1846-53 Probably more than 30,000 (18,000
from Western Illinois + 12 to 14,000 by contract
 ships to New Orleans + up the Mississippi-
Missouri by steamboat) Mormons rest,
repair wagons etc. + stage into Salt
 Lake Valley from here. Principal camps in
 immediate area were I Grand Encampment west [29 ³⁰]
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, + E of the river (1846-53), includ
ing Mormon Battalion Mustering Ground (31); II
Cold Spring Camp (31 ³²) (July-Aug 1846) south of and
AK-SAR-BEN FieldIII (Cutlers  Park (33) Aug 7-Dec 1846
 bordering SW edge of Forest Lawn Cemetery;
 IV Winter Quarters (32) (Sept 23, 1846-June 1848)
 where Omaha waterworks and bridge (see also
 Mormon Pioneer Cemetery (34 ³⁵) + Old Mill (35 ³⁶) at 9102 N 30 St.