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.

Aliases (3)

Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail ×2
Mormon Pioneer Trail ×2
Mormon Emigrant Trail ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	emigrant trail → historic trail → overland route →
alsoKnownAs	Mormon Emigrant Trail → Mormon Pioneer Trail →
associatedWith	Brigham Young → Pioneer Day (Utah holiday) → The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints →
commemoratedBy	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, 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 → Utah → Wyoming →
partOf	National Trails System →
passesThrough	Council Bluffs, Iowa → Echo Canyon, Utah → Emigration Canyon, Utah → Fort Bridger, Wyoming → Fort Laramie, Wyoming → South Pass, Wyoming → Winter Quarters (Florence), Nebraska →
peakUsePeriod	1847–1869 →
significantEvent	1847 pioneer company journey → Mormon exodus from Nauvoo →
startDateOfUse	1846 →
startPoint	Nauvoo, Illinois → Winter Quarters, Nebraska →
usedBy	Latter-day Saint pioneers → Mormon pioneers →
usedFor	religious migration → westward migration →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mormon Trail ("Mormon Pioneer Trail") → Mormon Trail ("Mormon Emigrant Trail") →	alsoKnownAs
Mormon Trail ("Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail") →	commemoratedBy
California Trail →	connectsTo
Western Historic Trails Center →	focusesOn
Nebraska ("Mormon Pioneer Trail") →	historicTrail
National Historic Trail ("Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail") →	includesExample
Kanesville →	partOf
Oregon Trail →	relatedTo
Humboldt River →	usedBy