Above picture courtesy of Mark_Kasper @byu.edu

ABOVE:
Brigham Young organized the Deseret
Alphabet, and was the leader of the Mormon Church. 

Some of the early settlers in Utah were Mormons. They traveled West in the Mormon Trail. This trail started in Nauvoo, Illinois and ended near the Great Salt Lake in Utah. From 1846 to 1869, more than 70,000 Mormons followed this trail West.

"The great severity of the weather, and...the difficulty of crossing the river during many days of running ice, all combined to delay our departure, though for several days the bridge of ice across the Mississippi greatly facilitated the crossing."
-BRIGHAM YOUNG, February 28, 1846

This is an old western campsite. This is a place where they would rest along the journey.