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What did early travelers know about the Mormon trail?

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The knew what everyone else knew -- that is, virtually nothing. What little they did know was based on reports by a handful of scouts and explorers who had been to parts of the western continent before 1846.

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Did Mormon beckworth make the Mormon trail?

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