Mormon Trail - Definition and Overview

The Mormon Trail was the overland route the Mormon emigrants followed west from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah beginning in 1846. It is now part of the U.S. National Historic Trail system.

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Clipart of one volume of the metal plates found by Joseph Smith.

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External links

National Parks Service site on the Mormon trail (http://www.nps.gov/mopi/mopi/mopi.htm)
A Web site devoted to the Mormon trail (http://www.mormontrail.net/)
Mormon Pioneer Story (http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm)

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