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award May be earner . by Cubs,. i+,:l eveiX m' 3cl:t< Old Scout O, Scouts, Varsity Scouts and gxplorems and. t h e i r leaders by completing a l l 04 the requ .r.'emrrlt p r e l a t i n g to the t r a i l s which tot 1)'i f u P u l T d . h y t h e Mormon Battalion of the C.f S Army. This volunteer, unit;: wa S i'carulted tc fight; in the War with Mexico The war had developed from disputes over te:t.ito-,&.1: O . o h I . r , .The main. objective of the award is to stimulate an interest s t in. learning more aoS,,.tnt, t i l l h i s t o r y or our oouu.1_..Ly ea Lliwut: Americans who were 1:.a s a c r i f i c e and endure many hardships for t h e i r t ount z:y; The great: gout :iweste;rn t e r r itory they helped t o acquire for their government was enormously valuable and included Cu]. Ccrrix:iai a , Nevada, Utah, Arizon t: and parts of New exico, Colorado and Wyoiui r; . .
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xcnrnoo and accornp;i..maOment aAlm), innclutde t 115(J) showing the trail on which you. hiker Patches, are . vii: l ab: e for 2.0(1 each, mccl your unit certificate. no sent t O you along With your patches. Kindly make checks payable tcx ; :EL ,'C? Please mail to: Uitt tor al S Roi1tio .l3li:il t .N .1*D'Ss l 841.01-1531 i e pla, S -it 107 Stfit Lek Ca*, UT

This ii:ietoric Trail Award Program was developed bv the U.S. Mari:.titoiiBatt el..Icon, ,1112, an cliisociation tiev() tech. L* 1:i1e preservation at the history Off the original unit ' :a matron across last? :.t.lt Amer lc:d It was approved by the National Office,' B3o Scouts of America, in June Of 1979. If .you have an questions,. lease call 1-800- -800-537i15923 or ',L-801-530-0004.

A BRIEF HISTORY Or TUC U.S MORMON BATTALION The mood Ow men. to a s s i s t the U.S ,Army in the Mexican War waS oryeiiI. President K. Polk. i n s t r i s c t e d t h e - S e c r e t a r y of Wt ri 0 . (.., Ma kh, to aclth6ri2e Col > Capt.'
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NORMOl4 BATTALION This p a i n t ng by Dale .K.ilhottrn z e p i c t
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ghiy roe poc:ted by ,the men, He remained-at Fort Leavenworth because of i l l no ss end di cad In Tate Angus t, Capt a Joffersbn Hunt,: the coinnan.di n U 1 Car of Company _A, . t e m p o r a r i - l y a s s u ied 'command, but: was relieved by young Lt. Andrew Jackson Scfth Of. the Regular Army, at. Counci 1 (rove} `l'ice . fiettsr1 Mon then continued on to Great: Bend end t,wo c:lay 1 a t e r camped on a. stVea(la. known as Pawnee Fork.. The Pawnee Fork proved
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i ns toad of. WOO . O f : B e n t ' s F o r t . O n $ e p t . 1 1 t h e B a G t a l i o n r e 0 h o d t i r e . A r k a n s a s H i v e i ' - n d c i c r n O r a l 1, f f o l 1 o w e d i.t westward Tor about 100 miles before crossing (,short.of reaching (lent !.s Far.t} t)ic Sep I;. 19, .:. contrary to p on s g . . .i no I agreement made : by . Ca i .: A l l e n: t:o roe i dens: Young that-the Battalion would. not be divided,' Gap-t. N 1 crr do
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I) i s c7 li - "i i rue was t<l - flirtene and lice d e:.Was imp c'oved by Col . Cooke ' fs. cotr iilacud. mutetirods'... t' Ti*iere was nO. l roubl e m l t h y , t * I e y l ' l o x i i c a n s . . E o f e x c e p t t h a t . t h e y i t tly. refused. to sel s u p l c i t c . * a u c d d q a f t a n r y i 1 ! n a I s t o h e 1 1, . f o r c e s . Santa Fe to Tucson equerc

. I`1-he Butt ;a l i on .l cf ;;ran ti fry cc i t;ic 2b wagons and c annon' acid ordi nanc I -O Oct, IL ; T h e y l i ? { 1 her r* I i c e t tar t;e tii: c c i n t c I c i Ll r * ct l cl-, c a`I n, I i` O i n l f:ertiper:r tares .nc:i sew e OW a wac k or so la tern,. t ra the valley of the Rio cIo1 tier ..I c The. terrain . t

b ( a c c i e w o r s e a c ' t h e y d v a n c c d w e s t w a r d f . I n f a c c t , : t . i i e i r g c - a' I d e m a i d t : i - r a t . I t w a s for. wagons, - lout COI. Cooke - does ded . to ;r nti n i:re. :The y were . s Lowed to an average of less t han' seven mile per d ,y k:i'le s .c*c: tict week n Noveiarber. There Were 2? . amen vi ' the sick report). Who With arms and knapsacks encumbered the radarsThe A ss i stan L Stir cjeon and the Captains wer1?. 01 dcr,ed to screen the men and provide a list ot:^ those believed too di sah'l cci . far the 'march, Much of theoamp' equipment was aba-ndoned, All tent poles were left behind and provision cicada

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. W he n . ta re 'Ba tta lion rea che d the GOO' l*i ve rb oh. De c R 21, time y we re vis= ite d by - I,1300 to.2,00u. F*inia I dI aim s ; N o s pe c i41 gua rds we re se t am id oa t h I rig w a s , ta ke n, as . t he Pim a w e re not e d for - t he i
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days later they ar ri v d. at 00010 14* Pima : ifttl arm vi 11 age . of about 1;000 i nhabi tarn t;s
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A bot ch hlcirimroirs ' and. mndia iis t -es pe hct e d e a ch ot he r t he y ha d a. iiicas t e njoy a ble . v ils i t+ Oh t he 23r d t : e n tt aI iori ca
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pe d a t a . I t or- ' i opa 1rrdI a n v il l a ge : off a Y es t iinot s c i 1 11, 000 i hha h 1 ta ht s w he re t he i> e h. e njoy e d t he . s ac ra hos pi
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Ie r1 i ty as tl e y ha d re ce ive d. a t''t;he Pittia t:rrdia n villa ge s Chrisi:iira s . of 181 6 wa s spe nt M a rcimihg 18 mile s .ove r Tow. inesgt,ii te-covered hi i 1 S lir oucli . s atd to 'a dry. coiimp away f om water
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The h aI t oi ion t rie d t o foil ow t ine Gila s o t hat . t he y ni ge t ha v e a -ia "te t - , but t hey found lit i a . re gion more

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to , and food harder to i3rocure.' than any other prnviou 1y 'experietrcod. ; brave1'titg along the bushy, sandy .bottom of the Gila

was so d i f f i c u l t that they . covered only. ten miles a day for the. next s i x . d a y s Also, the fattiit ion 'was s o f ler"ing severely from thofi" t i t ' Sin a , Ike sheep i nd oxPr) were li t t l o Mere I l i a ii Skirt and bares and So often the e n t i r e ' t rciiss t'IaS used, Tli Meat and . ' bones 'of . . the ()K(:r1 w e r e b o i l e d ; t h e e n t r a i l s Were boiled C r broiled on a s t i ck and even ; to h't dray were used fort food.. . ( Try l i t t l e oxen hide.i sings: tiff t:lte- h i i r , 'ct.rt the skin iftt) Small bits and bdit until tender enough to ea t!) . On-- Dan, 1, 11147, cottonwood . branrheS Were cut for ariirital ltrciwse as there was .. n o t h i n g e l s e , lJii1ortiiriately,, the branches appearod to he poisonous, a s a o utr tI )e ' f tt ales a nd..$ heep ..d i ed from eating. them. A makeshift r a f t was. made of . t W O wager, b o x es . to ' 11c a t; ' st a p p 1 i e < ; ( O I r i ' rivor*1f: ti=*,as hoped.-. the. r*aII
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ease the t l i t'I i r ut ties U f .t ttatlli:ticil i t i g the. sia jon*s through h terrain, Itnwever, tiie many. sand b a r s and the sIia1 1 tiwnoss . o f the 'I 1 a i'cir ped . t;h.e

'and raft crows to. abandon much of. the badly . n e e d e d rfi't 1 tiers feed. for the s tock some of their badly needed roaO rOckirid tools, The daily rat;t.vrt was t"urtitor redared and Many titan tried to augment ' their hoar supply b . y g .ri nd l n g and . cook
6'g' Mesquite seed,-pods., which: proved :o be :entirely . ittadectuuft The. liatta1 . itart crossed . l;he W de- and shallow C0 1ar s do Iiivct' Jan 10, and 11, . Colonel . Cooke Proclaimed the Colorado the ,Most u:se1OSS. oi:: rIv:rS. to rani, The guides then led chem. 1.9 a - - West*r1y direction to .cross the. desert. Man. and beast suffered Severe], front 1at:lcf. Food . . and w ter:. t)tt..,lrtrtttitry 1 . !3 4 Paxta : i. ondo

this .1oration ha,s: : been `lost) ,6 gri d de returned t0lh fresh Mule tttd cattle} A reef. ; teer*s ;icught:eted and i rev dad c tee I;r e t t; the men . Who livid Bean eating l i t: t:1 t more' than half's tarveti :.oxen and Sheep and very 1 I t l e . o f that, M.a.t rh across the low deser:t:..f'rerrt' the Col oradct to C trt z ci Creek was the worst section they encotitttered and..was part:icuIarly hard on the anirttals, The - men were itel t i ed by the . water i n t heir can teens The . "trail" ranged . trout cornett. t> 1 i ke dried . soft sand, the terrain from level rhea to steep rocky desert canyons The weather was bright and rl t Ir , i*tith high tetttper a.tures tinder the desert sun .during the day. and. freezing a t rii gfr t;, ,deny of the men were so far worn from .. . . i~ rf:i yue Ind - lad of water that , they had to b 'e hel pod into' citrrl....There was' over a day's tntarcit beitween' the van guard .and . ,she roar. guard.

Many 'draft animals. had t0 - .1=}e abandoned t 4' hen 't:hey. le tote # cto Weak . o . c;ctri t note . oxen di d riot dQ well 'I, i n the hats it tiuseYl htidir 0et taG itie t,end:on anti iii `o r iii tri ltttian t<> i_*irt 1 rc ttt:r I t* cl r c_j vega 6 i On was Lao s t rs ri ci itc s iii table. o itt . *tao ts*s lip{*.t:1 *ric1 ;*ttoes tarici t c tt c1 lacy t t SUFVI ve on avid .abte grow ,:ltt'lt 0rt* I:i r o ai o WU' .tt out ao s.orne wrvtleitod. r`awls'i do around Tito t r f et l; wit h l t o t-hers . ittpro v l sed boas t'tl}4tlhide off tte leg of art cox,. rttich teas . sew,, tcttcatiter rr4i it Sinew. `t',h*' F t`r'out chit _Mocho to Carlo .Crook ;lie Ratl;tition w s :0i 'Ilto.oh te*''h?r ' : f x three ' days' for the worki ng ariitYrals arid. Camped ed two hi gts. i s access l on. W thou : . .w a

of and t made in 1 3 hour ' s :forced .tear00s 'of 1 0 , 8, . 1 . y v ttd 1 9 vii l is The desert' could Ito , have . been crossed wi hot.; : 'tire, t fuss i n viriy others way tilt . a cti*y. wash towards RI Or V0110' Cart. January . 10 : and i9 they traversed the. now .fitrttol.ts Box. Cariyot. W lit the Laguna liottrttei its. tin the wtvs I. and Val 1 cc l to. - and . tai rayon Mountains tart th.e ea. -t, they chose . .to.. travel tite drywvtsh tending eastwvtrd .towards 13lair Vol 1 ey, They found' the canyons , known .as Box' cloven too . nar{row icy .a foot. Tot e the ..wagons to . pass x ' They Zvi dened the The : B.a t:tal i art 'marched : to Va11 eel: e and then srittttg cues Iwar : d

Canyon, With a;tt~s - .arid 'few . 'rF tit .i tulhg' sh.ovctls so the wagons could gel through y then they Wilt a dui:iwuy out. the east MO- of. the wash to get; . around a dry weterfa`11 al:r tit: 0 feet high (ttiis' . road is` .still. visible) Ott ja.ttttary 2.0s tilt Battalion Crossed tite ridge et>< n h1iiirY Va11ey and Little Blair Valley by roping the wagons tip and down. This 'pass probably I S What later became known .as "Foot avid Mel ken Pass' ' because the But.terf e1.

camped- that night at an Indian v i l l a g e on Sail- Feiipe.Creek, They arrived at Warner's Ranch on the 21st end stayed o v e r t h e . 'nO. n eating t h e i r fi r s t; h i l l meal since Tucsoll,." the day 's r a t i o n w a s . f o u r pound . of beef, without s a l t or anything e l s e .. On t h e M O t h e y reached TemecUla, only for OaY'Smarch short of Pueblo Los Angeles. Col,COoke's Gen.. 4arttey being reinforced lw..the Navy, .and Wjth.:suPPort frowt:he north by lst..Col ,.. John C, Fr6mont's fr r eO u la r s , and now COI, Cooke's advance from the east would surround the Mexican c a p i t a l of California and rut cart- t he i r possible retreat, toward Sonora., ItoweVer, a letter that night from Gen, Kearney re0orted the f a l l or Los Angeles, with orders' to report; to San Diego, - The Battalien Marched into . San ()loge it*t Ili tho 00rth on danuary 2 9 - 1 8 4 7 , and CaMkd at;, the M. ls slot', de. Al cal ti, while Col Cooke. rode intoOld Town, San O'lego and reported. to Sen. ,KO:4ri.iOY at the Casa de ; Bandini whore he was staying, the Battalion arrived at the end of the trail with only five, of the . . . twpOty- -ilVe wagons;.. the OnnOh and otherOrdance of war brOught from the - Aib Grande, Mew Mexico, .over a .70.0-inile.new road through enemy territory, Cot , COoke issued ati offfoialorder'.c m 0anOr'Y 30, .047, co tt9r at0latthg t h P
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atta i n lo for having c(Mloted, Oder most OrddOOS and di flicul I. coitdi tines, a march of over 2,000 miles :to the Puri flcii;hrough a wilderness .where nothing but savages .and wild bees is .are fOund and over.fOrWant Of water there is no iiviiTcl creature.'".: tialf7haked.'andhalf7fed they' made a road Of great value to out' toOti.try. Searched in vain far en Oual march of infantry..'' The Battalion lit California,. lWidaysaftei'' the Until.* Battali 0qWos sent to inn LClis,,R6y M.wkni, one . ..

surge pass engerS. had to get out on foot and walk up, They

coM00 ny .rettrued th...S aft Diego "I ..In--arid( iOf hard, li.ioy cOn Ver!;ed Old. Fort. StocktOn iiii:crreal bastion for defense Of 34r1' nieOO. They befriended the' local . . . . .ts, They hush lt.AOgnO.t.h sl0p,' .a . PeoPlo Wlth coim.nunl f.y dovelopmetl(PrOib-c. bakery.,.ajantlery and .the. first fired (*Lek ki ltr in tallTortlia,They built the building JO Calf fo rill a, . Oh i ch SO* as the court House on ti 1.1.872, Wheni .t.)-tirhed d)Wii:, LtRobert CSI lf't'...h6C41no- (*"Aicalde'' Or Mayor Of the city 110iit0rWaS, 604 intOd try the .0eVer''for O's tint first I

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ndi.an o thee four couiipan es ti I the Eta t:LLi Ii on were ma relied P ruin San Louis Roy . MissiOtt-tOPnebl(ide Los AogelOSAn March ItI47,as -a par.': ofOeti, Kearney' comaiiind.,'.: ito no they built Fort. Moore and.. as tab l.ishedLary control over t;h.f!; -. . :' . . Most.0opulougat'eapIta Golifornia, fh.e Mormon Battalion fought no military IA1;1:10 id enmity d(rilj!i the l bot..bot:Aoso o f' thei r strength and . OP) r firse0ce thei*...thofightin.was en 00di:.. The- loyal. and Offi.c,l en t .troops' of (lie 00.l,;d tOti were. a..stabilizing force Jr OM A pel i ti Cal and Mf I i tary point of vlew, Thb 4w*LftI. . .. 10*14)rlan Edward 4. 'Till lidye wNte.:wewt w.l.th 0e.' Mormon Battalion tO California, in the OXOeOitie.n.Of Gan,. SW.KOarttey whose instrOctions from the were to conqiiei' Ca and set; up a.proVisional .gOverit. men therii i ti the itama..o f the Ketirney.. fOUnd. the s i tua ti oh claimed by several rival -gOVernors-, At this crisis-f' affairs Coi. Cook arrived in California With his coMmand,' the Morm.on BattallOn. Oen.. kearilOY core Sulted with Col,. COoke,' who assured hint fie cOOld no by can every Mormon soldier, ThiS decided the. Oeheral.,- - tie resolved to' force the issuOacid arrest.his rival, This was constlininalt.ect,'' Cpl. John C,, rremonl-,.) (The r'ival was Lt. :.'

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Col. R, B. Mason arrived I n Call foriii a April 6, 184 7 , to replace Gen . Kearney, who had asked-.for rcloaSe. a non aS stable . ynvernment was .es. abl i h o d . Gen. Kearney, Col CO( with Col. , rrcmoat tinder arrest, and with a special escort of fourteen _ lormon Battalion soldiers, left Monterey ( c a p i t a l o f -California) on thy 31 St: 'with rcit Ions f o r 76 d a y s . 1'he rc*ir * r t cib theta . b r o u y h S .* #:t r* s Fort and t:ca Fors; Hall in the O r e g o n Territory.. 1'roat rort Hall (how i ri Idaho) they followed.-the Oregon Tr^ai l to Fort Leavenworth, 4t whi c;Ii they . a r r i ved tint Aug, 21 after. 8:# hit rd day-sin-the saddle. T ia:.Mormon tta t;tal i ort itien. wore paid' $8 b0 each fat the time I;hey} served in excess of the yeat4's cri11sl014period! G c n I earney contri nued ,on to Washington; Ia. C. for the court; .iflarti 01 of Cal , Ft enxrr'it; arid the MnriitoA escort found th ei r way t:rt Couuci 1 Ul of is froiii which 'they had started thel r lilslori:r.March , a nd wer e no w lice to j o i n heir i'airiins. t*ttrr*ton rtat;t:alion f'i' 1 c:d ?y 0f f Ic#als *.l +*...........,*:.'.v.rnN.Jl+v:i-vlr.,:-: nJ,*l :s.a..
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>' U. Stevenson,. who - ucceeded Col.. (poke as . coinmatider Dc t; to l ton i . COI. O.-

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wrote the .foil lowing. to Coy tit.5on;. "11ll persons. in San. Ulogo are ar1Xi3Ou5 thatthe t=tnrmaiis houl d conic i n there;

they have.laya,corr,ect coonse.-at' .conductbecome veryy popular . rl t:h . the (Mexi (an) peep'lei and by their i
nds try have taught; the Inhabitants . the value o1": . havi rig .an Itmr r 1 c o popura t i on, among . them and ,i f they . a r e C on i: i nued t h Yy W i t t he o f More.. vat n+ lit roc c rrc;rl l ng. t t i e poop t o _#;o a :change of government t;h* n a '. ho st; of bayonets. I . have ; been, itt consequence of this good feeling:, tlic ninto cici*t runs to Iieve I hurt restni r*: . Cov, Mason, .An an :Official -caiimiutiication to Wm, L.: Mcirct Se0ettry of War, sa,td, of tare Battalion "Ot, the service ai'.t:htr ha .tt. c)Y , of their j:' t;icnce, i.tborcli tIii Li cart, *iridgra d . c.ortciirc;t;, you..h a.ve already lienrd; --as a tint o f eneral. y g men they have ccl i j1 ously respoc ted tare r- gb in and , f eel I egs Of these conquered people, and. not a sy1lat)to of. camplaitii.has reached. tiny. cars of a insultoffered or 'autr'acle clone by a. Mormon volaurtteer, So hi gli'.aii. opinin clid i en t:crtii in of the Oa I t:al. ion and thai r sped O. Ii _l itus or . the dies fas Ow- Performed by the garrisons in this counttry, that :1 Made st;rerr.ous offorts to..encage their it. ser^vl (0 another- year.. Many. Di Soin lie ei*# ist, :ci When the crtlistiietit for one year was completed ,iii duiy.,1847, t:lie tiattalion was brought. toga ther a.rid d'lSoharge.d 'at tos. ingeles; :: One' Company- a fI 82 men, under Capt. gait C. Davis, r wt ril step aS the "Mormon Volunt:oat's" arid. marched' ti San iii ego', where they were s toil Oiler On ti 1. ttte war was over; The ' oft iter di a-. char=ged soldiers Jour= eye.d.. norl;hw*ctrd up te San Joaquin: Vol 1 ly timid- suite tip f:1ie cons t; t.O Morit:erey to fort, Sat; l et-, 1 c itech iii prosetrt S act-amento, where t teyy 1 earnod_ front a 1ttn'ssetigar. alit: Of thel r fanil i 1 es..'were on thai r way . to. $.a1 t; Lake. :Val l ey train cooties 1 Bluffs ;. y 4 a the 't'ton-M n. Tt-ai 1.. l.1ecausO Of a scarol .t;y of supplicmi in Salt Lake they. Were encouraged to remain. in Cal Ila.rrtta errtil spring and bring wagons, farat machinery lives to(k, seeds, plants and Other' badly needed supplies for the new setlletnents.' Many reMaI.nod irt' ta1ifor rin caries foetid. 0riipl oytilent , Gold Di a.cAo ve red Cctpt*.John A. Sntter- was .delI ltteil. to Ittro thos0.rrte t fer. they tract . 0e: era 't;s I l l s 1 s mid i rtt.ecgt i ty...needed f sin It s tnul ti 1)1 e ou ter-pt-loos .'.. Severs of the rti rio. mere - hi reed by Cnpt,- .u.t*.t:er to work .wi tit atil`trl. Mrit*Sha11 1 at Bulld1t g 0 saw0111, -were -tortrtorr can and six mere froth the Beat t al t an : I t, was on. the 04 r shovels. .that.

gold fleet glittered, which gold brought . adventurous hordes to C a lifo r n ia . I n the spring of = .1845, the. c a l l of t h e i r .families' and their.faith led them to leave the gold f i e l d s , They made c new road. (Mormon Emigrant T a i l ) up the American River, crossed the . S ier r a . Nevadan south of Lake Tahoe to Carson V a l l e y , and joined the old trail at the Careen Strike, east of Reno, (This .road is now part b f U.S. Highway 50) and went on to Salt Lake Via i l cry .
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Almost; half of the d i s c h a r g e d n r e n decided . they w o u l d continue the return trip to t:bei r families:, rather tharr..st:ay In. Cai i err la. They had left families inr uiagons irrrl crude eMl tiers , . without adequate suppl i cs , near t h e t li ss oeri River moi**e t:h e t O yeae before, '1 icy hoped they .would be With the first grcups of for*menrs .arr1.vinci i n S a l t . l.Yakt .i n l 114 7, . 1'licy were. uriceetai n. as.. to their 1'cation, for Liii y l ri L Les liege] es before linguae Young's adeanwe party .arrived in the Salt Take. Valley, Th e;j . s ro seta. the si'cree Nevade.s and saw the evidence of the Donner pert)+ dsaster, then followed. the Cal i torn to Trail to 'Fort Mali in the C)regee Terri tory where. i t. ;loi Red the ,Oregon Trails:, They . arrived in Salt Lake on October 16, 11(47; whore a few were. uni t;ed iii t:h their" factli l i es .,
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Many o f t h e : S o l d i e r s w h o o d i c not flrid their families' dirt not h es i t a t e con tirrr.firrii i.ha.i r- j o u r n e y .another 1 m 1 a s , even a t the late' sea oe of the yclar They .1 eft t;he , ye 1.1 good ap.ryi La on
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October. 18, wi thee tadequc to .s uiipl ies with the expectation t;licit et For; Car i dgery 115 miles to the east and rat. Fort, t.ar**arie, they cool d : Obtain .el 1 hO suppi i es they .needed upon reasonabl e tones Fail grant+sto Cal i fora i a. at*cl Or'c on . however , had bought a l l the

aveilata.le s ppli s, . Jim Ilnid:ler said tiinrt- the men at his peal: had nothing k?irt iaeet; to subsist on.

From Fort Laramie eas twar ii they fol lowed the Hereon Trail on the north .000 of the Platte. River.few rrt11us t:*e1riy* trite. feet . they were _. o13ie to buy from. c n I edi.en: trader 1 Cto. pounds a f .flour - for X25, whi r h they said woul d 4e used t;o t iilckeri their soup and for ttraki ng gravy', but not for bread, They still had 500 iiri l rr*y to go before reaching.. the thereon errceiirl)rimeriis. With about 250 miles to 'go,, they t t*Jtrke one morning under: a ..covering of a .. T oot: of snow,. which was in ca enrt . t;he :real; of the. trill.. As.. theIr wornaotitamelas and krises eventual iy tbeef3rri .oeol'le to tre i'eI, they were :slaughtered forfood, The dray before crossing Leep.Fork ci-f the Platte', they clivided . and ate the last;.ofthe food which in the mein consisted of rawhide "sasidl.aay bags" whl c h wore no longer 0cn:3cied to ' pack peoyle icrfrs, The next d , Decetaber 17,.l 847,after two months o f bitter. cold and - near starvnrt;ien diet, they completed the round trip to Council hliiffs e 'Iowa, t`'reoiii which they lrad left 17 menthus before. The. Sick Detachments The three sick -detachments, con. istirrg of about 150 eeldieea, laundresses, much ~ aiiriliee spent the 1846-47 Winter at Fort..Pueblo', Colorado, under Capt. Jnut' Brown . .He had orders to'proceed..te 'California when. conditions would tic rmi t:. Thi: di Lachnteet traveled north to Cott Laramie and cciiTiriucd teat: oe t;he. ot*egoir Trail, The TThe eril i sf:menl: pea iod expi red oe duly 16, 1847, and they continued. the trek to the.Salt hake. valley where they arrived J u t .five days after ilri ghtem Young's advance party, Capta i ri Brown i equi s i ti

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coed no l i airy supplies from Fort heat on the Arkanisas River, which modegui t;e erg sy for tiii e tit t niue their search'. group to co

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Five wives of B a tta lio n o f f i c e r s ha d b een r eitic ta ii tly given permission by Col . Cooke to' coot-1 nue with tare . Batt a l Ion i rorri Santa Fe , to C a l i f o r n i a . Four completed the orduous march with .-the s of di ores , .One o f the homer i Lydia Hunter, the wife of Copt.. ,Jessie C?, [hinter ., gave birth to . th c . f i r s t child : of U.5, Citizens In San 1)1 eg y She died a short: time i titer and the .ctii l dx hooted ..111 ego, was rai crud. by one of the native. fami l ies The other three wry nen . accoriipar-i.i ed their husbands to. 0 e Sal t Lake Vial 1 y
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great. In t st:ienconi;r*!liut;i*irr to the..United ga t e s . Iho Wigan road. they carved across. the w1lder lieaf' lien. liexI c o , Ari.z.rria and .C: l i forma was col1 Cawed by. the hut terf i el d. S Ingo. _ i rioa and other, trove i tits for decades , When the a la. ge l i n e s Were pu out cif .bus in ess ' ley r a ilr o a d s the-cooto of the. S o i i l : h e r ;n P a c i f i c Was chosen and the 'land for the Gadsden C'crr*cli*t**t s sot ccte.d by using reaps
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tirade ..by .the frlormen , .lbat.tnl i o n , . Some of the t:31 iiorrti it Vol inn t e a r s who re-en 1 is l ed anti served . t e i r~ country . oun t<ry with `l a f t e r . . trlyd *quacial . upe--Iii dal g T r ea ty ended the war, took the wagon from Safi BBernard1 no viii .Las Vegas to t:he Sal is Lake Vol Iey, which . route W O iy become t o t e r - s t a t e .Il lghway 15, SUI-if-1AIIY

ft i s di f't'it*ril t te'tonC .tye of ;r Harder march under more t r y i n g conditions, than that; tide by the .Mormon tin t tai ion : i n the I s a r . SWith t{io>.i. e a . .The p e r s o n a l ' sacr .. i f i E: e exceeded the f iror-min T 1y t a a s e e i t e a w3 Ur-the c a l l of d u t y . 'lwent:ytwo of the ciii.ist:ed m a gi t)irld the airprf;me a ncr-i Ii cc .hy giviriot t h e i r 1 Ives while r i y i service to t.iidit- c>ount;r y -iho are inI I :dc s ccvi:rig of thefillment:
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a I the i:rrorriIso made by. Lii i Chart Young that "their livesy sIioni d. tie held in honorable remembrance to a i I genera ticans . "
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A CONCISE IIISTORY OF THE MORMON BATTALION IN ,THE MEXICAN WAR by $gt. Irani el Tyler, ltubl i shed 1881, r e p u b l i s h e d , Ind edition 1069 V. the Rio Grande P r e s s , Irlc. ; . ( l i o n e t a , N A . This h i s t o r y , w r i t t e n by a member of . the Battalion from h i s own diary plus e x t e n s i v e r e s e a r c h , i s probably the top B a t t a l i o n h i s t o r y . . . I t s t a r t s With an, crxtens i Ve coverage of the events leading to the forarati oil of the B at ta li on ' and cone] udes ' wi tb p e r t i n e n t even is and l e t t e r s i n t o the 1 8 5 0 ' s .
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TILE CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO. /181) . CAM FORK IA lit 1846-1848 by Phi 1 i P St. George Cooke, Published 1878, r e p u b l i s h e d 1964.by t;.he. Rio G r a n d e P r e s s , (or;,, G.lorieta, N.IY1. Tb.Is, book. i as personal n a r r a t i v e and h is to r i c a l au:m.ti of the Mormon .I3atto1ion from t:he viewpoirlt of the . corrmuriding o - ff ic er and. one of his ` rank-and- fi l e s o l d i e r s .THE MARCH. OF THE MORMON BATTALION FROM COUISIClI iluil'E'S TO CALIFaORI' IA b;y Frank Alfred G o l d e r , published 1928 by the. Century Company, N e w York, New York This his tOq - his t a k e n . from the Journal of Henry Staridacle, a member of the B a t t a l i o n , II; i s -a vi v i d . d e s c r i p t i o n of the long and arduous e x p e d i t i o n . 'THL: 1-1HRMUN BATTALION, ITS HISTORY. AND ACHIEVEMENTS by B. H.' Roberts, pull i s hed 1011 by the Deseret News, S a l t Lake C i t y , Utah. This. h i s t o r y covers the Mormon. tie Flal i on' s trek and i t s accomplishments.

Peterson, J o h n F . Yurti nus and others , Published 1972 by :he Utah S tate illstonie l S .00ety, Solt: Lake. City, Utah 84101, A tra i i guide or-the Mormon Bat tai i oni Trai1 FrOm tort Leaveniworth to San Cri ego . TIris: book inc1tides detai1Pc.I.maps= (Out of pririt, ht.it may be found in library.)
.l-lORMON BATTAL ION T'RAI L GUIDE by ( Th an ] es S :

THE .k4ORI40ll MAli/IL(Oi OF 10 A VOLUN =EERS, Iowa Ste''to Illstory HISTORIES (:ONTA1NEfiG /1111Idl t S_..ON ON.UE,BATT LION CAL.I Flit I-I(A' t}1Of1MONS. 3Y SAIL /1110 TRAI1, - by l\n.ricil lone I;i. PriC Ion,. pub1 l het:.l 1%1 by I)eser'et !:look Ccrlril:iariy, So 11 l..ake LIiy Htah (Pages 3jlw6/) A COI-ll'IILHLNSIVI> IIJS WliY OE THE CI1I1RCH. 01- 11611S. CHRIST OF LATTER- HAY 'SAINTS. by II - 1I i cab o tis , published 1967 by lii , gli ar i Youn'! :OH vets i t,y Press, Provo-,. UI011, 1 iI*un li:1. I;S$ NT(AlaS . l.8 CIIHRCII' I:li STORY OY. Jirsepli Fielding Smith, published 1950 by Deseret 1100k Co:- , - Salt lake .City, Utah, '(Pages 42-.,J432) EXPLOIt1N1I .S1)1JTI11-IE,STCRN TRAILS .1846 - 1(354 by Philip St. George. Cooke, published 193t3:1.y /Ir:t;l*trr* H.' ;Clark Company; Ciendale,. California (paages'.634111). *THE: R1 j'I OMLU CHURCH by William Edwin Berret,t, published 1953 by Deseret Book .'COM Lake City; Utah (Payes . 233 2.44) E Ilk I L Il 1 DONS by . R charyd R. Pourade; publ i shed 1963 by the Union 't'ribune' Pubiishincl:Co-, San IIioO, California. 1(011110146 AND .THE DISCOVERY. OF GOLD by Norma
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Baldwin Ricketts THE 1-JEST. OF PHILIE ST.. GEORGE". COOKE by Otis' C. Young. 'ENSIGN JO THE. NATIONS by RussellR.- Rich, a history of the 1.:,1),S.. Church froM 1846-1972. k Indicates possible readings for Cub Scouts

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1969 . . Mom yiiaou l a t to i oll o f cl r (I r~ EiiortttiriOit 1 c(Cd i '(i t ud i n Pros i d i o- Park (old F 1 Stockton) i n San 1)1 e o, Calif. with a cost :of $40,000 . .. 19/(1 Battalion. 'Trail inonument erected on 1-t1 west of t 1 Centro, California,

1972 - Mormon (tatU lion fleiiiorial f e tusruin dl dic:<ated . lI#: 01ci TOIif in San.fl y ego, Cali (cit of 1970 x Moriort 11111 ant; Trail dedicated neat P1liii iillO, Cali i Also a ..marker .at TrageclY Springs. 1977 * Monument erected at Tenth Ward La tter- Oa,y Sai n Is Chapel I n Sal 1 lake City , Utah.' 1977 flea headstone. placed at Lt. Col. James. Allen's grave at Ft 1Leaven- . worth, Kansas.

19/(1 Battalion. 'Trail inonument erected on 1-t1 west of t 1 Centro, California,

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