah Pioneers Book, 1913). Digical version Vol 1 Pt 1 [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/147990-pioneers-and-prominent-men-of-utah-comprising-photographs-genealogies-biographies-the-early-history-of-the-church-vol-1-part-1?offset=3 FamilySearch Digital Library] and Vol 1 Pt 2 [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/455278-pioneers-and-prominent-men-of-utah-comprising-photographs-genealogies-biographies-the-early-history-of-the-church-vol-1-part-2?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library].

*International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ''Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude'', 4 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: 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&nbsp;: containing biographies of well known citizens of the past and present'' (Chicago, Illinois&nbsp;: 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>

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2682058 E. Merrell Gomm. contributed by. Pioneer men of Utah Territory : pioneer men who came to Utah Territory between July 22, 1847 and May 10, 1869. Manuscript. 1997 sesquicentennial projoct National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers. FHL Digital images]

*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Utah_Pioneer_Biographies Utah Pioneer Biographies - Surnames by Volume]

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