Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Route of the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake : Feb'y 1846-July 1847

Barcode: 58253

Image Number: 58253.0001

Publishing Location: Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah

Notes: "Issued by the new Wilson Hotel, Salt Lake City"

Brief Description: Guide issued by the New Wilson European Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. Features a portrait of Brigham Young, founder of the Latter Day Saints, illustration of the temple and views of Salt Lake City. Text describes places of interest, Mormon church history and its articles of faith.

Printmaker: Denver Lith. Co.

Publisher: Millroy & Hayes

Date/Date Range Produced: 1899

Date/Date Range Published: 1899

Language: English

Region Depicted: Salt Lake City, Utah

Map Type: Pictorial maps

Dimensions: 19 x 65 cm, on sheet 22 x 70 cm, folded to 18 x 11 cm

Printing Process: Chromolithograph

Historical Context: The pictorial map chronicles the westward migration of Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois to Great Salt Lake, Utah from 1846-1847. Because of tensions between Mormons and Nauvoo residents it was decided to go out west. Map depicts the Mormon Trail illustrating wagon trains, Indian tepees, western scenery.

LC Call Number: G4051.S1 1899.M5

OCLC: 865026422

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58253.0001