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Not being able to visualize places and events is a difficulty of studying history; but now individuals are able to view the daily trek of one of the most famous handcart companies in pioneer history.

KEARNEY - Margaret Ann Griffiths was 16 years old when she pushed a handcart across the Plains in 1856 as part of the ill-fated Martin Handcart Company.She was traveling with her father, stepmother, ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man is catching the vision of the Mormon handcart pioneers. He's reenacting the trek to the Salt Lake Valley all the way from Iowa City. Following in the footsteps of the ...

In the years 1856-1860, a series of 10 companies of Mormon handcart pioneers embarked from Iowa City to cross the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains to the Great Salt Lake Valley. The handcarts were ...

This year marks the sesquicentennial of the journey of the Martin and Willie Handcart Companies. In commemoration of the sacrifice made by these pioneers, documentary filmmaker Lee Groberg, author ...

OAK GLEN >> More than 200 teens from the Rancho Cucamonga and La Verne stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently re-enacted the westward trek of their pioneer ancestors, ...

Approximately 221 Fort Collins and Loveland youths between ages 14 and 18 who belong to the Loveland Colorado Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints participated in a trek to ...

Participants in the handcart trek prepare for their journey. Submitted photos Youth between the ages of 14 and 18 from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from the Jamestown and West ...

With 4 ounces of flour and the name of a church pioneer hanging around their necks, area Mormon youths recently walked in the footsteps of their faith. In July, 65 teenagers and 25 adults from the ...