Mormon Handcart Pioneers Head for Salt Lake City - June 9, 1856
Today in History, almost 500 Mormons started out on a journey west from Iowa City to Salt Lake City. They had special handcarts that had 2 wheels made for them to take their belongings to the new sanctuary in Utah. There were about 100 of these handcarts, which held 400-500 pounds. Each family had a handcart and the parents and older children took turns pushing the carts. It was a long, hard journey, and not everyone who started out made it to the end. The reason these handcarts were used was to save money as the finances were very tight.
Source: History.com-Mormon Handcart Pioneers
Here is a web site that looks at Mormonism from a Biblical viewpoint:CARM-Mormonism
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