Editing Garden Grove, Iowa (section)

==History==
On April 24, 1846,<ref>Leland H. Gentry, "The Mormon Way Stations: Garden Grove and Mt. Pisgah," ''BYU Studies'', 24:4 (Fall 1981), 448.</ref> emigrants affiliated with [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] under the direction of [[Brigham Young]] established a way station halfway into their trek across Iowa. This semi-permanent settlement was named Garden Grove because the entire grove was covered with wild onions as far as the eye could see.<ref>Nelson Wheeler Whipple, "Diaries, 1863-1887," p. 20, MSS SC 38, Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.</ref> Within three weeks of their arrival, the pioneers enclosed and planted {{convert|715|acre|km2}}.<ref>Stanley Buchholz Kimball, ''Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981), 135.</ref> They founded the village to assist those who did not have sufficient means to continue their journey, as well as to support and supply future companies of pioneers.<ref>Gentry, "The Mormon Way Stations," 449.</ref>

When Brigham Young and the main company left Garden Grove on May 12, 1846,<ref>William G. Hartley, "Mormons and Early Iowa History (1838 to 1858): Eight Distinct Connections," ''The Annals of Iowa'' 59:3 (Summer 2000), 236.</ref> the poorest and least prepared were left behind. After the Saints arrived in [[Winter Quarters (North Omaha, Nebraska)|Winter Quarters]], [[James Allen (Army engineer)|Captain James Allen]] brought orders from [[James K. Polk|President James Polk]] to enlist a battalion of Mormons for the War with Mexico.<ref>Richard E. Bennett, ''Mormons at the Missouri: Winter Quarters, 1846-1852'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987), 51.</ref> Brigham Young and other leaders rode back as far as [[Mount Pisgah (Iowa)|Mt. Pisgah]] to encourage the men to enlist, and a letter was sent to the Saints in Garden Grove.<ref>B. H. Roberts, ''The Mormon Battalion: Its History and Achievements'' (Provo, Utah: Maasai, 2001), 17.</ref> Only one man from the Garden Grove settlement, Edward Bunker, enlisted and served in the [[Mormon Battalion]].<ref>Edward Bunker, ''Autobiography of Edward Bunker'' (Provo: Brigham Young University, 1938), 7.</ref>

In the fall of 1846, when the last of the Mormons were driven out of [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], the exiles camped on the west shore of the Mississippi River. Two rescue parties were sent from Winter Quarters and Council Bluffs,<ref>Bennett, ''Mormons at the Missouri'', 84.</ref> and an additional group was requested from Garden Grove. Luman Shurtliff led the third rescue party and brought the poorest of the exiles to the settlement at Garden Grove.<ref>Luman Andros Shurtliff, "Journal of Luman Andros Shurtliff," pp. 64-66, 289.3701S562j, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah.</ref>

Through the winter of 1846/47, about 600 Latter-day Saints resided in Garden Grove.<ref>Bennett, ''Mormons at the Missouri'', 90.</ref> By 1852, the Mormon settlers had moved on to [[Utah]], selling the property and improvements to other American frontiersmen. Garden Grove is a site on the [[Mormon Trail|Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail]]. A marker just west of the city, overlooking a wooded ravine, marks the site of the former Mormon Cemetery.

Garden Grove was a shipping point on the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028913774 | title=An Illustrated History of the State of Iowa | publisher=Richard S. Peale | author=Tuttle, Charles Richard | year=1876 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028913774/page/n492 483]}}</ref>

A strong EF2 tornado struck the town on [[Tornado outbreak of March 5–7, 2022|March 5, 2022]], causing major damage to several structures.<ref>{{cite report|title=Iowa Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1007104|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2022|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}{{cite report|title=Iowa Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1007107|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2022|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}{{cite report|title=Iowa Event Report: EFU Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1007108|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2022|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}</ref>