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Journal Article

English

Bashore, Melvin L.

The 1933 Willie Handcart Company marker at Rock Creek Hollow

Mormon Historical Studies

2015

16

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Sandy, UT

Mormon Historic Sites Foundation

2015

78-95

After the Willie and Martin handcart companies traveled to Salt Lake City in 1856, their stories have achieved a level of cultural significance in Latter-day Saint history. The article describes efforts to preserve the memory of the Willie handcart company.

http://link.lib.byu.edu/portal/The-1933-Willie-Handcart-Company-marker-at-Rock/i6_mbQkQ1iU/

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Pioneers
Wyoming, Mormon Trail
Handcart companies
Historical markers and monuments
Pioneer life
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