Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery

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Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery is a historic burial ground in present-day Omaha, Nebraska, where many Latter-day Saint pioneers who died during the 1846–1848 Winter Quarters encampment are interred and commemorated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage site
historic cemetery
associatedWith Latter-day Saint pioneers NERFINISHED
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
Winter Quarters encampment NERFINISHED
category Cemeteries in Omaha, Nebraska
Historic sites in Nebraska
Mormon pioneer sites
Properties of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
city Omaha NERFINISHED
commemorates Latter-day Saint pioneer deaths during the Winter Quarters encampment
Mormon pioneer migration
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eraOfBurials 1840s
geographicRegion Midwestern United States NERFINISHED
hasFunction cemetery
memorial site
hasGravesOf Latter-day Saint pioneers
Mormon pioneers NERFINISHED
hasHeritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places
hasInterpretiveFeatures historical markers
pioneer memorial sculptures
hasMonument Winter Quarters pioneer monument NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Douglas County, Nebraska NERFINISHED
Omaha, Nebraska NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
maintainedBy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
near Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple NERFINISHED
historic Winter Quarters settlement site
notableFor large number of pioneer child and infant burials
role in the Mormon pioneer trek to the Salt Lake Valley
NRHPType historic site
openToPublic yes
ownedBy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
partOf Winter Quarters historic area NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint NERFINISHED
significance documents mortality and hardship of the Winter Quarters encampment
state Nebraska
timePeriodCommemorated mid-19th century
touristAttraction yes
usedForBurialsDuring 1846–1848

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Winter Quarters, Nebraska hasMemorial Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery