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Trail Trouble

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

They have trekked for three months from Omaha, Neb., to Utah, reenacting the migration of the Mormon pioneers 150 years ago. On Monday, just a day before the end of the journey, an Idaho group fell to the peril of the trail when their mules bolted on a steep hill, breaking up the wagon and throwing out three adults and three children. Three were hospitalized for minor injuries. The caravan of wagons, horse riders, handcarts and walkers is expected to arrive this morning at This Is the Place State Park, Utah. The park is named for the statement Brigham Young was said to have made July 24, 1847, after the Mormons arrived at the site that is now Salt Lake City.

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