He was unable to make the trip west after his martyrdom
Who is Joseph Smith?
100
the total number of handcart companies to cross the plains
What is 10?
100
the year the first pioneers arrived
What is 1847?
100
After the saints did this, the seagulls appeared to help rid them of the cricket problem
What is fasting and praying?
200
Easier to pull than wagons, later pioneers used these instead.
What are handcarts?
200
This man was unable to make the trip because he was killed with the Prophet Joseph Smith
Who is Hyrum Smith?
200
Name a famous handcart company
What is Martin and Willie?
200
Who had previously came through Salt Lake and decided it was 'uninhabitable?
Who are the trappers and fur traders?
200
Proving that it doesn't only help humans, what did Mary Fielding Smith ask the men to do for her oxen
What is consecrate and bless them?
300
The place where pioneers stopped for the winter
What is Winter Quarters?
300
He wasn't sustained as prophet until the pioneers successfully reached the Salt Lake Valley
Who is Brigham Young?
300
name 3 reasons why handcarts were easier than wagons
What is because they were smaller, no oxen required, easier to repair the wheels.
300
This group was formed to help protect the Saints and to keep the peace in the west.
What is the Mormon Battalion?
300
This means to not give up, give up the faith and to stay firm and work hard all your life.
What is enduring to the end?
400
At night, wagons formed these to protect the group
What are wagon circles?
400
She crossed the plains alone with her children (including the future prophet) after the death of her husband
Who is Mary Fielding Smith?
400
what is the name of the party that headed for California and whose journey tragically ended in the Sierra Nevada mountains after they had to resort to cannibalism to survive
What is the Donner party?
400
Name the first crop the pioneers got in the ground that July
What are potatoes?
400
The definition of a modern day pioneer
What is someone who does something difficult and unheard of?
500
how many miles the pioneers walked from Nauvoo to the Salt Lake Valley
What is about 1300?
500
For leading the pioneers across the plains, Brigham Young is often compared to what ancient prophet?
Who is Moses?
500
the 5 states that pioneers crossed as they left Nauvoo to get to Salt Lake City
What is Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah?
500
Name one fresh body of water that was here when the saints arrived
What is the Jordan River, City Creek, Mill Creek, Cottonwoods
500
Brigham Young's exact words when he saw the Salt Lake Valley
What is 'It is enough. This is the right place. Drive on.'"