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

Mormon Trail Wagon Train Schedule for 1997

# Date Day Miles Evening Campsite
1 17-Apr Thu 0 Winter Quarters (Dodge Park)
2 18-Apr Fri 0 Dodge Park or Winter Quarters
3 19-Apr Sat 8 Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters
4 20-Apr Sun 0 Winter Quarters (Dodge Park)
5 21-Apr Mon 15 Washington
6 22-Apr Tue 12 Elkhorn River Crossing
7 23-Apr Wed 0 Fremont
8 24-Apr Thu 15 North Bend
9 25-Apr Fri 15 Schuyler
10 26-Apr Sat 17 Columbus
11 27-Apr Sun 0 Columbus
12 28-Apr Mon 15 Monroe
13 29-Apr Tue 9 Genoa
14 30-Apr Wed 16 Fullerton
15 01-May Thu 18 Palmer
16 02-May Fri 12 Chapman
17 03-May Sat 14 Sturh Museum (Grand Island)
18 04-May Sun 0 Sturh Museum (Grand Island)
19 05-May Mon 0 Woodriver
20 06-May Tue 20 Gibbon
21 07-May Wed 19 Kearney
22 08-May Thu 0 Elm Creek
23 09-May Fri 16 Overton
24 10-May Sat 20 Lexington
25 11-May Sun 0 Lexington
26 12-May Mon 15 Cozad
27 13-May Tue 11 Gothenburg
28 14-May Wed 0 Gothenburg
29 15-May Thu 13 Brady
30 16-May Fri 10 Maxwell
31 17-May Sat 15 North Platte
32 18-May Sun 0 North Platte
33 19-May Mon 13 Hershey
34 20-May Tue 7 Sutherland
35 21-May Wed 12 North Paxton
36 22-May Thu 15 Keystone
37 23-May Fri 12 Lemoyne
38 24-May Sat 17 Ash Hollow (Lewellen)
39 25-May Sun 0 Ash Hollow (Lewellen)
40 26-May Mon 12 Oshkosh
41 27-May Tues 16 Lisco
42 28-May Wed 14 Broadwater
43 29-May Thu 14 Bridgeport
44 30-May Fri 16 Bayard
45 31-May Sat 21 Scottsbluff
46 01-Jun Sun 0 Scottsbluff
47 02-Jun Mon 12 Mitchell
48 03-Jun Tue 15 Henry
49 04-Jun Wed 10 Torrington
50 05-Jun Thu 20 Fort Laramie
51 06-Jun Fri 0 Fort Laramie
52 07-Jun Sat 13 Guernsey
53 08-Jun Sun 0 Guernsey
54 09-Jun Mon 19 Glendo
55 10-Jun Tue 12 Douglas
56 11-Jun Wed 13 Natural Bridge State Park
57 12-Jun Thu 20 Glenrock
58 13-Jun Fri 12 Wilkins State Park
59 14-Jun Sat 9 Casper
60 15-Jun Sun 0 Casper
61 16-Jun Mon 18 Willow Springs
62 17-Jun Tue 20 Independence Rock
63 18-Jun Wed 8 Martin's Cove
64 19-Jun Thu 0 Martin's Cove
65 20-Jun Fri 9 Split Rock
66 21-Jun Sat 17 Jeffrey City Area
67 22-Jun Sun 0 Jeffrey City Area
 
The next 2 weeks are very subject to weather conditions and are subject to last minute change.
         
68 23-Jun Mon 18 Sweetwater Station
69 24-Jun Tue 15 Silver Creek
70 25-Jun Wed 5 Rock Creek
71 26-Jun Thu 0 Rock Creek
72 27-Jun Fri 19 Pacific Springs
73 28-Jun Sat 0 Pacific Springs
74 29-Jun Sun 0 Pacific Springs
75 30-Jun Mon 15 Parting of Ways
76 01-Jul Tue 19 Farson
77 02-Jul Wed 0 Farson
78 03-Jul Thu 0 Farson
79 04-Jul Fri 12 Simpson's Hollow
80 05-Jul Sat 18 Green River Crossing
81 06-Jul Sun 0 Green River Crossing
82 07-Jul Mon 22 Granger
83 08-Jul Tue 18 Miller Station
84 09-Jul Wed 14 Fort Brigder
85 10-Jul Thu 0 Fort Bridger
86 11-Jul Fri 10 Piedmont
87 12-Jul Sat 18 Bear River Crossing
88 13-Jul Sun 0 Bear River Crossing
89 14-Jul Mon 15 Yellow Creek
90 15-Jul Tue 12 Castle Rock Camp
91 16-Jul Wed 15 Henefer
92 17-Jul Thu 0 Henefer
93 18-Jul Fri 20 East Canyon State Park
94 19-Jul Sat 0 East Canyon State Park
95 20-Jul Sun 0 East Canyon State Park
96 21-Jul Mon 7 Birch Springs
97 22-Jul Tue 7 This is the Place State Park

Wagon Train to Enter Utah, But Access Will Be Limited

The Sesquicentennial Mormon Pioneer Wagon Train entered Utah on Monday, July 21, 1997, culminating its journey from Winter Quarters, Neb., with arrival in Salt Lake Valley on July 22, 1997.

Public viewing and access to the wagon train was limited due to terrain and private property while it was traveling to Salt Lake City, according to wagon train organizers and the Utah Travel Council. However, sesquicentennial events were planned in Salt Lake City on July 22, 23 and 24, 1997 that offered easier opportunities for seeing the wagon train.

Here is the schedule for the Mormon Trail Wagon Train as it arrived in Utah.

SATURDAY, SUNDAY -- Bear River Crossing Camp at the Evanston Fairgrounds, 5 miles south of Evanston, Wyo., on state Route 150, private property with limited parking. Saturday will be a pageant and rodeo with city band and choir. Sunday will be an Interfaith service at 1 p.m. with community hymn sing-along at 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY -- Wagon train enters Utah at Yellow Creek, west of Evanston, and makes camp. Limited public access.

TUESDAY -- Travel to Castle Rock to camp on private ranch, no public access, although camp will be visible from Interstate 80.

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY -- Wagon train travels through Echo Canyon to Henefer on Wednesday, via I-80, county roads and state Route 65. Use extreme caution while traveling westbound I-80. Visitors can access wagon train camp at Henefer via exits 112 or 115 from I-84. Wednesday night street dance; Thursday activities include food, crafts and evening program with LDS Church Elder Russell Ballard and the Utah Symphony.

JULY 18, 19, 20 -- Train travels Friday to East Canyon via state Route 65, which will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon to auto traffic. Camp at Broad Hollow on private land just north of East Canyon State Park near junction of state Route 65 and state Route 66. Public invited to visit wagon camp to see living history pioneer demonstrations.

JULY 21 -- Wagon train travels to Little Mountain via state Route 65, which will be closed to auto traffic from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. No public access to camp at Little Mountain.

JULY 22 -- Wagon train arrives in the Great Salt Lake Valley to camp at This Is The Place State Park via Emigration Canyon Road, which will be closed to auto traffic from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. The train is scheduled to arrive at 11:30 a.m., with a welcoming program at 1 p.m. This Is The Place State Park and Old Deseret Village will open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with no admission charged on July 22. No parking will be allowed in the state park until after 3 p.m. Free shuttle buses will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. from University of Utah parking lots to the park, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the Rio Grande Depot in downtown Salt Lake City to the park.

JULY 23 -- Wagon train travels from This Is The Place State Park to the Salt Lake City-County Building at Washington Square, arriving at 2 p.m. LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley and Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini will keynote a welcoming program at 5 p.m. at the City-County Building. A few wagons will camp that night at Washington Square, while the remainder will parade to the Utah State Fairpark to camp.

JULY 24 -- All wagon train participants, including walkers and handcarts pullers, who have made the journey from Winter Quarters, Neb., to Salt Lake City will be the final entry in the "Days of '47" Parade.