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Winter Quarters was an encampment formed by approximately 2,500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they waited during the winter of 1846-1847 for better conditions for their trek westward. It followed a preliminary tent settlement some 3 miles west at Cutler's Park. The Mormons built more than 800 cabins at the Winter Quarters settlement. Located in present-day North Omaha overlooking the Missouri River, the settlement remained populated until 1848.
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Winter quarters painting

Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters

Witness glimpses of the great "Mormon Migration" as you walk beside a covered wagon, pull a handcart, climb in the bunks on a steam ship, and imagine a railroad journey. Exhibits also explore the expulsion from Nauvoo, crossing Iowa, and temporary settlements in the Middle Missouri Valley, including Winter Quarters.
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Winter Quarters by C.C.A. Christensen
Cabin inside the Mormon Trail Center
Inside the Mormon Trail Center
Inside the Mormon Trail Center
Winter Quarters Temple
In the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
Outside the Trail Center