Winter Woman, page 26
The handcart companies of 1856, 1857, and 1858 began in Iowa City. The journey was 1,300 miles and took approximately four months. With the completion of the railroad to St. Joseph, Missouri, in February 1859, the route was shortened to 1,000 miles and took about three months. The Mormon immigrants organized at St. Joseph, then caught riverboats up the Missouri River to begin their handcart trek from Florence, Nebraska. (Florence is now part of Omaha.)
The Mormon Church halted the use of handcarts after 1860. Thereafter, the new immigrant converts traveled by wagon train, until the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The journey that had required three to four months of great hardship could now be accomplished in relative comfort on the train in less than two days.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WINTER WOMAN
About the Author
Also by F.M. Parker
LIEUTENANT STEPTOE SHOUTED, "FIRE."
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