Mormon Pioneer Trail

At Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah, Mormon emigrants planted crops and built facilities for travelers who would follow.

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The words

Axle Grease
Lubricant carried to maintain wagon axles.
Brigham Young
Leader of the Mormon westward migration.
Deseret
Proposed state established by Mormon settlers in the Great Basin.
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Fort Bridger
Wyoming post where the 1847 party left the Oregon Trail.
Garden Grove
Iowa support camp with crops and facilities for later emigrants.
Great Salt Lake
Lake near the emigrants’ destination.
Handcarts
Two-wheeled carts pulled by people on the trail.
Kanesville
Iowa-side Mormon settlement at the Missouri crossing.
Mount Pisgah
Iowa support camp established during the migration.
Nauvoo
Illinois starting community of the Mormon migration.
Omaha
Modern city encompassing the Winter Quarters location.
Orson Pratt
Emigrant whose sextant survives as a trail artifact.
Sextant
Angle-measuring instrument used for navigation.
Thomas Bullock
Emigrant who recorded his first view of the valley.
Wasatch
Mountain range on the difficult final approach to the valley.