This Day In History - Mormons Leave for Salt Lake City 1856

Mormons Leave for Salt Lake City 1856

Monday, June 9, 2025

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Event Description

In an extraordinary demonstration of resolve and fortitude, nearly 500 Mormons leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City carryingall their goods and supplies in two-wheeled handcarts. Of all the thousands of pioneer journeys to the West in the 19th century, few were more arduous than those undertaken by the so-called Handcart Companies from 1856 to 1860.

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