Elizabeth was born and died in Mount Pisgah, Harrison County, Iowa which was located near present day Thayer. Mount Pisgah was a semi-permanent settlement or way station from 1846 to 1852 along the Mormon Trail between Garden Grove and Council Bluffs. It is located near the small community of Thayer in Jones Township, Union County, Iowa. This site is now part of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. The address of the memorial is 1704 Mount Pisgah Road in Thayer.
Her parents were living here to get ready for the pioneer trek to Utah.
The site of Mount Pisgah is now marked by a 9-acre (36,000 m2) Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve, which contains exhibits, historical markers, and a reconstructed log cabin. However, little remains except a cemetery memorializing the 300 to 800 emigrants who died while passing through or residing in the community.
Her parents were living here to get ready for the pioneer trek to Utah.
The site of Mount Pisgah is now marked by a 9-acre (36,000 m2) Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve, which contains exhibits, historical markers, and a reconstructed log cabin. However, little remains except a cemetery memorializing the 300 to 800 emigrants who died while passing through or residing in the community.
Elizabeth was born and died in Mount Pisgah, Harrison County, Iowa which was located near present day Thayer. Mount Pisgah was a semi-permanent settlement or way station from 1846 to 1852 along the Mormon Trail between Garden Grove and Council Bluffs. It is located near the small community of Thayer in Jones Township, Union County, Iowa. This site is now part of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. The address of the memorial is 1704 Mount Pisgah Road in Thayer.
Her parents were living here to get ready for the pioneer trek to Utah.
The site of Mount Pisgah is now marked by a 9-acre (36,000 m2) Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve, which contains exhibits, historical markers, and a reconstructed log cabin. However, little remains except a cemetery memorializing the 300 to 800 emigrants who died while passing through or residing in the community.
Her parents were living here to get ready for the pioneer trek to Utah.
The site of Mount Pisgah is now marked by a 9-acre (36,000 m2) Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve, which contains exhibits, historical markers, and a reconstructed log cabin. However, little remains except a cemetery memorializing the 300 to 800 emigrants who died while passing through or residing in the community.
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