Mormon Trail
Mormon Trail

Author: Stanley Buchholz Kimball

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13:

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From its beginning in 1846, this 22-year- long Mormon exodus from Illinois to the final promised landis one of the most extraordinary chapters in the history of the American West.

The Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail

Author: William Hill

Publisher:

Published: 1996-04

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13:

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Was in most ways similar to that of other emigrants, the religious motivations, tight organization, and family groups of the Mormons gave their migration a distinct character. William Hill introduces the Mormons, their eventful early history, and the characteristics of the migration west. His book also includes a chronology of trail-related events, excerpts from diaries and guidebooks, songs, historical maps, over 200 then and now illustrations, descriptions of major.

The Mormon Pioneer Trail
The Mormon Pioneer Trail

Author: Arlan Dean

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2002-12-15

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780823964765

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The story of the Mormon Trail and the migration of Mormons to their new settlement at Salt Lake City.

The Gathering of Zion
The Gathering of Zion

Author: Wallace Earle Stegner

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1964-01-01

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780803292130

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner tells about a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death—but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity. Other Bison Books by Wallace Stegner include Mormon Country, Recapitulation, Second Growth, and Women on the Wall.

Welsh Saints on the Mormon Trail
Welsh Saints on the Mormon Trail

Author: Wil Aaron

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-28

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781912631209

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"Between the mid 1840s and late 1860s, around 5,000 Welsh people, inspired by the Mormon faith, ventured to start a new life in the United States...seeking their holy city in the West..."--back cover.

America's National Historic Trails
America's National Historic Trails

Author: Karen Berger

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0847868850

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An inspirational bucket list for hikers, history buffs, armchair travelers, and all those who wish to walk in the hallowed footsteps of American history. 2020 GOLD WINNER OF THE FOREWORD INDIES AWARD IN HISTORY 2021 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNER From the battlefields of the American Revolution to the trails blazed by the pioneers, lands explored by Lewis and Clark and covered by the Pony Express, to the civil-rights marches of Selma and Montgomery, this is the official book of the country's 19 National Historic Trails. These trails range from 54 miles to more than 5,000 and feature historic and interpretive sites to be explored on foot and sometimes by paddle, sail, bicycle, horse, or by car on backcountry roads. Totaling 37,000 miles through 41 states, our entire national experience comes to life on these trails--from Native American history to the settlement of the colonies, westward expansion, and civil rights--and they are beautifully depicted in this large-format volume.

Saints at Devil's Gate
Saints at Devil's Gate

Author: Laura Allred Hurtado

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 9780692785850

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This art book accompanies an art exhibition of the same name at the Church History Museum, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City. The book features dozens of paintings by three Mormon painters, John Burton, Josh Clare, and Bryan Mark Taylor, who traveled and painted the Mormon Trail landscape. Each painting is paired with pioneer journal entries. The book gives written and visual context to the pioneers' experience of the trail, bears witness to the land as it exists today, and links the historic experience of pioneers to the challenges of today.