Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters

A visitor center in Omaha's Florence area that presents exhibits on the westward migration of Latter-day Saints.

3215 State Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68112 · Omaha, NE

About Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters

The center sits on the site of Winter Quarters, a temporary Latter-day Saint settlement along the Mormon Trail. Its exhibits cover the journey to the Salt Lake Valley by wagon, handcart, ship, and train. Nearby stand the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, with a monument by sculptor Avard Fairbanks, and the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple. The wider settlement network along the Missouri River was temporary, yet many residents farmed, ran businesses, and published a newspaper while they waited to continue west.

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