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The Mormon Pioneer Trail is a 1,300-mile travelled by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1846 to 1868. The Mormon Trail extends from Nauvoo, Illinois on the Mississipi river, passing through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Eastern Utah to Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Mormon pioneer movement began in 1846 when, after having been driven once again by mob violence from their settled home, the Saints decided to establish a new home for the church outside the established boundaries of the United States. The trail was used for more than 20 years, until the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
Among the emigrants were the Mormon handcart pioneers of 1856-1860. Two of the handcart companies, led by James G. Willie and Edward Martin, met disaster on the trail when they departed late and were caught by heavy snowstorms in Wyoming.
Once the Mormons arrived in Salt Lake, some were asked by the Prophet Brigham Young to go settle other places such as Genoa, Nevada; St. George, Utah; Cardston, Alberta, Canada and many other settlements in the territory of Deseret.
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What state does the Lewis and Clark expedition the pony express route the Mormon trail and the Oregon Trail cross over?
Nebraska
What state is the gateway arch the pony express and the mormon trail in?
Missouri
What route did the Mormon trail to the west?
The Mormon Trail was the route, but it did travel on the Oregon trial too. :)
What state did the Lewis and clark expedition trail the pony express stables the Mormon trail and the Oregon trail all cross in?
Montana
What route did the Mormon trail follow the west?
They followed the Orgen Trail
What is the Mormon Trail for underground railroad?
The Underground Railroad was a way that slaves escaped to freedom. The Mormon Trail was a route the Mormons took to find religious freedom.
What state did the Mormon trail begin on?
Most pioneers set off on the Mormon trail from either Illinois or Missouri.
What was the main route that the mormons took to Utah called?
The Mormon pioneers took the Mormon Pioneer Trail to Utah.
The Mormon Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express and California Trails likely overlap because they all?
they all went west
What route did the more Mormon follow to the west?
Most Mormons followed the Mormon Trail, which was roughly the same as the Oregon trail until the Mormon trail split off to Utah in Wyoming. Some Mormon pioneers took a boat around South America, docked in California, and travelled to Utah through Nevada.
What was the route taken by the Mormons from Illinois across the Great Plains and the rockies called?
The Mormon Trail
Which city and state did the Mormon Trail begin?
Various groups crossing the Mormon trail left from different places. Most left from Missouri or Illinois.
