By: Ardis E. Parshall - January 10, 2012 The Mormon experiment of sending emigrants across the Plains pulling handcarts was short-lived: Ten companies, between 1856 and 1860, made the trek. The “down and back” companies, reported so well here by Kevin Folkman, took over at that point, with emigrants arriving by railroad once the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. So it’s a little surprising to read a letter from ...
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