For additional resources and information on the history of the Mormon Pioneer Trail, locating trail sites, contacting site managers, or information about local travel and tourism you will find the following list of links and resources very helpful:

 

Other Federal Agency Links	Private Museums and Partner Associations
Other National Park Service Links	State Travel & Tourism Offices
Selected State Historic Sites and Organizations	Relevant Books and Publications
Sites affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 

 

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Other National Park Service sites

• Chimney Rock National Historic Site
  PO Box F
  Bayard, NE 69334
  Tel: 308-586-2581
  www.nps.gov/chro/
  
  
• Scotts Bluff National Monument
  PO Box 27
  Gering, NE 69341-0027
  Tel: 308-436-4340
  www.nps.gov/scbl/
  
  
• Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  HC 72, Box 389
  Fort Laramie, WY 82212
  Tel: 307-837-2221
  www.nps.gov/fola/
  

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Other Federal Agencies

• Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) primary information office for the Oregon, California, Mormon and Pony Express National Historic Trails is the Historic Trails Office. It can provide a wealth of information on rail routes, historic sites, accessibility and trail conditions:
  
  
  Bureau of Land Management: Historic Trails Office
  1701 East E St.
  Casper, WY 82601
  Tel: 307-261-7700

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Sites affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Mormon Trails Association
  300 S. Rio Grande
  Salt Lake City, UT 84101
  Tel (Ron Anderson): 801-969-4698
  
  
  
  The Historic Nauvoo Visitors Center
  Main and Young Streets
  P.O. Box 215
  Nauvoo, IL 62354
  Tel: 217-453- 2237
  
  
• The Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters has several landmarks and monuments, including the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Winter Quarters Monument, Mormon Mill and a visitor center which tells the history of the Mormon Pioneers:
  
  Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters
  3215 State Street
  Omaha, NE 68112
  Tel: 402-453-9372
  
  
• The Museum of Church History and Art has a museum which contains many original works of art and artifacts related to the Mormon Trail and early Utah settlement:
  
  Museum of Church History and Art
  45 North West Temple Street
  Salt Lake City, UT 84150
  Tel: 801-240-4615
  
  

State Historical Organizations

• Fort Bridger State Historic Site offers a restored military and fur trade post, museum and outdoor exhibits. It can also provide information on Oregon, California, Pony Express and Mormon Trails in southwest Wyoming:
  
  
  Fort Bridger State Historic Site
  Box 35
  Fort Bridger, WY 82601
  Tel: 307-782-3842
  
  
• The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation provides information on the Mormon Trail in Utah, especially the hiking segment between Mormon Flat and Big Mountain:
  
  Utah Division of Parks & Recreation
  1636 W. North Temple
  Salt Lake City, UT 84116
  Tel: 801-538-7344
  
  

Private Museums and Partner Associations

• The Mormon Trails Association (MTA) is a non-profit [501(c)(3)] association dedicated to:
  - Promoting communication among private and public agencies and individuals interested in Mormon trails.
  - Identifying and preserving Mormon historical sites, including trails and locations where historical events occurred.
  - Promoting trail etiquette. (See what we mean at etiquette link on the Wyoming BLM web page.)
  

• The Iowa Mormon Trails Association is a cooperating association which promotes and develops the Mormon Trail corridor across Iowa:
  
  Iowa Mormon Trails Association
  100 E. Railroad
  P.O. Box 283
  Afton, IA 50830-0283
  Tel: 515-347-8443
  
  
• The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers offers a museum and archives containing many artifacts and documents related to early Utah settlement and the Mormon Trail:
  
  
  Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
  300 North Main Street
  Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1699
  Tel: 801-538-1050
  

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For travel information about specific states, you may contact:

• Illinois Bureau of Tourism
  P.O. Box 7905
  Mount Prospect, IL 60056
  
  
• Missouri Division of TourismP.O. Box 1055
  Jefferson City, MO 65102
  Tel: 573-751-4962
  
  
• Iowa Department of Economic Development
  Iowa Division of Tourism
  200 East Grand Avenue
  Des Moines, IA 50309
  Tel: 1-800-345-IOWA
  
  
• Nebraska Department of Economic Development
  Travel and Tourism Division
  P.O. Box 94666
  Lincoln, NE 68509
  1-800-228-4307
  

• Wyoming Division of TourismI-25 at College Drive
  Cheyenne, WY 82002
  1-800-225-5996
  
  
• Utah Travel CouncilCouncil Hall/Capitol Hill
  Salt Lake City, UT 84114
  Tel: 1-800-200-1160
  
  
• Utah State Historical Society
  300 Rio Grande
  Salt Lake City, UT 84101
  Tel: 80-533-3500

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Relevant Books and Publications of Interest

The trailwide Comprehensive Management and Use Plan for the Mormon Pioneer, Pony Express, California, & Oregon National Historic Trails.

Burton, Sir Richard, F. City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. Niwot: The University Press of Colorado, 1990.

Clayton, William W. The Latter Day Saint's Emigrants' Guide. Edited by Stanley B. Kimball. Gerald, MO: The Patrice Press, 1983.

Clayton, William W. William Clayton's Journal. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1921.

DeVoto, Bernard. The Year of Decision: 1846. Boston: Little Brown and Company., 1943.

Kimball, Stanley B. Historic Sites and Markers Along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

Stegner, Wallace. The Gathering of Zion--The Story of the Mormon Trail. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971.

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