by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
BE BRAVE, MY BOY Peder and Helena Mortensen had eight children ages 28-6; Morten (28), Kirstine (24), Anders (22), Hans (19), Lars (13), Mette (11), Mary (9), Caroline (6). As soon as Peder and Helena heard the gospel they accepted it quickly. The Mortensen family...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
DAY AFTER DAY The Willie company faced their most trying day October 23, when they climbed the Rocky Ridge during a fierce snowstorm. Some pioneers travelled all day and night, arriving at camp at 5am. Thirteen people died and were buried in a common grave at Rock...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
GATHER ROUND Jens and Elsie Nielson worked alongside others in Iowa City in preparing tents and handcarts for their journey. The Willie company was organized into five groups with approximately 100 Saints in each group. It was further organized into 5 tent-groups...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
GATHERED IN HIS ARMS Margery Smith was a 51-year-old widow from Dundee, Scotland, who was emigrating with five children and a close friend of the family, Euphemia Mitchell. Margery’s oldest son, Robert Bain, had emigrated in 1854, where he went to Lehi, Utah,...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
HOPE Ellen Parkinson was 5 years old, the sixth of 9 living children of John and Ellen Smalley Parkinson, when she traveled with her family in the Martin Handcart Company. In 1837, John and Ellen were among the first converts to the Church in Preston, England. John...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
I ASKED GOD’S HELP Ann Jewell Rowley wrote: “There came a time when there seemed to be no food at all. Some of the men left to hunt buffalo. Night was coming and there was no food for the evening meal. I asked God’s help as I always did. I got on my knees,...
