Title: The Iowa Mormon Trail
Description: Collection of papers from the Iowa Mormon Trail Symposium held May 3-4, 1996 in Des Moines, Iowa. Examines the history of the Mormon Trail in Iowa, with special focus on topics such as Mormon women, the hardships of the Nauvoo Poor Camps, the social life and entertainment of the travelers, the temporary way stations of Garden Grove, Mt. Pisgah, and Kanesville, and the Mormon Battalion.
Subjects: United States, United States. Army. Mormon Battalion, Mormon pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Iowa, history, local, Iowa, description and travel, Mormon pioneer national historic trail, Mormon women
Places: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Iowa, Nauvoo (Ill.)
Time periods: 19th century