Publication: National Park Service Website
Author: National Park Service
Date of Publication: 2023
PDF File: Mormon-Pioneer-NHT-Historic-Resource-Study-Chapt.pdf
URL: http://npshistory.com/publications/mopi/hrs/chap3.htm
Description
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 Mormon Handcarters from Iowa City who intersected the 1846 Mormon Trail at what is now Lewis, Cass County.