The Westover Farm was located here. Established around 1822, it would be home to Electa and her sons until sometime shortly after Alexander's passing in 1834. It was from this general area that Electa and Edwin joined the Church in 1845.

Around the first of April in 1848 the Westovers gathered with other area Saints to plan their travel to Winter Quarters at the home of a church member in Springfield, Ohio.

Brigham Young towards the end of 1847 had put out the word for the Saints to gather for a massive company to travel to Great Salt Lake City.

In mid-April 1848 the gathered family boarded railcars at the county seat of Urbana. This would take them to a steamboat connection to St. Louis.

If there was a 19th century equivalent of an airport, it was found in St. Louis - often called the Gateway to the West. Travel from here was by water. In St. Louis the party boarded a steamboat called The Mandon, which was bound for Council Bluffs, Iowa. The boat ran aground, and they were delayed a few days.

May 9th, 1848 - the family arrived in Council Bluffs, Iowa and crossed the river to Winter Quarters. Here they found several people already gathered and preparing for the trek west.

May 19, 1848 - Hundreds of Saints, including the Westovers, camped on the banks of the Elkhorn River in Nebraska awaiting the arrival of Brigham Young. This brief stop over before the trek West would be the scene of several key events in the life of Charles Westover. Brigham finally crossed the company over the Elkhorn on June 1st.

Around July 27th the company arrived at Fort John, which was later renamed Fort Laramie. This marked the halfway point to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.

Independence Rock, Wyoming is a large hill made of solid rock - and it was and remains a prolific landmark on the pioneer trail. The company reached this point on August 11, 1848.

About a week later the company made it to South Pass, which sits at just under 8000 feet above sea level on the Continental Divide. Here many of the cattle drank alkali water and died, including some of the livestock owned by the Westovers.

September 18, 1848 - The weary company arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake.