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» Using computer modeling and manual tools, Brigham Young University graduate student Joey Jacobsen and mechanical engineering professor Larry Howell have built a working replica of the odometer pioneers used on the Mormon Trail. Information collected was later published in in the Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide. It's hard to see exactly how this works, (cunning gears and a rotating stick) but it's rather large and requires someone to record every mile it tallies. "When I realized that although the pioneers were in tough circumstances out in the wilderness they took the time to do a research and development project to help other people, I wanted to do my own project to recognize their contribution." Larry Howell.