Books

Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1976. "Winter Quarters, 1846-47," pp.234-238; "The Pioneer Company, 1847," pp.241-244.

Among the Mormons: Historic Accounts by Contemporary Observers. Edited by William Mulder and A. Russell Mortensen. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1973. "The Mormon Encampments," pp.201-209; "Winter Quarters among the Indians," pp.209-213; "'These Western Moves Are Hard on Cattle'," pp.213-214.

Anderson, William Claude and Eloise Richards Anderson. The New Guide Book to Mormon History for Family Travel. American Fork, UT: The Authors, 1988. "The Mormon Trail in Nebraska," pp.63-68. Illus.

Arrington, Leonard J. Brigham Young: American Moses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Chapter 9, "The Pioneer Trek to the Great Basin," pp.130-138.

Bennett, Richard E. Mormons at the Missouri, 1846-1852. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. 347p.

Bennett, Richard E. "Winter Quarters." In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Volume 4. Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992. Pp.1568-1569. Illus.

Bennett, Richard Edmond. "Mormons at the Missouri: A History of the Latter-day Saints at Winter Quarters and at Kanesville, 1846-52: A Study in American Overland Trail Migration." Wayne State University, 1984. Two volumes. A doctoral dissertation.

Berrett, William E. The Restored Church. Fifteenth edition. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1973. "Winter Quarters," p.224; Chapter 30, "Pioneers," pp.245-254.

Bitton, Davis. Historical Dictionary of Mormonism. Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. "Exodus," pp.54-55; "Bibliography: Exodus," pp.288-290.

Brooks, Juanita. John Doyle Lee: Zealot - Pioneer Builder - Scapegoat. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. "1846-1847: Winter Quarters," pp.105-114; "1847: Summer Quarters," pp.115-125; "1848: Across the Plains," pp.127-138.

Brown, Joseph E. The Mormon Trek West. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1980. Chapter 4, "Winter," pp.55-80; Chapter 5, "Nebraska," pp.81-112. Illus.

Bryson, Conrey. Winter Quarters. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1986. 179p.

Church History in the Fulness of Times: The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prepared by the Church Educational System. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1989. Pp.316-317,319-321,329-332.

Clayton, William. The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1981. 27p. Reprint of the 1848 edition.

DeVoto, Bernard. The Year of Decision, 1846. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. See index under "Mormons." Winter Quarters discussed, pp.431-442,446,453-454,463,464,484.

Dick, Everett. Vanguards of the Frontier. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1941. See index under, "Mormons."

Duehlmeier, Fred Douglas. "The 1847 Mormon Migration." M. A. Thesis. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1977. 178p.

Fletcher, Jan and Jennifer Lund. Illness, Death and Burial at Winter Quarters: A Typescript of the Original Cemetery Records and Excerpts of Diaries and Journals Researched by Jennifer Lund of the Museum of Church History and Art. S. L.: s. n., 1998. 56p.

Grant, Carter Eldredge. The Kingdom of God Restored. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1955. Chapter 61, "The Mormons on the Missouri River," pp.372-376; Chapter 62, "A Thousand Homes at Winter Quarters - A Revelation to Brigham Young," pp.377-381; Chapters 63-66, pp.385-408.

Hafen, LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen. Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1976. The handcart trail went across Nebraska.

Hartley, William G. My Best For the Kingdom: History and Autobiography of John Lowe Butler, A Mormon Frontiersman. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1993. Chapter Seventeen, "North to the Niobrara," pp.209-218; Chapter Eighteen, "Winter at Fort Ponca," pp.219-229; Chapter Nineteen, "Kanesville Separations," pp.231-239; Chapter Twenty, "Trail Dust and Danes," pp.241-254; "Notes," pp.463-471.

Hinckley, Gordon B. Truth Restored. Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1979. Chapter 10, "To the Promised Land," pp.93-100.

Holmes, Gail George. Winter Quarter Revisited: Untold Stories of the Seven-year Stay of Mormons in the Missouri Valley, 1846-1853. Omaha: The Author, 1990. 20p.

Holmes, Gail George. Winter Quarters Revisited: Untold Stories of the Seven Year Stay of Mormons in the Missouri Valley, 1846-53. Omaha: C and I Printing, 1979. 22p.

Jackson, Richard H. "The Overland Journey to Zion." In The Mormon Role in the Settlement of the West. Edited by Richard H. Jackson. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1978. Pp.1-27.

Jensen, Carlyle B. and Gail George Holmes. A "Grave" Experience at the Mormon Pioneer Winter Quarters Cemetery. S. L.: s. n., 2000.

Larsen, Karen M. and Paul D. Larsen. Remembering Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs: Writings of the Mormon Pioneers at the Missouri River. Elkhorn, NE: Paul D. Larsen, 1998. 174p.

Linn, William A. The Story of the Mormons. New York: Macmillan Company, 1923. "The Camps on the Missouri," pp.375-378; "The Pioneer Trip Across the Plains," pp.379-383.

Mattes, Merrill J. The Great Platte River Road. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969. See index under, "Mormon Hollow," " Mormon Pioneers," "Mormon Roads, upper and lower," "Council Bluffs Road," "Mormon Trail," and "Mormon War."

Morton, Julius Sterling. Illustrated History of Nebraska, Volume 2. Lincoln: Jacob North and Company, 1906. Chapter 4, "The Mormons in Nebraska," pp.125-138.

Rich, Russell R. Ensign to the Nations: A History of the Church from 1846 to the Present. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Publications, 1972. "Winter of 1846-47," pp.83-96; "From the Plains to the Mountains: Part I," pp.97-121.

Richards, Mary Haskin Parker. Winter Quarters: The 1846-1848 Life Writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards. Edited by Maurine Carr Ward. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1996. 336p.

Roberts, Brigham H. A Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Volume 3. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1965. Winter Quarters, pp.147-159; Pioneer journey, pp.160-191.

Shumway, Ernest W. "History of Winter Quarters, Nebraska, 1846-1848." M. S. Thesis. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1953.

Steele, Olga Sharp. "Geography of the Mormon Trail Across Nebraska." M. A. Thesis. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1933.

Stegner, Wallace. The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. "Rendezvous on the Elkhorn," pp.111-123; "The Endless Platte Valley," pp.124-139. See also index under "Winter Quarters."

Taylor, Samuel W. The Kingdom or Nothing: The Life of John Taylor, Militant Mormon. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1979. Chapter 7, "Winter Quarters," pp.98-120; Chapter 8, pp.125-132.

United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. The Mormon Trail: A Study Report. Washington, DC: Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, 1978. "The Trail in Nebraska," pp.20-29. Illus.