ZION - AT LAST!
Finally, on Sunday, November 30, 1856, the Martin Handcart Company entered the Salt Lake Valley.
They had struggled along for 4 1/2 months since leaving Iowa City, Iowa, on July 15.
About 150 of the company perished along the way. Some were buried along the trail, and some were just covered with snow.
Even as they prepared to enter the Salt Lake Valley they continued to die.
And one little girl was born - Echo Squires, named after Echo Canyon where she was born and wrapped in the shirt of Robert T. Burton, one of the kind and brave rescuers.
Along the way there had been many sacrifices and acts of charity.
Amy Loader gave a precious piece of bread to a man who surely would have died without it.
Sarah Ann Haigh crossed the icy North Platte River 32 times as she carried 16 people to safety on the other side.
Many parents lost children, and children like Sarah Ellen Ashton, age 7, and her sister Mary, age 4, lost their parents.
Even as they prepared to enter the Salt Lake Valley they continued to die.
And one little girl was born - Echo Squires, named after Echo Canyon where she was born and wrapped in the shirt of Robert T. Burton, one of the kind and brave rescuers.
Amy Loader gave a precious piece of bread to a man who surely would have died without it.
Francis Webster and his wife Ann Elizabeth had only been married 5 months when they left England, and their baby daughter Amy was born on the plains of Nebraska.
All three survived, and years later Francis bore a strong testimony of the Gospel and shared his thoughts about coming with the Martin Handcart Company.
The testimonies of these valiant saints reach down to us through time to remind us of the tremendous sacrifices that were made for the sake of the Gospel.
May we all remember them!
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