This is the old townsite of Garden Grove Iowa. The grass outlines are where cabins once stood. Because the cabins were only temporary the pioneers did not lay a foundation of stones.

Present day Garden Grove is a short distance away. The people there are proud of the Mormon history. The high school is named "Mormon Trail High". I talked to the mayor and he told me all about finding the old cemetery and building a monument.

I took lots of other pictures but did not want to clutter up this blog. If you are interested I will show them to you.

There is a very good museum in Corydon Iowa that has a full life size diorama / statue that shows a husband/father leading an oxen through deep serious mud, a mother and baby riding on a wagon and a young boy prying a wagon wheel out of the mud. It is a very effective image but it did not photograph well (given the current state of the photographer's skill).

Other pictures and narrative follows.