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English
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The 1854 Mormon Emigration at the Missouri-Kansas Border
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Kansas History : A Journal of the Central Plains
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Winter 2009–2010
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32
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4
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Topeka, KS
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Kansas Historical Foundation and the Department of History
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226–245
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Fred E. Woods provides the history of the trials that the Mormons faced as they emigrated to the Salt Lake Valley and traveled through Missouri and crossed the border to Kansas. These early Saints were motivated by a spiritual desire to reach their promised Zion, and used this motivation to tackle their problems.