Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) used whatever forms of transportation were available to them. This included horseback, covered wagon, carriage, train, boat, and handcart. The handcart has become a symbol of the Mormon pioneers - a two-wheeled cart pulled by people on foot. It was a much cheaper way for the poor Mormons to travel across the Mormon Trail.
Modern Mormons use any type of transportation available - most often cars or bicycles, trains, airplanes, etc. Historically, Mormons also used what was available - generally horses, covered wagons, or handcarts. Mormon pioneers became exceptionally popular for their use of handcarts - small 2-wheeled wagons pulled by themselves rather than mules or oxen.
Historically, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The "Mormon" church) travelled by horse, wagon, handcart, boat, or foot. In modern times, by car, train, motorcycle, bus, bike, foot, boat, plane, skateboard - however they want!
Some groups of Mormon pioneers became well known for their use of the 'handcart', which was like a large two-wheeled wooden wheelbarrow which they pulled themselves rather than purchasing teams of horses, oxen, or mules.
It is said that Brigham Young devised the handcart as a way to allow those who were too poor to afford wagons and teams to cross the plains to Utah. A popular summer activity for Mormon youth groups is to re-enact the journey of the handcart pioneers.
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In general, they traveled in groups by horse and wagon.
they used handcarts! kind of like a big wooden wagon. some of them were even pulled by ox
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The Mormon trail was first used in 1846-47 and stopped being used around 1870, when the transcontinental railroad came through.
The Mormon Trail began in 1847.
The Mormon Trail and the Oregon trail followed the same route through much of the Midwest, until the Mormon Trail split off into Utah through Wyoming. No doubt the two groups exchanged help and supplies. It's also likely that some Oregon Trail travelers may have taken a detour through Mormon settlements in Utah to rest, wait out winter weather, or gather supplies.
Most Mormons followed the Mormon Trail, which was roughly the same as the Oregon trail until the Mormon trail split off to Utah in Wyoming. Some Mormon pioneers took a boat around South America, docked in California, and travelled to Utah through Nevada.
The first Mormon Pioneer group took 2 years to cross the Mormon trail... this is mostly because there wasn't yet a trail and they didn't really know exactly where they were going. Later groups took several weeks to several months, depending on the number of people, weather, and mode of transportation.
The Mormon Trail started in February 1846.
Mormon Trail was created on 1978-11-10.
The Mormon trail started at Nauvoo, Illinois and crossed Iowa to Winter Quarters, Nebraska and ended at Salt Lake City, Utah. Therefore the trail passed through only 3 states and that was Iowa, Nebraska & Wyoming.
The Mormon Trail.
The Mormon trail and the organ trail
The Mormon Trail was the route, but it did travel on the Oregon trial too. :)
The Mormon Trail was in operation from 1846 to 1869, when the transcontinental railroad was completed.