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Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)

Explore the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail across five states to see the route 70,000 Mormons traveled from 1846 to 1869 to escape religious persecution. The Pioneer Company of 1846-1847 established the first route from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles.

Mormon Trails Association

Mountain Meadows Association

Dedicated to the preservation of the memory of those who lost their lives in the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the preservation of all sites associated with the Baker-Fancher Wagon Train. Our members are from both sides of the event and have come together for understanding and forgiveness.

Nauvoo Historical Society

Nauvoo, Illinois. Dedicated to preserve the entire history of Nauvoo, from the earliest Native American settlers and Western explorers to the present day.

Pioneer Experience

Dedicated to helping you find, and create memorable pioneering experiences to guide you through the modern pioneering challenges of our day.

The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail

A book by Wallace Earle Stegner.

The gathering to Zion - Mormon emigration from Norway

The Mormon Battalion: The Lord's Faithful

A book by Robert O. Day.

The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1847

A book by Norma Baldwin Ricketts.

The Mormon Pioneer Trail

From the Douglas-Sarpy Counties Mormon Trails Association.

The Mormon Pioneer Trail

The Mormon Trail

The Mormon Trail in Van Buren County

Iowa.

The Pioneer Story

History of the Mormon Trail from the LDS Church.

Tracing Mormon Pioneers

Welsh Mormon History

The LDS had great missionary success in Wales during the 1840s and 1850s, and many thousands of Welsh converts immigrated to America, heading West with Brigham Young as a part of the great Mormon Migration, which began in 1847. Today it is estimated that approximately twenty percent of the population of Utah is of Welsh descent. Welsh Mormon History seeks to find and share information about the Welsh converts to Mormonism who immigrated to the United States in the 19th century. Family history students at Brigham Young University are working to document each immigrant through the available records of the time, as well as linking journals, biographies, and photos to each immigrant.