History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

222 EXPULSION FROM NAUVOO.
Richardson Point 13 they made their second stationary
camp, the third at Chariton River, the fourth at
Locust Creek, where a considerable time was spent.
Then there were—so named by the saints—Garden
Grove, 14 a large timbered tract which had been burned
over, Mount Pisgah/ 5 and finally Winter Quarters, in
Nebraska, on the west side of the Missouri, a little above
the modern Omaha, on the site of the present town
of Florence. 16 At Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah
were established farming settlements for the benefit
of those who were to follow. In July the main body
reached the Missouri at the spot now known as Council
Bluffs, and soon afterward many crossed the river in a
ferry-boat of their own construction, and pitched their
tents at Winter Quarters. Other large encampments
Between the Mississippi and Missouri.
13 In Lee County, Iowa, three weeks from their starting-point.
14 About 150 miles from Nauvoo, on the east fork of the Grand River.
' Many located there, ploughing and sowing, and preparing homes for their
poor brethren for a longer period.' Home's Migrations, MS., 19. 'On the
morning of the 27th of April the bugle sounded at Garden Grove, and all
the men assembled to organize for labor. Immediately hundreds of men
were at work, cutting trees, splitting rails, making fences, cutting logs for
houses, building bridges, making ploughs, and herding cattle. Quite a number
were sent into the Missouri settlements to exchange horses for oxen, valuable
feather-beds and the like for provisions and articles most needed in the
camp, and the remainder engaged in ploughing and planting. Messengers
were also despatched to call in the bands of pioneers scattered over the country
seeking work, with instructions to hasten them up to help form the new
settlements before the season had passed; so that, in a scarcely conceivable
space of time, at Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah, industrious settlements
sprung up almost as if by magic' Tuttidge's Life of Brigham Young, 41.
"This site was discovered by Paidey, who was sent forward to reconnoitre
by Brigham. It was situated on a branch of Grand River, and for years was
the resting-place for the saints on their way to Utah. Autobioy. P. Pratt, 381.
16 Here 700 log cabins and 150 dugouts (cabins half under ground) were
built. A large quantity of hay was cut, and a flouring mill erected. Id., 3S3.