By: Ardis E. Parshall - December 18, 2016 (Previous installment) (David really and truly finally makes it all the way to join the Saints — his travels continue, though.) The town of Winter Quarters was established by President Brigham Young, in 1846, shortly after the departure of the “Mormon” Battalion from Council Bluffs. It is situated on the west bank of the Missouri river, five miles above the city of Omaha, in Nebraska, and i...
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