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During the winter of 1846–1847, Latter-day Saint leaders in Winter Quarters and Iowa laid plans for the migration of the large number of Saints, their equipment, and their livestock.
Between 1840 and 1890, over 85,000 Saints migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and to the West. The majority (about 55,000) left the British Isles, another 25,000 left Scandinavia, and about 6,000 left continental Europe. Others arrived from the Pacific Islands, India, the Ottoman Empire, and South Africa.
After early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints left Nauvoo, Illinois, to escape persecution in 1846, they embarked on likely the most difficult part of the journey westward: it took 131 days for the first pioneer company to cross the 300 miles of Iowa.
Dec 11, 2017 · About 10,000 Saints travel to Utah—the largest Latter-day Saint migration in a single year. January 1853 Iowa legislature renames Kanesville as Council Bluffs.
Approximately 7,000 Saints arrived in 1846, while nearly 3,000 remained in camps along the Iowa trail. 3 While the Saints began building dugouts and log cabins, they faced a shortage of food and supplies with winter coming.
Oct 23, 2023 · Do We Know How Many Latter-day Saints Died Between 1846–1869 in the Migration to the Salt Lake Valley? The Ensign of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 28, no. 7 (July 1998): 41–44. (FamilySearch Library book 289.305 C473e).
Mar 28, 2022 · How many Saints lived in Winter Quarters? At its height, their Winter Quarters on Indian lands in what later became Nebraska counted 4,400 souls who lived the next two years in cabins, hovels, tents, and caves.
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