Above, Michael Landon of the Church's Historical Department addresses service commemorating the naming of a California mountain peak after Melissa Coray, the wife of a Mormon Battalion member who traveled with the battalion.

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Below, Melissa Richmond, fourth-great-granddaughter of Melissa Coray, sits by plaque which honors her ancestor and those who built the Mormon-Carson Pass Emigrant Trail. Melissa Coray Peak is just above the young girl's upraised hand. See pages 3-4.

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