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The ship Brooklyn Saints were pioneers who sailed from New York City to San Francisco in Alta California (February 4 – July 31, 1846) [1] to establish the first Mormon colony in the West. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Due to religious persecution, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) planned to relocate the Mormon ...
A new route on the north side of the Platte River was chosen to avoid major interaction with travelers using the established Oregon Trail on the river's south side. Given the needs of the large volume of Saints who would travel west, church leaders decided to avoid potential conflicts over grazing rights, water access and campsites. Winter Quarters
A Mormon immigrant company, under direction of Samuel Brannan, departed on the ship Brooklyn from New York on February 4, 1846 en route to the Great Salt Lake Valley via California. The group under the direction of Brannan navigated around Cape Horn and arrived at Yerba Buena on July 31, 1846.
Brooklyn, a ship taken to San Francisco by Mormon pioneers. See also Voyage of the Brooklyn Saints. Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Brooklyn, after the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The USS Brooklyn (1858), was a wooden screw sloop commissioned in 1859 and a participant in the American Civil War.
Netflix has announced a new four-part documentary series with the Emmy-winning filmmaker behind HBO’s “The Sentence.” On Jan. 29, the streaming service will roll out “We Are: The Brooklyn ...
Western Flushing Avenue All Saints Catholic Church at Flushing and Throop Avenues. Flushing Avenue is a street running through northern Brooklyn and western Queens, beginning at Nassau Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and ending at Grand Avenue in Maspeth. It divides the neighborhood of Williamsburg from Clinton Hill and East Williamsburg from ...
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(Sea access to Brooklyn is not obstructed by the Bayonne Bridge.) A proposal would use right-of-way that now carries freight, including the Bay Ridge Branch, to build a new Triboro RX passenger service connecting the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, potentially limiting use for rail freight. [32] [33]