This illustration from 1896 shows a Mormon Hand-Cart Comoany crossing the Plains. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Salt Lake City, Utah, between 1856 and 1860. They used two-wheeled handcarts to transport their belongings. Two of the companies, the Willie and Martin companies, started their journey dangerously late in 1856 and were caught by heavy snow and severe temperatures in central Wyoming. Despite a dramatic rescue effort, more than 210 of the 980 pioneers in these two companies died along the way.
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This illustration from 1896 shows a Mormon Hand-Cart Comoany crossing the Plains. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Salt Lake City, Utah, between 1856 and 1860. They used two-wheeled handcarts to transport their belongings. Two of the companies, the Willie and Martin companies, started their journey dangerously late in 1856 and were caught by heavy snow and severe temperatures in central Wyoming. Despite a dramatic rescue effort, more than 210 of the 980 pioneers in these two companies died along the way.

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