June 4, 1834
Mississippi River, Missouri
Joseph Smith and the Zion’s Camp marchers went from Atlas, Illinois, to the banks of the Mississippi River, where it took two days to cross into Missouri because they had only one ferry.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 2:82-83
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