Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846–1869 is a collection of the original writings of 49 voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails who wrote while traveling on the trail. Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail They would start in early spring, soon followed by the main body of emigrants. On July 26, nine men were chosen to accompany Brigham Young and explore such places as the warm springs (present-day location of Wasatch Plunge) and Ensign Peak. Many were unprepared for a many month-long journey in the harshest of winters, and the hottest of summers. The race was on! The name and dates of an ancestor can be printed up and put into the frame attached to an artificial rock resembling a headstone. Most of the pioneer families either followed the Oregon-California Trail or the Mormon Trail. Six days later, the third anniversary of the assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the company crossed South Pass and continued toward Fort Bridger, a trading post in southeastern Wyoming. Depicting members of the Mormon Battalion on their arrival at the Pacific Ocean near San Luis Rey, California on 27 January 1847 after trekking 2,138 miles down the Santa Fe Trail and across the southwestern deserts at the beginning of the Mexican-American War. On June 21 the Mormons paused to clamber up Independence Rock, one of the most famous landmarks on the trail, and offer prayers. There on July 9 the Mormons branched off the Oregon Trail onto the Hastings Cutoff, angling southwesterly toward today’s Utah. The length of the wagon trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City was about 1,300 mile (2,092 km). His people were already at work digging irrigation ditches and planting crops for … On July 24, 1847, Young’s carriage rolled into the Mormon camp located in today’s downtown Salt Lake City. In 1847 members of the Mormon Battalion were honorably discharged at Los Angeles, California from their service in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. 87504. The Father of Public Education - Horace Mann Database from the LDS Church History Library containing a compilation of names obtained from rosters and other reliable sources of individuals who immigrated to Utah during this two-decade period. 1847 July 24 Mormons settle Salt Lake Valley After 17 months and many miles of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 pioneers into Utah’s Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Although records of the Mormon immigration seem to be better than those of most migrations in the U.S., the records are not complete. The previous year, the California-bound Donner-Reed Party had gone this way and grubbed a new wagon track through the Wasatch Mountains to reach the Salt Lake Valley. The Mormon Trail starts from Nauvoo, Illinois, which was the major settlement of the Latter Day Saints from about 1839 to 1846, to Utah's Salt Lake City, which was settled by their leader Brigham Young and his followers beginning in 1847. Learn more about where you can go, historic sites you can visit and more! His people were already at work digging irrigation ditches and planting crops for the oncoming emigration. The Second Great Awakening #10. Those leaving from southern California blazed the trail that came to be called the Mormon Trail to southern California. [The Mississippi Saints were a group of 14 families and slaves mostly from Mississippi that followed the Oregon Trail through TRAIL SEGMENT 2. This project covers all 2,157 Mormon pioneers that arrived in Utah in 1847. For thousands of Mormons, the great pioneer trail along the north bank of the Platte which paralleled the river about a mile south of here was an avenue of escape from persecution and a roadway to a new life. Pioneer Companies that Crossed the Plains 1847-1868 . Cabin setting at the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha, Nebraska Routes through California, 1846–1848 The sailing ship Brooklyn left New York Harbor in February 1846, bound for California under the leadership of Samuel Brannan. The source for this table is the Historical Resource Study: Mormon Pioneer National Historical Trail, pages 136-150 by Stanley B. Kimball, Ph.D, May 1991, United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service. As they traveled, the Mormon pioneers made improvements for those to follow. The California Gold Rush (1849) #8. National Trails THE MORMON TRAIL. View trail photo galleries, connect on social media, explore deeper on mobile apps, watch videos, and check out other digital media! Hear from trail staff about how we define these important parts of history. On April 5, the first Mormon wagon train rolled out of Winter Quarters. The original 1846-1847 Mormon Trail went from Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois to Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. The Battle of the Alamo (1836) #5. Charting the 1846 trail across Iowa has proved to be a most difficult task, much more difficult than tracing the trail across Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, because there are several “Mormon trails… The Mormons followed and improved their track over the most rugged 116 miles of the entire westward journey. The Mormon Trail from Ft. Kearney to Salt Lake City generally remained the same throughout its use. Please collaborate on a specific year's (1847-1868) project page. Now began the long climb to the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The main difference between the pioneers of 1846-1847 and subsequent Mormon emigrants was that each year the trek became a little easier as a result of experience, established (and enforced) discipline, better roads, ferries, bridges, and the ever-increasing number of trailside services like blacksmithing, medical assistance, military installations, trading establishments, and the telegraph. James C. Brown, May 29. A Jewish historian wrote, “Wherever Mormon influence prevailed, race prejudice was notably absent.” (The Pinkos, 1935) Several years later, Mormon pioneer Fred T. Perris developed the train route through the Cajon Pass that caused the immigration to Southern California in1886 that equaled the Gold Rush, ending the state’s pioneer era Learn about important points along the Mormon Trail through place descriptions, maps, and journal entries from pioneers who experienced the journey. The Great Trek, 1847 The most famous of all Mormon treks began on 5 April 1847 when Heber C. Kimball moved a few wagons about three miles west of Winter Quarters, but it was not until April 19 that the whole group of pioneers, one hundred forty-three men, three women, and two children were organized and under way on their one-thousand-mile exodus. With a ground rolling tape measure from the nearby Mormon Trail Center, visitors can find their ancestor's gravesite on the map grid, according to Hoyt W. Brewster, the Mormon Trail Center director. Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers were forced to leave Nauvoo, Illinois. Moreover, the 1847 vanguard company would be limited to a handpicked party of 144 men, three wives, and two small boys. The Mormon Trail is the 1,300-mile (2,100 km) long route from Illinois to Utah that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled for 3 months. The Crow family caught up with Brigham Young's pioneer company at Ft. Laramie in 1847 and accompanied it to the valley. The Annexation of Texas (1845) #7. The well-traveled Oregon Trail crossed Nebraska along the south side of the Platte and North Platte Rivers, but Young kept his company on an old fur-trade trace along the north bank, hoping to avoid clashes with anti-Mormons who might be bound for Oregon or California. PO Box 728 Take a look at interactive, historic, and trip planning maps to learn more about locations along the trail. Along this stretch of trail, Brigham Young became very ill and fell behind the main company, which entered the Salt Lake Valley two days ahead of him. Read More. Mormons and Missourians leap-frogged, sometimes helping each other and sometimes competing, as they continued west. On July 29, a large group of the Mormon Battalion entered the valley. (The first group arrived on July 24, 1847) (Kimball 1988:49) While many think that the Mormon migration occurred in one swoop across the plains in 1847, in actuality, Mormons crossed the plains from various points over a twenty-three year span. "This is the right place, drive on." The Brooklyn carried 239 Latter-day Saints and supplies for anticipated Mormon settlements in the West. In 1847, after years of persecution, the Mormon pioneers would finally have a place of their own where they could live and practice their religion in peace. Young led the first migration of Mormons up the Platte River Valley in 1847 to what is now the state of Utah. An American Exodus Explore the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail across five states to see the 1,300-mile route traveled by Mormons who fled Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1846-1847. They apparently turned north at the canyon mouth, then headed west, crossing Red Butte Creek a… Brigham Young led the first mass migration over the Mormon Trail to the Great Salt Lake in 1847. Other projects are organized by year of departure. 87504. The original Brigham Young-led pioneer company has a separate project page. Check out current news, events, special projects, new research, and more! Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Over the winter, Brigham Young collected travel reports and cross-examined men who had been west along the trail. The north-bank trail ended in eastern Wyoming, forcing the Mormon company to cross the North Platte River at Fort John (soon to become Fort Laramie) and merge with the general emigration on the Oregon Trail. We Need Your Help. - attributed to Brigham Young. Today, the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System, known as the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. 1847. This would be the primary route for Mormon emigrants over the next two decades, and within a few years it also would become the preferred route of non-Mormons heading west. Melvin L. Bashore BYU Pioneer Mortality Team H. Dennis Tolley. Authors. 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