Devil's Gate
Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy
Mormon pioneers
Mormons, biography
West (u.s.), biography
Migrations
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.)
Mormons
Disasters
19th century
Frontier and pioneer life
Biography
History
"The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles. Following the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, its second prophet and new leader, Brigham Young, determined to m…
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