On the Pioneer Trail of 1847

ON THE PIONEER TRAIL OF 1847 Photographs of Important landmarks by Mr. George Ed. Anderson, Springville, Utah, taken on a trip over the trail with Church Historian Andrew Jenson, July, 1926. Independence Rock, Wyoming, a close-up view, taken July 8, 19 26. The Sweetwater, as seen from the cliffs, immediately eastof Devil's Gate, Wyoming, looking upstream in a southwesterly direction.

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ON THE PIONEER TRAIL 765 Fort Laramie. Wyoming. Here the Pioneers arrived June 1, 184 7. Seventeen Saints who had left the Mississippi in 1846 here joined the Pioneers, being a part of the company who had wintered at Pueblo. The remainder of the Pueblo company came with Captain Brown's detachment of the Battalion, arriving in the Valley with the Mississippi Saints, July 29, 184 7, increasing the number in the Valley to about 400. Echo Canyon, Utah, looking east up the canyon.

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ON THE PIONEER TRAIL 767 This Pioneer monument was erected on a hill immediately cast of where the Pioneers crossed Bear River, in Wyoming, on July 12, 1847. The monument was erected by members of the Woodruff stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in honor of the Pioneers who crossed this spot July 12, 184 7, under the leadership of Brigham Young. The monument was dedicated September 2 8, 19 24. Andrew Jenson. the center figure, is standing on the Pioneer Trail looking toward the crossing of the river. Henefer, Summit county, Utah. Here the emigrants passed to go through East canyon, thence over the mountains to Salt Lake Valley.