Mormon Battalion Historical Marker

"History may be searched in vain for an equal march of infantry"

Lt. Col. Cooke

The Mormon Battalion, of some 500 men marched through this area during November of 1846. The march covered over 2000 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San ...

Mormon Battalion Marker

Dedicated to the valiant members of the historic Mormon Battalion who stopped here on March 20, 1847, as they marched from San Diego to Los Angeles. A division of the U.S. Army of the West, these brave soldiers, trusting in ...