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Mormon Pioneer National Historic TrailOne of several sites used by emigrants for either camping or nooning, Warm Springs in SE WY, was also known as Wash Tub Spring.
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Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Suggested Trail Sites to Visit

Listed below is a sampling of trail sites that you can visit on the Mormon Pioneer NHT. Choose from the text listing below the map for information about each site. 

 
Map image of suggested trail sites to visit along the Mormon Pioneer NHT.
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Map image of suggested trail sites to visit along the Mormon Pioneer NHT.
 

Mormon Pioneer NHT sites:

  2. Montrose Landing - Montrose, Iowa
  3. Garden Grove - Garden Grove, Iowa
  4. Mount Pisgah - Thayer, Iowa
  5. Winter Quarters Complex - Omaha, Nebraska
  6. Murdock Site - Alda, Nebraska
  7. Sand Hill Ruts - Sutherland, Nebraska
  8. Ancient Bluff Ruins - Broadwater, Nebraska
  9. Fort Bridger - Fort Bridger, Wyoming
  10. This is the Place Heritage Park - Salt Lake City, Utah

 
Jail in Carthage, Illinois where Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered during a riot.  

Did You Know?
Joseph Smith and several other high church leaders were jailed here and placed under the guard of local units of the Illinois State Militia. A few days later, on June 27, 1844, a mob of some 200 men stormed the Carthage jail and murdered Joseph and his brother, Hyrum Smith.
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