The Mormon Trail

 We spent the afternoon at Winter Quarters.  It was the stopping place for pioneers traveling West.  

"An instant city on the plains, Winter Quarters served as Church headquarters for less than a year, until the leadership moved west in 1847. By Christmas 1846, Church members had built a large stockade and about 700 homes ranging from solid, two-story structures to simple dugouts in the bluffs. For many, however, the rigors of the Iowa crossing, exposure, and poor nutrition and sanitation proved too much, and several hundred Saints died during the winter of 1846–47."

We visited the Winter Quarters temple, the cemetery on its grounds, and visited the Mormon Trail museum across the street.