The Iowa portion of the trail was used relatively little, mainly by the Mormons fleeing Illinois in 1846, and by some other Mormons jumping off from Keokuk, Iowa, in 1853. It was also used in 1856-1857 by seven companies of Read More …
The Mormon Wagon Road was an outgrowth of the Old Spanish Trail, which itself utilized an existingnetwork of Native American trails. The Escalante-Dominguez expedition of 1776 was the first attempt by Euro-Americans to journey over Native American trails in southern Read More …
The southwest corner of Wyoming is filled with beautiful and remarkable terrain. There are long north-south running mountain ranges, mountain passes, several large rivers and streams, and rolling hills. It is rugged terrain with elevations ranging from 6,037 feet to Read More …