Stepping foot upon the Mormon Pioneer Trail, there’s a lot to take in — and not just in terms of scenery. The view down East Canyon of the Wasatch Mountains is beautiful, especially when the ...

The first story in this series began in Nauvoo, Illinois, and followed backcountry roads 167 miles to Garden Grove, Iowa (see the Jan. ’13 issue of this magazine). This story picks up the trail in ...

Gregory Franzwa may well be the dean of present-day guides to historic trails of the West. He has revisited the Oregon and Santa Fe trails in books and has four of six books published on the famous ...

Amidst the prairie dotted with sagebrush, yucca and trees, two ruts cut deep into the ground, through the sandstone. As wagons crossed the prairie westward bound, they carved into the rock overtime, ...

Pioneer Day on July 24 celebrates the settlement of the Rocky Mountain region by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1847 and 1869. The Mormon Trail represents the ...

WELCOME BACK. THERE’S STILL TIME. THIS SUMMER TO EXPLORE PARTS OF NEBRASKA. YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PASSPORT PROGRAM IS MADISON JOHNSON AND LINDA FORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ...

This year marks the 175th anniversary of one of the gravest tragedies in American history … and much of it took place right here in Iowa. Tradition in the faith of the Latter-day Saints, the ...

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The Mormon Mountain Passage 29 of the Arizona National Scenic Trail slides through the forests and high plains of Anderson Mesa and the Plateau Lake region of northern Arizona. At 14.8 miles in length ...