Mormon pioneers

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Mormon pioneers were 19th-century members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who migrated westward across the United States to settle in the Great Basin region and establish new communities.

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instanceOf Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
religious migrant group ⓘ
arrivalDateOfFirstCompany July 24, 1847 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Utah War ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Nauvoo Legion ⓘ
linked to: Illinois militia
associatedWithScripture Doctrine and Covenants gathering teachings ⓘ
builtInfrastructure fortified settlements ⓘ
irrigation canals ⓘ
meetinghouses ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ
commemoratedBy Pioneer Day ⓘ
commemoratedIn Utah ⓘ
commemoratedOn July 24 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalLegacy Latter-day Saint settlement patterns in the American West ⓘ
pioneer heritage celebrations in Utah and surrounding states ⓘ
demographicImpact establishment of a Mormon cultural region in the American West ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
mining support services ⓘ
estimatedNumber tens of thousands ⓘ
facedChallenge conflict with U.S. government policies ⓘ
disease on the trail ⓘ
food shortages ⓘ
harsh winter conditions ⓘ
foundedCity Logan, Utah ⓘ
Ogden, Utah ⓘ
Provo, Utah ⓘ
Salt Lake City ⓘ
St. George, Utah ⓘ
influencedRegion Intermountain West ⓘ
keyEvent arrival of first company in Salt Lake Valley in 1847 ⓘ
exodus from Nauvoo in 1846 ⓘ
ledBy Brigham Young ⓘ
memorializedBy Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail designation ⓘ
linked to: Mormon Trail

This Is the Place Monument ⓘ
migratedFrom Midwestern United States ⓘ
Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ
migratedTo Great Basin ⓘ
Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
Utah Territory ⓘ
present-day Arizona ⓘ
present-day California ⓘ
present-day Idaho ⓘ
present-day Nevada ⓘ
present-day Utah ⓘ
present-day Wyoming ⓘ
motivatedBy desire for religious freedom ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
search for a gathering place ⓘ
notableHandcartCompany Martin Handcart Company ⓘ
linked to: Mormon pioneers

Willie Handcart Company ⓘ
notableLeader Heber C. Kimball ⓘ
Orson Pratt ⓘ
Wilford Woodruff ⓘ
predecessorLeader Joseph Smith ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
religion Mormonism ⓘ
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
settledRegion Great Basin ⓘ
startDate 1846 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
traveledBy covered wagons ⓘ
handcarts ⓘ
ox-drawn wagons ⓘ
usedRoute Hastings Cutoff (in part) ⓘ
linked to: California Trail

Mormon Trail ⓘ

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Salt Lake City → foundedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Mormon Trail → usedBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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Mormon Trail → usedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Mormon Trail → significantEvent → Mormon exodus from Nauvoo ⓘ
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Mormon Trail → associatedWith → Pioneer Day (Utah holiday) ⓘ
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Provo, Utah → settledBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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South Pass → usedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Mormon pioneers → notableHandcartCompany → Martin Handcart Company ⓘ
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → historicalEvent → exodus from Nauvoo ⓘ
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Salt Lake Valley → settledBy → Latter-day Saints pioneers ⓘ
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Sego lily → usedAsFoodBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Winter Quarters, Nebraska → foundedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Winter Quarters, Nebraska → associatedWith → Latter-day Saint exodus from Nauvoo ⓘ
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Echo Canyon, Utah → usedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Franklin D. Richards → participatedIn → Migration and settlement of Latter-day Saints in Utah Territory ⓘ
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Fillmore, Utah → settledBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
subject linked to: Fillmore
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American Moses → hasContext → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
American Moses → relatedConcept → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Emily Dow Partridge → associatedWith → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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Willie Handcart Company → partOf → Mormon handcart migration ⓘ
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Pioneer Day → relatedTo → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Utah War → relatedTo → Latter-day Saint migration to Utah ⓘ
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This Is the Place Monument → dedicatedTo → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Zina D. H. Young → participatedIn → Mormon migration to Utah ⓘ
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Wilford Woodruff → participatedIn → Mormon migration to the Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
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Orson Pratt → participatedIn → Mormon migration to the Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
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Sanpete Valley → religiousHeritage → Latter-day Saint (Mormon) settlements ⓘ
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Sanpete Valley → settledBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Winter Quarters cemetery → associatedWithMovement → Latter-day Saint pioneer migration ⓘ
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Winter Quarters cemetery → hasGravesOf → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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Winter Quarters cemetery → hasGravesOf → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery → associatedWith → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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High Council of Winter Quarters → governed → Mormon pioneer community at Winter Quarters ⓘ
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High Council of Winter Quarters → associatedWithEvent → Mormon pioneer trek to the Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
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Snowflake, Arizona → foundedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Florence, Nebraska → historicalEra → Mormon migration period ⓘ
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Manti, Utah → foundedBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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Mormon Corridor → historicallySettledBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Deseret → usedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Springville → foundedBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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Cove Fort, Utah → usedBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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Willard Richards → participatedIn → Mormon migration to the Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
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Stirling, Alberta → foundedBy → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
subject linked to: Stirling
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Latter-day Saint films → hasTheme → Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ
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William Clayton → participantIn → Mormon migration to the American West ⓘ
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Salt Lake City → foundedBy → Mormon pioneers ⓘ
Thomas Edwin Ricks → participatedIn → Mormon pioneer migration to Utah ⓘ
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