The Game of Emigration

Object/Artifact

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The Gale Museum

Name/Title

The Game of Emigration

Description

A board game for up to four players. Players took on the role of Mormon pioneers, moving their wagons from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley. The game includes a Pioneer Odometer to calculated how many spaces can be moved during a turn. There are a set of trivia cards players must use as well. The game includes a beige box with the title and an image of a covered wagon. There is a game board, instruction booklet, trivia cards, Pioneer Odometer, four colored sets of wagons and pioneers, and ten coins. This game was created by Vida Fox Clawson of Utah and had a limited run. This piece is ca. 1946.