Pioneers
This is where the Pioneers left to travel to Salt Lake Valley.
What is Nauvoo?
The pioneers didn't have running water like we do, they had to drink water here.
What is from streams or creeks?
The pioneers traveled across the plains in these.
What are Covered Wagons? (handcarts are also acceptable although technically they weren't usually "in" them.)
These were so numerous that the pioneers had to send
advance parties ahead to clear the trail so the teams could pass
Bison Herds
The completion of this transportation endeavor ended the need for wagons and handcarts to take pioneers west
What is the railroad? (The transcontinental railroad opened the American West and took 7 years to complete 1862-1869)
Pioneer children had to make up games to play as they traveled. They had to use their imagination because they had to leave these things behind in Nauvoo.
What are toys and games?
The song says pioneer children gathered these for food.
What are berries?
This was the Pioneers' destination.
What is the Salt Lake Valley?
For leading the pioneers across the United States Brigham Young is often compared to what biblical prophet
Moses
This is the season that the pioneers left Nauvoo.
What is winter? (February)
Pioneers pulled their wagons into this shape when they stopped for the night, so that they could all see each other and be protected from Indians and wild animals.
What is a circle?
This song says that some must push and some must pull when the pioneers were driving a...
What is handcart?
These animals were used to pull the covered wagons.
What are oxen or horses?
Pioneers gathered and burned these to keep warm while on the prairie.
What is Cow or Buffalo Chips
The pioneers encountered many mountains and hills on their long journey. This is how they got past them.
What is they climbed over them?
The pioneers had to wash their clothes with this.
What is a washboard or a rock?
This is the most famous Pioneer hymn in the church. We sing it often in July in Sacrament Meeting
What is "Come, Come Ye Saints"?
This is the day Brigham Young Arrived in the Salt Lake Valley
What is July 24
Who were the Willie and Martin Handcart companies.
This famous outdoorsman gave Brigham Young a few tips
Who is Jim Bridger
The illness Brigham Young experienced during the push toward the Salt Lake Valley that is still a threat today
What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever
Come Come Ye Saints ends with a three word phrase repeated twice.
What is "All is Well"
This was mounted on a wagon wheel and was the means by which the pioneers measured mileage.
What is a Roadometer
This is the only religiously based unit in United States Military History
What is The Mormon Battalion