The Mormon Trail.
Many people remember Mormons for the pioneer trek in the mid-1800's. This has caused some misconceptions of people thinking that Mormons are similar to the Amish, but modern Mormons do not dress like pioneers or travel in horse-drawn wagons.
It was hard, it was long and it often lead to death...
None. Caravans are used in the Sahara Desert with camels.
Benjamin G. Ferris has written: 'The Mormons at home' -- subject(s): Description and travel, Mormon Church, Mormons
Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) travel however they can. Historically, Mormon pioneers traveled by wagon, horse, handcart, or foot. they crossed lakes, oceans, and rivers by boat or ferry. Now, most Mormons travel by car, bus, train, boat, plane, and bicycle.
Both! Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) travel any way they can. The Pioneers crossed the plains on horseback, in wagons, on oxen, on foot... some even pulled carts by themselves because they couldn't afford wagons! Now, Mormons continue to travel however they can, train, car, bus, plane, bicycle, horse, boat... you name it they do it!
Austin N Ward has written: 'The husband in Utah, or, Sights and scenes among the Mormons' -- subject(s): Mormons, Description and travel
Yes, probably at least 75% of them did pushing wheelbarrow like carts with their supplies.
William Elkanah Waters has written: 'Life among the Mormons, and a march to their Zion' -- subject(s): Controversial literature, United States, Military life, Description and travel, Mormons, United States. Army, Mormons and Mormonism.
The Mormons moved to Utah for religious freedom.
Of the 13,824,854 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) worldwide, 7,785,947 live outside the United States. That is, 56% of all baptised Mormons live outside the U.S. Nations with quite a few Mormons are: Canada 179,801 Mormons (1% of Mormons are Canadian, 0.5% of Canadians are Mormon) Samoa 69,224 Mormons (0.5% of Mormons, 39% of Samoans) Tonga 55,173 Mormons (0.5% of Mormons, 53% of Tongans) Mexico 1,197,573 Mormons (8.7% of Mormons, 1% of Mexicans) Guatemala 220,296 Mormons (1.6% of Mormons, 1.6% of Guatemalans) El Salvador 105,501 Mormons (0.8% of Mormons, 2% of El Salvadorians) Hondouras 136,408 Mormons (1% of Mormons, 2% of Hondourans) Brazil 1,102,674 Mormons (8% of Mormons, 0.6% of Brazilians) Chile 561,920 Mormons (4% of Mormons, 3.3% of Chileans) Peru 480,816 Mormons (3.5% of Mormons, 1.7% of Peruvians) Philippines 631,885 Mormons (4.6% of Mormons, 0.7% of all Philippinos) UK 186,082 Mormons (1.3% of Mormons, 0.3% of all UK) Australia 126,767 Mormons (0.9% of Mormons, 0.6% of Australians) New Zealand 100,962 Mormons (0.7% of Mormons, 2.4% of all New Zealanders) To compare, the United States has 6,038,907 Mormons. That's 44% of Mormons and 2% of all Americans. But you can find Mormons in nearly every nation of the World! The "Related Link" below has a great population statistics map related to Mormon Church membership.