Mormon Trail

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emigrant trail historic trail overland route

The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Mormon Trail canonical 15
Mormon Pioneer Trail 3
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf emigrant trail ⓘ
historic trail ⓘ
overland route ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mormon Trail ⓘ
surface form: Mormon Emigrant Trail

Mormon Trail ⓘ
surface form: Mormon Pioneer Trail
associatedWith Brigham Young ⓘ
Mormon pioneers ⓘ
surface form: Pioneer Day (Utah holiday)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
commemoratedBy Mormon Trail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
crosses Missouri River ⓘ
North Platte River ⓘ
Platte River ⓘ
Sweetwater River ⓘ
declineReason completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
designatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
distance approximately 1300 miles ⓘ
endPoint Salt Lake City ⓘ
surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
follows part of the California Trail route ⓘ
part of the Oregon Trail route ⓘ
hasTheme religious freedom ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Trail ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
inception 1846 ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
partOf National Trails System units ⓘ
surface form: National Trails System
passesThrough Council Bluffs ⓘ
surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Echo Canyon, Utah ⓘ
Echo Canyon, Utah ⓘ
surface form: Emigration Canyon, Utah

Fort Bridger, Wyoming ⓘ
Fort Laramie ⓘ
surface form: Fort Laramie, Wyoming

South Pass ⓘ
surface form: South Pass, Wyoming

Winter Quarters, Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: Winter Quarters (Florence), Nebraska
peakUsePeriod 1847–1869 ⓘ
significantEvent 1847 pioneer company journey ⓘ
Mormon pioneers ⓘ
surface form: Mormon exodus from Nauvoo
startDateOfUse 1846 ⓘ
startPoint Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ
Winter Quarters, Nebraska ⓘ
usedBy Mormon pioneers ⓘ
surface form: Latter-day Saint pioneers

Mormon pioneers ⓘ
usedFor religious migration ⓘ
westward migration ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kanesville → partOf → Mormon Trail ⓘ
California Trail → connectsTo → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Nebraska → historicTrail → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Pioneer Trail
Oregon Trail → relatedTo → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Mormon Trail → alsoKnownAs → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Pioneer Trail
Mormon Trail → alsoKnownAs → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Emigrant Trail
Mormon Trail → commemoratedBy → Mormon Trail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Humboldt River → usedBy → Mormon Trail ⓘ
National Historic Trail → includesExample → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Western Historic Trails Center → focusesOn → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 → relatedTo → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Scotts Bluff National Monument → partOf → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Trail corridor
Chimney Rock → onRoute → Mormon Trail ⓘ
South Pass → partOf → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Mormon pioneers → usedRoute → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Mormon pioneers → memorializedBy → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail designation
Platte River → usedBy → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Fort Bridger, Wyoming → locatedOnRoute → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Fort Bridger, Wyoming → hasCategory → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Winter Quarters, Nebraska → associatedWith → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Sweetwater River → landmarkOn → Mormon Trail ⓘ
Casper, Wyoming → hasHistoricTrailAssociation → Mormon Trail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mormon Pioneer Trail
Fort Kearny → associatedWith → Mormon Trail ⓘ