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The emigrants were located on both sides of the river, but their settlement at Winter Quarters on the west side was the largest. There they built 700 dwellings where an estimated 3,500 Latter-day Saints spent the winter of 1846–47; many would also reside there during the winter of 1847–48.
The area that was once Winter Quarters became part of the community of Florence, located in North Omaha. The pioneer community is remembered with several attractions, including the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Cutler's Park, Mormon Trail Center and the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge. The Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple was dedicated there in April ...
Nauvoo Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District containing the city of Nauvoo, Illinois.The historic district is nearly coterminous with the City of Nauvoo as it was incorporated in 1840, but it also includes the Pioneer Saints Cemetery (), the oldest Mormon cemetery in the area, which is outside the town
The Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple has a total area of 16,000 square feet (1,500 m 2), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms. At one time, the church intended to name the temple Winter Quarters Temple in contradiction to the standard naming convention for church temples. [3] In 2020, like all the church's other temples, the Winter ...
The Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters is a museum and visitors' center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in the Florence neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The museum interprets the story of the Mormon Trail along with the history of a temporary Mormon settlement known as Winter Quarters , which was ...
The Nauvoo Temple, ... Winter Quarters, Nebraska, ... Iowa, which was founded by Cutler in 1851. Also includes a map of the town, and photos of Cutler's gravestone. ...
Temples outside the U.S. with districts extending into the U.S. are also displayed on the map (but not included in the table). Temples destroyed, operated by others, or with plans that were suspended/canceled are not displayed on the map (but are included in the table).
These tours are free, as are the stage and riverside theatrical productions. There is a large visitors' center complete with two theaters and a relief map of 1846 Nauvoo. From Map of Hancock County published in 1859. The creation of Nauvoo as a historical tourism destination was largely a result of the work of J. LeRoy Kimball (1901–1992).