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The Handcart Pioneer Monument, by Torleif S. Knaphus, located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Willie and Martin handcart companies were two companies of LDS handcart pioneers that were participating in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah and used handcarts to transport their belongings. [1]
Edward was then assigned to be the captain of the fifth handcart company, [1] [5] [6] [10] [12] which officially was known as the Martin Handcart Company. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 5 ] The company contained 575 individuals, 145 handcarts, 8 wagons, 30 oxen, and 50 livestock including some cows.
The Handcart Pioneer Monument, by Torleif S. Knaphus, located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah, who used handcarts to transport their belongings. [1]
McBride's family migrated west to Utah on November 30, 1856, [1] leaving with the Martin Handcart Company led by Edward Martin. [6] His handcart company had approximately 500 people when it began its westward trek. [5] Both of his parents became ill on the trip, and his father died. Being the oldest son in the family, McBride helped pull the ...
One of the first on the scene during the rescue of the 1856 Martin handcart company, Hanks provided buffalo meat to the starving party. As the company moved from day to day, Ephraim Hanks killed many buffalo: "The most remarkable thing about it was that I had traveled that road more than fifty times, and never before saw so many buffaloes in that part of the country.
He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 12 July 1848. A short time later, he served as a missionary for the church in Stratford-on-Avon. Jaques crossed the Atlantic with his wife in 1856 on the Horizon. They landed at Boston and proceeded by train to Iowa City. There they joined the Martin Handcart Company.
The ferry was discontinued in 1853 after a competing toll bridge was constructed. On October 19, 1856, the Martin Handcart Company forded the freezing river in mid-October, leading to exposure that would prove fatal to many members of the company. [41] [42] Red Butte (940 miles (1,513 km) west) – Red Butte was the most tragic site of the ...
The Martin Handcart company had begun its journey on July 28, 1856 which was dangerously late in the season and would ultimately lead to the disaster. Although the number who died in the Cove is unknown, more than 145 members of the Martin Company died before reaching Salt Lake City. [3]