March 1, 1846-July 24,1847
Pioneers 70,000 pioneers
1300 miles. 500-512 days
5 states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah
Walked six days and rested on Sunday's: camped, read, prayed
Danced- VA Reel
Sang songs
Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow were first to arrive in salt lake valley
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512 days walking
Across Iowa, 1846
The beginning of the great trek west really commenced 1 March 1846 on the frozen banks of Sugar Creek in Lee County, Iowa, seven miles west of the Mississippi River. On that day approximately three thousand men, women, and children in about five hundred wagons formally abandoned Nauvoo, Illinois, the City of Joseph, as a result of misunderstandings and mob activities.
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