Heritage Gateways

Official Sesquicentennial K-12 Education Project
sponsored by the Utah State Board of Education, the BYU-Public School Partnership and the Utah Education Network

April Reenactment Photo Album

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April 11, 1997

  • Daniel and Jared Cornell -- Location: Salt Lake Valley (the right place), Utah Daniel Whitaker with Jared Cornell in the front seat of the Cornell wagon.
  • A Mule from the Whitaker Wagon -- Location: Salt Lake Valley (the right place), Utah A mule from the Whitaker wagon on the day of the media rollout at Indian Hills Elementary School.
  • Inside a Wagon -- Location: Salt Lake Valley (the right place), Utah View from the inside of a wagon
  • Modern pioneers and wagon -- Location: Salt Lake Valley (the right place), Utah Modern pioneers with their wagon at Indian Hills Elementary School media rollout.
  • School Children and Pioneers -- Location: Salt Lake Valley (the right place), Utah Indian Hill Elementary School children learning about the re-enactment during the media rollout

April 20, 1997

  • Campsite -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Wagons gathered at the campsite.
  • Teepee -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska A teepee among the wagons. Banjo
  • Player -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Modern pioneer relaxing with his banjo.
  • Harnessed Horse Being Fed -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Driver feeding his horse from a bucket.
  • Soup's On -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska A meal is being prepared on the fire.
  • Preparing Dinner -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska A woman preparing dinner at the campsite.
  • Time to Relax -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Young people sitting under a shade cover in camp playing a game.
  • Laundry Time -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Clothes hanging up to dry on a line strung between the wagons.
  • Tenting -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Several tents set up at the camp.
  • Hay Time -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Man putting hay out for the horses.
  • Tending the Horses -- Location: Winter Quarters - 1014 miles left, Nebraska Horses still in harnesses at the campsite.

April 22, 1997

  • On the Road -- Location: Elkhorn River Crossing - 986 miles left, Nebraska Children and a woman walking along behind a covered wagon. A Utah flag is displayed from the wagon.
  • Moving On -- Location: Elkhorn River Crossing - 986 miles left, Nebraska The wagon train continues out of Fremont on Military Avenue. The streets are lined with flags and cars.
  • Harnessed Horse -- Location: Elkhorn River Crossing - 986 miles left, Nebraska A horse is standing in the fog, harnessed and ready to move out.
  • Man on Horseback -- Location: Elkhorn River Crossing - 986 miles left, Nebraska A man riding on a horse leads a line of wagons
  • Saddled Horse -- Location: Elkhorn River Crossing - 986 miles left, Nebraska A saddled horse is eating. There is field, farm house, and barn in the background. People are standing in the field.

April 23, 1997

  • On the Trail -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska The wagons are moving along a dirt road. People are standing in the roadway with a wagon pulled over to the side.
  • Horse -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska A horse, standing in a field, is being fed; a farmer's red barn is in the background.
  • Modern Pioneers -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska A group photograph of several people bundled up and enduring the cold weather.
  • Eye-to-Eye with a Chicken -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Another view of the chickens in the hand-made cage.
  • Handcarts -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Modern handcart pioneers walk along the trail.
  • Caged Chickens -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Several chickens are in a hand-made cage.
  • Monument to the Pioneers -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska A group of people are looking at the monument erected at the first campsite of the 1847 pioneers.
  • Yellow Ribbons -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Yellow ribbons hung in honor of the pioneers.
  • Traveling Through Fremont -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska The procession is traveling through the town of Fremont along Military Avenue. People line the roadway watching the wagon train.
  • Daniel Writing in his Journal -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Daniel is sitting in the wagon using the computer to write his journal.
  • Horses at Day's End -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Two horses are grazing beside the wagons. The harnesses are draped over a wagon tongue.
  • Stormy Weather -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska People trying to stay dry and warm at camp. A horse is grazing beside the wagon ignoring the bad weather.
  • Wagons in Camp -- Location: Fremont, Nebraska Several Wagons at day's end. They are camping in a field.

April 24, 1997

  • Wagon Master-End of the Day -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska The wagon master has found comfortable bales of hay upon which to rest at the end of a hard day.
  • Noon Shot: 4-24 South -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska View looking south. Local time 12:05 p.m. Longitude: 41.28.010 N; Latitude: 096.42.784 W; Altitude: 1546 ft.
  • Noon Shot: 4-24 North -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska View looking north. Local time 12:05 Longitude: 41.28.010 N; Latitude: 096.42.784 W; Altitude: 1546 ft.  
  • Wagons at Camp -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska Wagons pulling into camp at the end of the day (2:10 pm).
  • Noon Shot: 4-24 East -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska View looking east. Local time 12:05 Longitude: 41.28.010 N; Latitude: 096.42.784 W; Altitude: 1546 ft.
  • Noon Shot: 4-24 West -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska View looking west. Local time 12:05 p.m. Longitude: 41.28.010 N; Latitude: 096.42.784 W; Altitude: 1546 ft.
  • View out of the Wagon -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska 7:50 a.m. and we are moving along the trail. View from inside the wagon looking at the wagon behind us.

April 25, 1997

  • Covered Wagon -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska Covered wagons across a field.
  • Break Time -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska 8:50 am and time for a break. The wagons have come to a halt. The weather is cool but pleasant.
  • Noon Shot: 4-25 South -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska Noon shot looking south. Local time: 11:55 am; Long: 41.27.685 N; Lat: 097.31.416 W; Alt: 1370.
  • Noon Shot: 4-25 North -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska Noon shot looking north. Local time: 11:55 am; Long: 41.27.685 N; Lat: 097.31.416 W; Alt: 1370.
  • Noon Shot: 4-25 East -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska Noon shot looking east. Local time: 11:55 am; Long: 41.27.685 N; Lat: 097.31.416 W; Alt: 1370.
  • Noon Shot: 4-25 West -- Location: North Bend, Nebraska Noon shot looking west.Local time: 11:55 am; Long: 41.27.685 N; Lat: 097.31.416 W; Alt: 1370.