Tags: Mormon Trails Association

2020 Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Highlights

Mormon Trails Association (MTA) PROTECTION Inventory — NPS initiated Cooperative Environmental Studies Unit agreement with Middle Tennessee State University to conduct a historic building inventory along the Mormon Pioneer NHT from Illinois to central Nebraska. Exhibits — NPS managed contract for 10 low-profile wayside and…

2019 Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Highlights

Mormon Trails Association (MTA) OUTREACH Website — MTA reworked its website (mormontrails.org) and added new material and links. Partnerships — NPS entered into a partnership certification agreement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Martin’s Cove: Mormon Trail Site in Alcova, WY.…

Mormon Pioneer NHT: 2018 Highlights

Mormon Trails Association OUTREACH In October, a 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act event was held at Richardson’s Point, IA, which included the dedication of new signs that mark this important location along the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. Richardson’s Point was where…

Mormon Pioneer NHT 2017 Highlights

Mormon Trails Association (MTA) OUTREACH Exhibit — Opened “Pioneer Pathways to Zion, 1846-1890,” a new exhibit at the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, UT, after a year of work. It features 50 of the museum’s most treasured pioneer artifacts and reflects decades…