Winter Quarters | |
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Former LDS camp | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Vacated | December 1848 |
| Population (September 1846) | |
• Total | 3,800 |
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 1846–47 for better conditions for their trek westward. It followed a preliminary tent settlement some 3½ miles west at Cutler's Park.[1] Members of the LDS faith 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.[2]
- ^ Gail Holmes, "Early Latter-day Saints - Settlement Cutler's Park", Early LDS, Sep 2006, accessed 2 Sep 2008
- ^ 1911 Encyclopædia Nebraska" (Available at Google Books).