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Mormons Build Nebraska’s First Large White Settlement 1846
Investigations by Andrew Jensen trace the 1846 Mormon migration to the Missouri River valley. Winter Quarters or Florence grew to 4,000–6,000 residents in months, with Brigham Young guiding plans for Utah and a flour mill, schools, and churches forming amid severe privations and pestilence.
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Nebraska
Andrew Jensen
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Utah
Brigham Young
Far West
Great Salt Lake
Nauvoo
Missouri
Iowa
California
Sugar Creek
Pacific Coast
United States
Mexico
Missouri River
Henry de Long
Counci Bluffs
de Long
Bishop Clark
Richardson’s Point
Garden Grove
Chariton River
Mt. Pisgah
St. Louis
Town
Council Bluffe
Big Elk
Witter Quarters
Savannah
Kanesville
Council Bluffs
Thomas L. Kane
Pappie Creek
Florence
Pappio Creek
Council House
Assembly Hall
Elkhorn River
Loup River
Niobrara
Florence City Park
Henry” DeLong
Keokuk