Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
This is the map of the Westward Migration of Mormon settlers. It’s from the LDS maps section, Church History, Map 6. Please be aware that the church’s map is of poor quality, and the poster size (2×3 feet) is likely to print very blurry. I would probably not go larger than 11×17 with this map.
Jenny Smith
The Martin Handcart Company was the fifth handcart company to travel west to the Salt Lake Valley. This company of English emigrants left Iowa City, Iowa, on 28 July 1856. There were “576 [people], with 146 carts, 7 wagons, 30 oxen, and 50 cows and beef cattle” (LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen, Handcarts to Zion [1960], 93). At Florence, Nebraska, they stopped for handcart repairs. It was late…
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At the same time that the pioneers began leaving Nauvoo, 238 members of the Church who lived in New England embarked on a long sea voyage to reach the gathering place of the Saints in the West. They chartered the ship Brooklyn and sailed from New York on 4 February 1846. They landed at San Francisco, California, which was then called Yerba Buena, on 29 July 1846. They had made…
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On 28 July 1856 a handcart company under the leadership of Edward Martin left Iowa City, Iowa, and started across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. By October, cold weather and snow caught them in the mountains in central Wyoming. Short on food and other supplies, members of the company experienced exposure to cold, hunger, and exhaustion, and some began to die. They would suffer more losses than any…
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This black and white image, Pitcher, was donated by the artist, Chris Gunn. Click to read more about Chris.
This black and white image, Pioneer Tools Sugar And Flour Sacks, was donated by the artist, Chris Gunn. Click to read more about Chris.
This black and white image, Pioneer Tools Wagon, was donated by the artist, Chris Gunn. Click to read more about Chris.
This black and white image, Pioneer Tools Iron, was donated by the artist, Chris Gunn. Click to read more about Chris.
This black and white image, Pioneer Tools Lantern, was donated by the artist, Chris Gunn. Click to read more about Chris.
This black and white image, Pioneer Tools Grain Sacks, was donated by the artist, Chris Gunn. Click to read more about Chris.
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