Monday, August 19, 2013

Niagara Falls


            We visited Niagara Falls on our way to Palmyra.  It is a spectacular sight.




We forgot our passports, so we couldn't see it from the Canadian side.




Winter Quarters - Nebraska


Winter Quarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska.  It was a pioneer settlement which was established as a stopping off point for those pioneers traveling from the east to Salt Lake City.




I don't think we would have made very good handcart pioneers.

Some people had enough money that they could take covered wagons.
 
 

There is a Memorial Cemetery at Winter Quarters


The Winter Quarters Temple
 
 These are sculptures in a park in downtown Omaha commemorating the migration of the pioneers.  It looks like a very hard trip with many obstacles to overcome.










Brigham Young was sustained as the 2nd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in Kanesville, Iowa.
 
 

 
 
The Mormon Battalion was sent out from Winter Quarters.