Wyoming’s Mormon Trail: A Time of Testing - Our Wyoming

Every year thousands of Mormon youth travel to Wyoming from across the United States to pay tribute to the pioneers who settled the West. WyomingPBS explores the challenges and lessons learned as they walk, push, and pull their belongings by handcart for over 30 miles across the barren Wyoming plains. For more "Our Wyoming," visit www.wyomingpbs.org/ourwyoming.

[@caroledonald1960]

Some of my relatives went on the Mormon trail. They went all the way from aberdeen in Scotland. William ledingham left a story saying he helped protect the pioneers from the natives but many died from illness and hunger. Imagine pulling your goods in handcarts. Very brave!

[@alexmason2659]

My ancestors the Choctaw and Cherokee have been there done that

[@diggingthewest7981]

@@alexmason2659 that's cool, I'll watch some documentaries about that and give it a thumbs up, just like I did this documentary.

[@samhunt9380]

Watching bought tears to my eyes.....

[@rockymountainreseller3858]

The amazing resiliency of the human spirit.

[@diggingthewest7981]

During 1857-58 Mormon uprising, thousands of US army marched across Wyoming on their way to salt lake City. Mormons were burning large areas so the military stock had no forage. Wyoming sure has a lot of interesting history to tell, whether some people like it or not.

[@arfyego0682]

Right, aside from some very light shootouts and the horrifically tragic massacre at Mountain Meadows, it was a relatively bloodless "rebellion". Very interesting bit of Western History that not many know of :)

[@ohmeowzer1]

Yikes better them then me ...it was interesting ...God Bless them.... my family stayed in New York ..whew

[@ChristinaOstil115]

Can I do this pioneer trail too?

[@alexmason2659]

Do the trail of tears which was sadder since those Native Americans were forced to move

[@joshuaherbert30]

@@alexmason2659 Mormons were also forced to go west

[@alexmason2659]

​@@joshuaherbert30 not really mormons went by Choice the ones who were forced west were forced because of their own actions Native American's had no choice

[@lockyraglus3358]

You can't beat the old school ways and values

[@lifetimeofworktodo]

Jesus Christ, you're idolizing a terrible time.

[@paularanillo5881]

1:03 since the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"

[@SteelRhinoXpress]

These pioneers had no choice. They had to either find a better life for themselves or die trying.

[@paularanillo5881]

Correction
1:12 "Joseph Smith, the PROPHET OF FRUSTRATION"

[@The1Mustache3]

I chose the true Church of Christ.

[@bornwithbsguards]

Well that's not the Mormons