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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 10, 2015
Caption: The Road to Zion Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (upper right) Many Mormon emigrants wrote diaries to describe their experiences. Appleton Harmon wrote his journal in 1847.; (bottom left) After arriving, the Mormon pioneers set up communities and ferry crossings along the trail to assist later wagon trains going to and from Utah.; ( bottom right) From 1856-60, many European converts walked more than 1,200 miles to Salt Lake City pushing and pulling handcarts (right) loaded with 500 pounds of supplies After 1860, the Mormon church sponsored oxen-drawn wagons to bring emigrants to the "New Zion".
Submitted: November 14, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p338115
File Size: 3.467 Megabytes

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