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Significant Dates in the Mormon's Trek Across Iowa
1846
February 4.....First wagons left Nauvoo, Illinois, camped at Sugar Creek, 6 miles west of Misssissippi River.
February 14, 19.....Eight inches of snow, high winds, Mississippi River froze over.
March 1....."Camp of Israel" left Sugar Creek camp.
March 26.....Camp reorganized at Chariton River.
April 15...Camped at Locust Creek (near present-day Corydon (Wayne) County, IA) Willliam Clayton wrote poem which became hymn "Come, Come, Ye Saints"
April 24.....Temporary settlement of Garden Grove founded
april 30.....Nauvoo Temple dedicated
May 15.....Mt. Pisgah, 2nd temporary settlement, founded (near present-day Thayer (Union County, Iowa)
June 14.....Advance company reached Missouri River
July 1-20.....Mormon Battalion recruited to fight in Mexican War; left on march to present day San Diego, CA
September.....winter Quarters established on both sides of Missouri River
September....."Battle of Nauvoo"---last Saints forced to leave Nauvoo
October 9 ..... Flocks of quail flew into the camp near Montrose, IA; served as food for starving refugees.
Winter of 1846-47
.......................4000 at Winter Quarters (west side of Missouri River)
.......................2500 on east side of Missouri River on Pottawattamie Indian lands
.........................700 at Mt. Pisgah
.........................600 at Garden Grove
.......................1000 at camps scattered across southern Iowa
.........................500 in the Mormon Battalion
.......................1500 in St. Louis
.........................600 approximate number of Saints who died in Iowa/Nebraska
.......................Several hundred scattered in Mississippi River towns
February 4.....First wagons left Nauvoo, Illinois, camped at Sugar Creek, 6 miles west of Misssissippi River.
February 14, 19.....Eight inches of snow, high winds, Mississippi River froze over.
March 1....."Camp of Israel" left Sugar Creek camp.
March 26.....Camp reorganized at Chariton River.
April 15...Camped at Locust Creek (near present-day Corydon (Wayne) County, IA) Willliam Clayton wrote poem which became hymn "Come, Come, Ye Saints"
April 24.....Temporary settlement of Garden Grove founded
april 30.....Nauvoo Temple dedicated
May 15.....Mt. Pisgah, 2nd temporary settlement, founded (near present-day Thayer (Union County, Iowa)
June 14.....Advance company reached Missouri River
July 1-20.....Mormon Battalion recruited to fight in Mexican War; left on march to present day San Diego, CA
September.....winter Quarters established on both sides of Missouri River
September....."Battle of Nauvoo"---last Saints forced to leave Nauvoo
October 9 ..... Flocks of quail flew into the camp near Montrose, IA; served as food for starving refugees.
Winter of 1846-47
.......................4000 at Winter Quarters (west side of Missouri River)
.......................2500 on east side of Missouri River on Pottawattamie Indian lands
.........................700 at Mt. Pisgah
.........................600 at Garden Grove
.......................1000 at camps scattered across southern Iowa
.........................500 in the Mormon Battalion
.......................1500 in St. Louis
.........................600 approximate number of Saints who died in Iowa/Nebraska
.......................Several hundred scattered in Mississippi River towns