<P> The Mormon pioneers are celebrated annually on July 24 in the State of Utah, known as Pioneer Day . Salt Lake City also has the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument, where Brigham Young, Eliza R. Snow, and other Mormon pioneers are buried and where a memorial exists dedicated to all who crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley . Additionally, the Pioneer (characterized as "Pioneer Pete") is Lehi High School's mascot . Lehi High School is located in Lehi, Utah County . In some places, Mormons hold an event called "Pioneer Trek" for people who are ages fourteen to eighteen . In participating in the trek, the youth dress as pioneers and pack a few things to carry in handcarts . They go on a hike for a couple days so they can experience what the pioneers experienced . During this multi-day event, camp organizers sometimes require youth to avoid the use of technology or anything that the pioneers did not have on their journeys, to enhance the experience . </P> <P> The Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel gathers information from journals, church history records, and other materials to locate the company in which an ancestor traveled across the plains to get to Utah . This covers known and unknown wagon trains from 1847 - 1868 . It contains lists of passengers in companies as well as genealogical information about ancestors . It is the most comprehensive list of Mormon immigrants and the wagon trains that brought them to Utah . </P>

How many miles per day did the average pioneer travel