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After traveling many long weeks in wagons or poshing handcarts to their land of Zion, the Mormon pioneers first stopped at what became known as the Old Pioneer Fort—later Pioneer Park. There they met with others, rested, and learned of their ultimate destination before moving on to establish homes. Does this mean that Pioneer Park could be com¬ pared to Ellis Island? Perhaps it is not a national symbol, but it is important in the story of Mormon settlement. A Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) pamphlet proclaims: “What Plymouth is to New England, the Old Fort is to the Great West.” The fort was a focal point of early Mormon activity, and the present park continues to re¬ flect the city’s patterns of growth. The building of the fort began a week after the ar¬ rival of the first immigrants in July 1847. Following the Mormon pattern for colonization that consisted of cen¬ tral planning and collective labor, the settlers formed groups to work for the common good. For example, one group began farming 35 acres. Another located the 2 0 0 7 * Vo 1. 5 4, No. 3 * PIONEER 11
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