3/ different route. Consider for a moment, however,> the unique nature of the Mormon experience here.
Without intending it, the Mormons advertised their
life style even before they got here. They built
on an average, one bridge per day coming through
southwest Iowa. Eastern observer Col. Thomas L.
Kane said of those bridges: "These are no ordinary
bridges. They are capable of supporting heavy
artillery." At the time, of course, only the
Mormons could know that those bridges would have
to serve about 18000 refugees coming from western