Cutler's Park

Cutler's Park
Former LDS camp
Mormons at Florence
Cutler's Park
Coordinates: 41°19′57.42″N 95°59′30.2″W / 41.3326167°N 95.991722°W / 41.3326167; -95.991722
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Vacated	December 1846 (1846-12)
Population  (August 1846)
• Total	2,500

Cutler's Park was briefly the headquarters camp of

was built on its site, making use of what had been left when it was abandoned.

Cutler's Park proved to be Nebraska's first and briefest planned community. Although it was made up of only tents and wagons arranged in orderly squares, it had a governing council with various committees, an emergency brigade, and even a town square. A monument has been erected to commemorate this historic site. Cutler's Park was named in honor of

, which outlasted Cutler's Park, remaining until 1848.

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• http://earlylds.com/settlment_culters_park.html
• http://www.historicflorence.org/HistoricMarkers/CutlersParkMarker.htm
• http://www.historicflorence.org/Mormons/CutlersPark.htm