Resources for Information on the Mormon PioneerTrail

CD-ROM

• Pioneer Sesquicentennial CD-ROM. - The Pioneer Sesquicentennial CD-ROM is available from the LDS Church Distribution Center. Call 800-537-5951 and ask for item number 50067, which costs $5.

Books

• Mormon Trail Voyage of Discovery , by Stanley B. and Violet T. Kimball, KC Publications, Inc., 1995 (800/626-9673).
• The Mormon Trek West by Joseph Brown and Dan Guravich, Doubleday, New York, 1980.
• Historic Sites and Markers Along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails , Stanley B. Kimball, University of Illinis Press, Urbana, 1988.
• Discovering Mormon trail: New York to California, 1831-1868 by Stanley B. Kimball : cartographer: Diane Clements.
• 111 Dadys to Zion , by Hal Knight and Stanley Kimball, Deseret News, 1987 (This book is out of print, but it is currently being reprinted.)
• Saints In Exile: A Day-by-Day Pioneer Experience , LDS-Gems Press
• The Pioneer Camp of the Saints: The 1846 and 1847 Mormon Trail Journals of Thomas Bullock , Edited by Will Bagley, The Arthur H. Clark Company
• The gathering of Zion: The story of the Mormon Trail , Wallace Stegner (1964, 1981, & 1992)
• I walked to Zion: True stories of young pioneers on the Mormon Trail , Susan Arrington Madsen, 1994.
• Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail: Illinois / Iowa / Nebraska / Wyoming / Utah , 1992, United States Government Printing Office
• The Mormon Trail : a study report , U.S.Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service and National Park Service
• The Mormon Trail : communication from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a report on the study of the suitability of the Mormon Trail for inclusion in the National Trails System, 1979, United States Government Printing Office.
• The Mormon Trek West , Joseph E Brown, 1980.
• Oregon/Mormon Pioneer national historic trails management plan" prepared by United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1986, United States Government Printing Office
• Over the Mormon Trail , Helen Hinckley Jones, 1962.
• Books from Utah State University Press
  • The Mormon Trail: Yesterday and Today , by William Hill
  • Winter Quarters: the 1846-1848 Life Writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards , Edited by Maurine Carr Ward
  • Trailing the Pioneers: a Guide to Utah's Emigrant Trails, 1829-1869 , Edited by Peter Delafosse
  • West from Fort Bridger: The Pioneering of Immigrant Trails Across Utah , 1846-1850, Edited by J. Roderic Korns and Dale Morgan and Revised and Updated by Will Bagley and Harold Schindler
  • The Mormon Battalion: United States Army of the West , 1846-1848, by Norma B. Ricketts
  • The Gold Discovery Journal of Azariah Smith , Edited by David Bigler (Smith Was a Battalion Member).
  • Mormon Midwife: The Diaries of Patty Sessions , includes her experiences in Iowa, at Winter Quarters, and on the Trail West.

Internet Sites

• Faith in Every Footstep - Official LDS Church Trails Page
• Into the Western Country - Exhibit of Mormon Trail Art form BYU Library
  
• Heritage Gateway The Sesquicentennial Mormon Trail Wagon Trek official, educational web site. Lots of information including "living" diaries created and posted from on the trail and an interactive page for virtual participation in the wagon train.
• The Mormon Trail Mailing List (MORMONTR) offers individuals an opportunity to discuss Mormon Trail sesquicentennial celebrations, special events, organizational activities, history, and related genealogy. If you would like to join this list, send a short paragraph of introduction to the list-owner, Brian J. Hill at hill@platte.unk.edu. He will add you to the list and forward your introduction to other members.
• Trail of Hope This site features art and artifacts, tales and tears from the Mormon pioneers who trekked across 1,300 miles of American frontier.
• Souvenir quilt kit of the Mormon Trail
• Utah Pioneer Sesquicentennial Celebration - Coordinating Council
• Wyoming Mormon Trail Web Site - BLM
• Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail - National Park Service
• Sesquicentennial Celebrations - A time for remembering our pioneers
• Mormon History Resource Page
• Mormon Church History Sites Across the US
• Mormon Trail Expedition
• Brion Zion's "State of Deseret"
• Mormon Pioneer Ancestry
• Full length musical for the Sesquicentennial
• Mormon Trail Online Project - Garden Grove, IA School District
• White Feather Creations - Art work along the Mormon Trail