Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)

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The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

Led by Brigham Young, roughly 70,000 Mormons traveled along the Mormon Trail from 1846 to 1869 in order to escape religious persecution. The Pioneer Company of 1846-1847 established a route from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles that would include construction of new ferries and bridges, and the placement of markers for others to follow.

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Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guides

Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guides are being developed for each state that the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail passes through. These guides will provide descriptions of locations where visitors will find remnants of the trail with either interpretive services or media that will add insight to the experiences and history of the Mormon Trail.

These guides will be posted as they are developed and updated as information changes. They are in Acrobat PDF format for downloading and printing on your home computer. You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program installed to open and view these files.

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2009 - Challenge Cost Share Program

Thinking about an interesting historic trail project, but don’t know how to fund it? Want to map trail segments, place an interpretive wayside exhibit, archive historic photos, or transcribe old journals? Want to write a trail guide, design a museum exhibit, or fence an important trail site – but you just don’t have the money?

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Write to

324 South State St., Suite 200
Box 30
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

E-mail Us

Phone

Trails Office Information
(801) 741-1012 ext. 119

Trails Office Interpretation
(801) 741-1012 ext. 116

Fax

(801) 741-1102

Climate

The Mormon Pioneer Trail covers approximately 1300 miles between Nauvoo, IL and Salt Lake City, UT. Climate varies with each season region of the country. Check local climate sources for the region of the trail you will be visiting.
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