The who, what, when, where, & why of the Mormon Trail. Ep. 170

Between 1846 and 1868, tens of thousands of Latter-day Saints made the journey by covered wagon, handcart, and/or boat to the land later known as Utah. In this video, David Snell reviews the who, what, when, where, and why of the Mormon Trail.

Video transcript: https://bit.ly/3pqCaQ0

“Mortality on the Mormon Trail, 1847-1868” via BYU Studies: https://bit.ly/3KJhmLS
“Going West Wasn't So Deadly for Early Mormon Pioneers” via LiveScience: https://bit.ly/3szjHmD
Time lapse YouTube video “Mormon Trails: Pioneer Pathways to Zion” : https://bit.ly/3v4KA3c
“The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Interactive Map!” via the National Park Service: https://bit.ly/3rHeOHG
“Mormon Trails” online exhibit via the Church’s website: https://bit.ly/3w0z2gU
“Church History Chronology and Maps” via the Church’s website: https://bit.ly/3FfvhYV
Some background information on Fort Bridger: https://bit.ly/3LJkitl / https://bit.ly/3saZfYI
“‘The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick’: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue” via BYU Studies: https://bit.ly/3sotPhE
“Circular to the Mormons” in Weekly National Intelligencer (Washington [D.C.]), August 1, 1846: https://bit.ly/3OIdeyU (This was what was printed in the newspaper calling for the mustering of a Mormon battalion.)
News report of the vanguard company arriving in Salt Lake Valley: https://bit.ly/3sewo65

Notes:

— “About 2,100 pioneers in 13 wagon companies journeyed to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.” Source: https://bit.ly/3w0z2gU

— Another benefit of mustering the Mormon Battalion was that if the U.S. won the war and came into possession of the territory that the Saints were planning to settle, then perhaps their relationship with the U.S. government wouldn’t be so tense (seeing as how they would have helped them win the war).

— Brigham Young’s vanguard company consisted (at the beginning of the journey) of 143 men, 3 women, and 2 children. “They traveled in 72 wagons and took 93 horses, 52 mules, 66 oxen, 19 cows, 17 dogs, and some chickens. The company was fully provisioned to sustain itself for a year.” Source: “The Story of the Latter-day Saints,” by James Allen and Glen Leonard, pg. 252.

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