Cold Spring was an early stopping place for immigrants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the summer of 1846. There is a historical marker at the corner of 60th an L proclaiming it as this spot. The marker is by the Satellite Hotel. Another spot where the immigrants stopped that summer was Mormon Hollow in Fontenelle Forrest in Bellevue. My understanding they moved to a place close to the Papillion Creek. Little Papillion Creek four block west of this marker. It flows in Big Papillion Creek about four blocks south. Neither Mormon Hollow or Cold Springs seemed adequate so most immigrants went north to Winter Quarters.
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