The Road to Zion

The Road to Zion (HM1PAB)

Location: Fort Bridger, WY 82933 Uinta County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 19.118', W 110° 23.571'

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From the late 1840s through the 1860s, an exodus of more than 70,000 Mormons passed by here on their way to their "New Zion" in Utah. Starting from Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846, the first group of at least 13,000 Mormons crossed into Iowa to escape religious persecution, then spent the next winter in the area of present-day Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.
In 1847, Brigham Young led an advance party of 143 men, 2 women, and 3 children along the Platte River. At Fort Bridger, Wyoming they departed from the Oregon Trail to head southwest to the Great Salt Lake. Thousands of other Mormons soon followed. Today, a marked 1,624-mile auto tour route closely parallels their historic trek.
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".
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HM NumberHM1PAB
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Placed ByU.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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Date Added Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at 9:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 550815 N 4574307
Decimal Degrees41.31863333, -110.39285000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 19.118', W 110° 23.571'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 19' 7.08" N, 110° 23' 34.26" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near I-80BUS, Fort Bridger WY 82933, US
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