The well-organized wagon train migration began in earnest in April 1847, and the period, known as the Mormon pioneer Exodus is, by convention among social scientists, traditionally assumed to have ended with the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
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Mormon pioneer traveled six days during the week, but generally stayed in camp on Sunday to observe the Sabbath.
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Mormon pioneer made regular readings on scientific instruments, took notes on geological formations and mineral resources, and described plants and animals.
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Mormon pioneer's was in ill health and Lorenzo Young feared to leave her and their young children behind.
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Mormon pioneer halted for repairs and to reshoe the draft animals.
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Mormon pioneer reported to Young about his group's successful journey and their settlement in what is today San Francisco, California.
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Mormon pioneer urged the vanguard company to continue on to California but was unable to shift the leader's focus away from the Great Basin.
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Mormon pioneer told Young that local Indians raised good crops, including corn and pumpkins, but that there was ever-present danger of frost.
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Mormon pioneer was enthusiastic about the agricultural potential of the large Weber Valley.
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Mormon pioneer was further divided into groups of 10 and 50 with authority and responsibility delegated downward.
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Mormon pioneer's report encouraged 1851 settlement efforts in Iron Country, near present-day Cedar City.
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