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The graves of a number of Florence residents are also located in the cemetery. The community of Florence began to use the cemetery several years after the departure of the Mormons and prior to the Mormons the area had been used as an Indian burial ground.
229:(LDS Church) indicate that 359 Mormon pioneers were buried at the site. Remnants of three of the graves are visible today, uncovered during the erection of a commemorative monument in 1936. The monument, a bronze statue by Salt Lake City artist 375: 924: 1538: 1633: 969: 54: 1180: 1811: 334: 1801: 226: 1806: 1523: 1253: 1111: 1513: 1816: 240:
With the exception of a commemorative marker in the nearby city park, the cemetery is the only visible reminder of the Mormon settlement.
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Omaha, Nebraska
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Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located in Nebraska
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located in the United States
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Pioneer-Mormon Cemetery
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, a.k.a. Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery
Find a Grave
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
Waymarking
Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mormon Pioneer Cemetery

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