2,500 Mormons created a settlement called “Cutler’s Park” in August 1846 in what is now Omaha. The settlement is considered Nebraska’s first town. The settlers got permission from a U.S. Indian Agent ...
For Mormons, July 24 is Pioneer Day, a holiday commemorating the date when Brigham Young and an original band of Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. My grandmother’s grandmother, ...
OMAHA | In the winter of 1846 -1847 an area of present day North Omaha was occupied by 2,500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who made the location their winter quarters for ...
Most travelers know Winslow from an Eagles song, but did you know the northern Arizona town sits along one of the most ...