Brigham Young set out for the West from Winter Quarters with an advance company of 143 men, 3 women, and 2 children. Traveling in pleasant summer weather, the remaining 1,050 miles of their journey were relatively easy, considering what lay behind them. On July 24, 1847, almost a year and a half after first crossing the Mississippi River, Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley, surveyed the scene, and announced, "This is the right place. Drive on."Less than a month later, Brigham and several others turned and headed back to aid the Saints in Winter Quarters. Within weeks, a constant stream of wagons was traveling both directions on the trail. After being driven from their homes, enduring unimaginable hardship, and burying many of their own, the Saints had finally reached their promised land.HOSEA STOUT: How often in anguish have I said in my heart when shall my trials and tribulations end. But amid all these heart-rending trials not once yet have I ever regretted that I set out to follow the council of the people of God and to obey the voice of the spirit...

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