The Mormon Pioneer Trail

Canyon Views
Big Mountain
From a top of Big Mountain, 10 miles northeast of Last Mountain, the weary travelers caught their first glimpse of the Salt Lake Valley.

Markers
Last Mountain
This "Last Mountain" as it was thankfully called, by the first company of Pioneers, was later known as Little Mountain.
West to Zion
The Mormon migration from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, in the mid 1840's, was a movement of an entire people, an entire region, and an entire ...
Utah War
In the late 1850's, disagreements became more frequent between federal officials and Mormons over how the Utah territory would be administered.

Monuments
Big Mountain
On July 19, 1847, scouts Orson Pratt and John Brown climbed the mountain and became the first Latter-day Saints to see the Salt Lake Valley.
This is the Place
Picture - This is the Place Monument in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah

Parley's Canyon
Last Mountain
The last mountain pass on the Mormon Pioneer Trail, near the end of a dreary thousand-mile trek from ...

Tools
Mormon Pioneer Handcarts
The Mormon handcarts were seen as a faster, easier and cheaper way to travel. The handcarts were made of wood, 6 to 7 feet long and ...
See a picture of the Mormon Pioneer Handcart ...

The Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail - The Mormon Pioneer Trail - Trail to Zion Valley
Mormon Pioneer Historic Trail - Mormon Pioneer Handcart Trail - Trail to the Land of Zion

Collections @ The Mormon Trail
Collecting items from The Mormon Trail - Gifts - Books - Collectibles

• I Walked to Zion
  Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail



• Historical reading
  The Old Spanish Trail


• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journals
  Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776



• Hiking Historic Trails in Utah
  Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails


• Driving in Utah
  Scenic Driving in Utah



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