FRIENDS FriendsOne week after the first call for rescue, Brigham Young drove out on the rescue trail himself, with Arza Hinckley as his teamster. Upon reaching Big Canyon Creek, Brigham became too ill to travel and Arza had to return him to Salt Lake when he was...
FRIENDLY GUIDEPOST Just as the Willie handcart company was facing their darkest hour to that point, four men rode up from the west. “Such a shout as was raised in camp I never before heard,” Joseph Elder said. These men were express riders who had been...
FIRST RESCUE (EMILY HILL AND JOSEPH A. YOUNG) Emily Hill, age 20, and her sister, Julia, age 23, were members of the Willie Handcart Company. Faithful to the cause they espoused, the sisters’ deeds were consistent with their beliefs. In traveling through Iowa, Emily...
FAMILY LOVE Peder and Helena Mortensen had eight children ages 28-6; Morten (28), Kirstine (24), Anders (22), Hans (19), Lars (13), Mette (11), Mary (9), Caroline (6). As soon as Peder and Helena heard the gospel they accepted it quickly. The Mortensen family decided...
DETERMINATION James Kirkwood (11) had a great responsibility to look after his younger brother, Joseph Smith Clements Kirkwood (5) in their immigration with the Willie Handcart Company in 1856. The Kirkwoods made a 15-mile journey in a storm. James and Joseph became...
CHRISTINA (CHRISTINA McNEILL) Margaret Caldwell wrote honestly for herself: “ I tried to be industrious, thrifty, and most of all courageous. I believe I was blessed with wisdom, foresight, and strength to carry on through the hardships I would be called to meet. I...
