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= '''Crossing the Plains''' = | = '''Crossing the Plains''' = | ||
The Church’s movement to the valley of the Great Salt Lake is the largest organized migration movement in American history spanning from 1846 until 1925. This section covers this major migration. For more information about other migration movements see [[LDS Colonization]] and [[LDS History]]. | The Church’s movement to the valley of the Great Salt Lake is the largest organized migration movement in American history spanning from 1846 until 1925. This section covers this major migration. See also [[Mormon Trail]]. For more information about other migration movements see [[LDS Colonization]] and [[LDS History]]. | ||
The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed: | The following indexes list members who crossed the plains before the transcontinental railroad was completed: | ||
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"[http://www.nps.gov/mopi/index.htm Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail]" National Park Service Internet site [cited 21 February 2008] Available at http://www.nps.gov/mopi/index.htm. Discusses the culture and history of the trail, and has a great map showing the trail and modern roads nearby.<br> | "[http://www.nps.gov/mopi/index.htm Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail]" National Park Service Internet site [cited 21 February 2008] Available at http://www.nps.gov/mopi/index.htm. Discusses the culture and history of the trail, and has a great map showing the trail and modern roads nearby.<br> | ||
"[http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon - California Trails Association]." In Calcite Rocky Mountain College [Internet site]. Independence, Missouri: OCTA, 28 June 1999 [cited 21 February 2008]. Available at http://www.octa-trails.org/. Includes Mormon trail maps, photos, site descriptions, and diary quotations. For an index of overland trail documents try <u>http://</u>[http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp <u>www.paper-trail.org/search.asp</u>].<br><!--{12082106933120} --><!--{12082106933121} --><!--{12082106933122} --><!--{12082106933123} --><!--{12082106933124} --> | "[http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon - California Trails Association]." In Calcite Rocky Mountain College [Internet site]. Independence, Missouri: OCTA, 28 June 1999 [cited 21 February 2008]. Available at http://www.octa-trails.org/. Includes Mormon trail maps, photos, site descriptions, and diary quotations. For an index of overland trail documents try <u>http://</u>[http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp <u>www.paper-trail.org/search.asp</u>].<br><!--{12082106933120} --><!--{12082106933121} --><!--{12082106933122} --><!--{12082106933123} --><!--{12082106933124} --> | ||
== '''Deaths Along the Trail''' == | == '''Deaths Along the Trail''' == | ||