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• Mormon Handcart Historic Site
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• Willie and Martin Handcart Companies
  [[Image: handcart_pioneers_Teichert.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|Depiction of the handcart pioneers by [[Minerva Teichert]]|right]] The tragedy of the '''Willie and Martin handcart companies''' was caused by a series of missteps that cumulatively resulted
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• Handcart Companies
  ...Church]], using money from the [[Perpetual Emigration Fund]], established handcart companies, each of which would be accompanied by a small group of wagons wi [[Image:Handcart.jpg|frame|400px|A Monument dedicated to the Mormon handcart pioneers on [[Temple Square]] c2002 Brigham Young University. All rights re
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• Willie and Martin Handcart Companies
  [[Image: handcart_pioneers_Teichert.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|Depiction of the handcart pioneers by [[Minerva Teichert]]|right]] The tragedy of the '''Willie and Martin handcart companies''' was caused by a series of missteps that cumulatively resulted
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• Handcart Companies
  ...Church]], using money from the [[Perpetual Emigration Fund]], established handcart companies, each of which would be accompanied by a small group of wagons wi [[Image:Handcart.jpg|frame|400px|A Monument dedicated to the Mormon handcart pioneers on [[Temple Square]] c2002 Brigham Young University. All rights re
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• Martin's Cove: Mormon Trail Site
  '''The Martin's Cove: Mormon Trail Site''' is home to the Mormon Handcart Visitors’ Center located at [[Martin's Cove]] in Alcova, Wyoming, 55 mile ...sus Christ. Handcarts were more affordable than covered wagons and oxen. [[Handcart Companies]] departed from Iowa traveling by foot and pulling their food sup
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• James G. Willie
  ...handcart pioneers]]. He was known for much of his life as “the Willie of handcart fame.”[https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5712&co ...after the third handcart company had departed. (Each of the previous three handcart companies arrived successfully that year, with the help of supply wagons co
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• Martin's Cove
  ...sus Christ. Handcarts were more affordable than covered wagons and oxen. [[Handcart Companies]] departed from Iowa traveling by foot and pulling their food sup ...e handcart companies successfully arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, but two handcart companies left late in the summer and consequently experienced breakdowns d
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• Sixth Crossing
  Here at Sixth Crossing, the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie handcart company]] of converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...inter.[https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/historic-sites/wyoming/handcart-rescue-landmarks?lang=eng] 
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• Hodgetts and Hunt Wagon Companies
  ...anies’ hardships intertwine with the more well-known [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies]]. Some of the members of the Martin, Hodgetts, and Hunt companie ...or the survivors.[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/handcart-companies?lang=eng]
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• Ephraim Hanks
  ...lped rescue those [[Pioneers|pioneers]] of the Martin [[Handcart Companies|Handcart]] Company during the Western Migration. [[T. C. Christensen]] made a film a In 1856, after the Martin and Willie Handcart companies were delayed because of a lack of handcarts and extreme winter we
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• George W. Grant
  ...Companies|Martin Handcart Company]] across the Sweetwater River. While the handcart companies traveled across the plains, the Saints were carried across rivers ...his father, Captain George D. Grant, in October 1856, to find the stranded handcart companies. When the rescuers came upon the Willie company, part of the resc
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• David P. Kimball
  ...s|Martin Handcart Company]] across the Sweetwater River in 1856. While the handcart companies traveled across the plains, the Saints were carried across rivers ...erence when President [[Brigham Young]] told the Saints about the stranded handcart companies and called for rescuers. David joined with his father to go.
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• Rock Creek Hollow
  ...the beleaguered handcart [[Pioneers|pioneers]] in the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie and Martin companies]] and the [[Hodgetts and Hunt Wagon C ...October and November 1856, rescuers provided aid to the Willie and Martin handcart companies and the Hodgetts and Hunt wagon companies.  
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• 1856
  [[image:Handcart Pioneers.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Handcart Mormon Pioneers]]{{Decade1850}} * June 9 - First [[Handcart Companies|handcart company]] leaves Iowa City, Iowa.
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• C. Allen Huntington
  ...s|Martin Handcart Company]] across the Sweetwater River in 1856. While the handcart companies traveled across the plains, the Saints were carried across rivers ...oup of men who were dispatched to help the Saints in the Willie and Martin handcart companies and the [[Hodgetts and Hunt Wagon Companies|Hodgetts and Hunt wag
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• Daniel W. Jones
  ...heroically wintered at [[Devil's Gate]] during the rescue of the stranded handcart companies in 1856. ...plains of Wyoming. These were the [[Handcart Companies|Martin and Willie handcart companies]], as well as the [[Hodgetts and Hunt Wagon Companies|Hunt and Ho
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• Edward Martin
  ...who served as captain of the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin Handcart Company]]. [[Martin's Cove]], a place of refuge against the harsh Wyoming w Martin was assigned as captain of the fifth handcart company, which consisted of 575 individuals. They departed on July 28, 1856
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• John R. Murdock
  ...Handcart Companies|handcart companies]], including the 1856 rescue of two handcart companies from the deep snow of Wyoming, and the leader of the most [[Mormo
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• T. C. Christensen
  ...ensen released a film about the Willie and Martin Mormon [[Mormon Pioneers|handcart companies]], called ''17 Miracles''. He has also produced fims in IMAX (inc ...the tragedies of the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie-Martin handcart companies]]. ... the finished product is absolutely riveting. Pulling no pu
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• Stephen W. Taylor
  ...the group that assisted the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin handcart company]]. The account of historian [[John Jaques]] lists Taylor, as well a ...y Brigham Young were not the only ones to assist the members of the Martin handcart company cross the Sweetwater River.[https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/vie
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• Bryant S. Hinckley
  ...istoricsitesfoundation.org/articles/iowaCity3.htm Iowa City: birthplace of handcart venture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Also in this capacity, he was i
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• Mormon Pioneers
  [[Image:Handcart.jpg|frame|alt=Mormon Pioneer Handcart|Handcart]]
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• Perpetual Emigration Fund
  ...ns and travel methods, including the establishment of [[Handcart Companies|handcart companies]], to reduce expenses. Once established in their new homes, the
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• Clark Kelley Price: Mormon Artist
  ...scendant from members of the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin Handcart company]] and has depicted pioneer experiences in his paintings. Many of hi
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• Dave Wolverton: Mormon Author
  ...ctional book, ''In the Company of Angels'', about the [[Handcart Companies|handcart pioneers]]. The novel won the 2009 Whitney award. His book ''On the Way to
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• Thomas E. Ricks
  ...that went to the aid of the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin Handcart Company]]. In 1858, he went with others to rescue colonists at Fort Lemhi (
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• Ira Nebeker
  ...ed as assisting the stranded [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin handcart company]] cross the Sweetwater River in the winter of 1856.[https://scholar
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• Robert T. Burton
  ...neyed from Salt Lake City to help the stranded Martin [[Handcart Companies|Handcart Company]] in October 1856. He also served numerous missions.
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• Rising Generation
  ...ar Sixth Crossing, where the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie handcart company]] was rescued in 1856. Rock Creek Hollow is 11 miles off of Highway
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• Charles Ora Card
  ...in Utah Territory. The family crossed the plains in a [[Handcart Companies|handcart company]]; Card was sixteen years old at the time and “assisted by standi
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• John Jaques
  ...Iowa City, and then with the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin Handcart Company]]. His 1-year-old daughter died in the snowstorms in Wyoming.
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• Cyrus H. Wheelock
  ...cue party sent to assist the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Martin Handcart Company]] and served as one of the chaplain of one of rescue companies.
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• John Van Cott
  ...oming to assist in rescuing the last two of these, the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies]]. After the conclusion of his second mission as president, he pr
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• Westward Migration
  ...the [http://www.handcart.com/frameset_martincompany.htm Martin and Willie Handcart Companies] of 1856, got a late start and used green wood for their wheels.
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• Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters
  ...e descriptions of the westward migration to the Salt Lake Valley by wagon, handcart, sailing ship, and train. Although Winter Quarters was a temporary settleme ...B. Hinckley]] in 1997. [[Franz Johansen]] sculpted the statue of a Mormon handcart family that is situated in front of the center.
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• Star Valley Wyoming Temple
  ...ttlements. Today, three monuments stand in memory of the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies and a memorial site, dedicated by former Church President [[Gordo
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• MormonWiki Articles
  [[Handcart Companies]]&nbsp;· [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies]]&nbsp;·
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• Articles available for use
  * [[Handcart Companies]]
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• Josh Clare: Mormon Artist
  ...oneers, they “discovered that Taylor's ancestors were part of the Martin Handcart Company and that Clare and Burton's ancestors were part of the rescue.”[h
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• Rocky Ridge
  ...hes of the emigrants’ entire journey. Members of the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie and Martin companies]] and the [[Hodgetts and Hunt Wagon C ...] and [https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/historic-sites/wyoming/handcart-rescue-landmarks?lang=eng#RockyRidge Interactive Map].
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• Linda K. Burton
  :“I love the image of this pioneer woman, one hand on the handcart, shoulder to shoulder with her husband, arm raised high, and mouth open as
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• Gerald N. Lund
  ...e of the Covenant, a fictionalized volume about the 1856 Willie and Martin handcart companies.
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• C.C.A. Christensen: Mormon Artist
  ...New York and took a train to Iowa City, Iowa. They completed their trip by handcart. After arriving in Utah, Christensen took odd jobs to support himself and h
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• Torleif Knaphus: Mormon Artist
  In 1924, the Daughters of the Utah Handcart Pioneers commissioned him to create a monument. The finished bronze was thr
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• Bruce Newbold: Mormon Actor
  ...and later, a second one-man dramatization called "Covenants & Crucibles: A Handcart Saga". In 1997 he accompanied the sesquicentennial Mormon Trail Wagon Train
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• Bryan Mark Taylor: Mormon Artist
  ...oneers, they “discovered that Taylor's ancestors were part of the Martin Handcart Company and that Clare and Burton's ancestors were part of the rescue.”[h
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• Dean L. May
  ...eeking to complement the history of the Mormon land migration by wagon and handcart, May focused on the voyage as an element that prepared European converts to
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• Harriet Bushman: Mormon Composer
  ...mp3 and DVD to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Willie and Martin Handcart Company), The Little Prince (2007, musical), and Gideon (2009-2010, a jazz
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• Heidi S. Swinton: Mormon Historian
  Swinton is the author of ''Sweet Water Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story'' and PBS documentaries ''American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
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• John Burton: Mormon Artist
  ...oneers, they “discovered that Taylor's ancestors were part of the Martin Handcart Company and that Clare and Burton's ancestors were part of the rescue.”[h
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• Lee Groberg: Mormon Filmmaker
  ...orth of the King James Bible''; ''Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story''; ''America’s Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir''; '
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• Nathan Bowen: Mormon Composer
  ...usic. He composed an original score for MELD Danceworks and is a member of Handcart Ensemble.
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• Ralph Ramsey
  ...er-day Saints] and emigrated from England to Utah, arriving with the first handcart company in 1856. He settled first in the Salt Lake Valley, then later moved
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• Susan Arrington Madsen: Mormon Author
  ...Second Rescue: The Story of the Spiritual Rescue of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers''; and ''Christmas: A Joyful Heritage''.
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• Devil's Gate
  ...Devil’s Gate left in the summer of 1856, so when the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies]] arrived in the late fall, the post was abandoned. In fact, Mart
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• Relief Society Building
  ...Your Children," "Betty and the Seagulls," "Return of Captive Israel" and "Handcart Pioneers."
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• Thomas McIntyre
  ...Scotland, he was born on June 30, 1832. He arrived in Utah in 1859 with a handcart company. He died on February 9, 1914.
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• Emily H. Woodmansee
  ...mpany and pulled handcarts across the country with the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie Company]].
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• Henry Herriman
  “In 1856 he led the only handcart company of missionaries to cross the plains from Salt Lake City to the East
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• Mount Pisgah
  :English immigrant and handcart pioneer Hannah Settle Lapish was visiting family in Montana in late summer
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• Brigham Young, Jr.
  ...[Nauvoo Legion]]. He was involved in the rescue of the [[Willie and Martin Handcart Companies|Willie and Martin companies]] of the [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pio
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• This Is the Place Heritage Park
  * Handcart Companies|Handcarts]]
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• Relief Society
  The following year, the Provo Relief Society collected clothing for handcart pioneers trapped in early snows of that year. Said Lucy Meserve Smith, "Th
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• Quentin L. Cook
  ...all|David Patten Kimball]], who was one of the three young men who carried handcart pioneers over the Sweetwater River.[http://www.tellmystorytoo.com/member_pd
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