Lisco in Garden County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Mormon Pioneer Trail
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The Rapture of Spring

The Mormon Pioneer Trail Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Light, July 17, 2007

1. The Mormon Pioneer Trail Marker

Inscription. The Mormon Pioneer Trail Fleeing heated religious and political hostility and persecution, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (widely known as Mormons) abruptly fled their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846. Unprepared for the cold of winter, these pioneers traveled 265 agonizing miles in four months. Heavy spring rains that year turned the rolling plains of southern Iowa into quagmire of axle-deep mud. Sheer exhaustion and a lack of provisions continually hampered their efforts triggering the decision to stop and winter over near the banks of the Missouri River. In the spring of 1847, after a respite and an opportunity to make better travel plans, 143 men, three women and two boys started across Nebraska for the new Zion on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Following a rough trace blazed by earlier explorers, fur traders and missionaries, this pioneering group began laying out a route to the West that would alter be used by thousands of other Mormons and Forty-niners. These first pioneers established ferries, campsites, bridges and supply depots - improvements that earned

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the route it's name "The Mormon Trial."

The Rapture of Spring

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • Religion & Religious Structures • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Mormon Pioneer Trail series list. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1846.

Location. 41° 29.948′ N, 102° 37.114′ W. Marker is in Lisco, Nebraska, in Garden County. It is on U.S. 26. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lisco NE 69148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Nebraska Panhandle.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Imaginary Characters…. (approx. 2.1 miles away); Narcissa Whitman (approx. 7 miles away).

Related marker.

Photographed by Christopher Light, July 17, 2007

2. left Half

Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Photographed by Christopher Light, July 17, 2007

3. Right Half

The Rapture of Spring "Mormon Bluff Ruins" is one of the few Mormon places ... still ... along the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Brigham Young {text unreadable in this image}

I-80 which now overlays the Mormon Trail along the Platte River image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Light, July 16, 2007

4. I-80 which now overlays the Mormon Trail along the Platte River

Trail route markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Light, July 17, 2007

5. Trail route markers

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2007, by Christopher Light of Valparaiso, Indiana. This page has been viewed 3,465 times since then and 49 times this year. Last updated on November 20, 2007, by Christopher Light of Valparaiso, Indiana. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 16, 2007, by Christopher Light of Valparaiso, Indiana. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.

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The Mormon Pioneer Trail⎯⎯⎯The Rapture of Spring

The Mormon Pioneer Trail
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The Rapture of Spring