by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
I WILL GO On Sunday, October 26,1856, Brigham Young issued yet another of numerous calls for rescue of the handcart companies from the public pulpit. Many responded as quickly as possible, but Ephraim Knowlton Hanks had already been called by a voice during the night...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
I’LL NEVER LET GO Elizabeth Simpson Haigh Bradshaw was born into a family of wealth. Although she was orphaned at age nine, she continued to be raised as a child of privilege. By the time Elizabeth was 48 years old, she had been widowed twice, had five living...
by shannie | Nov 13, 2010 | Stories
“About three or four years ago, an impression came to Julie. This impression gave her a strong desire to paint Emma Hale Smith, the wife of the prophet of the Restoration, Joseph Smith Jr. Julie wanted her painting to capture a certain feeling about Emma,...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
LET US PRAY While traveling across Nebraska Territory, severe thunderstorms occasionally threatened the Willie handcart company. Thirteen-year-old Betsey Smith gave a description of what happened in one of these instances: “The wind . . . kept blowing harder...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
LOOKING FORWARD Sara Ann Oakey had early childhood memories that were not typical — walking up a gangplank to a large sailing ship, receiving a hard sea biscuit for her fourth birthday a week later, riding more than a thousand miles in a loaded handcart, and...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
MINISTERING James G. Willie was diligent in caring for the Saints on the ship, who had many needs. “I believe there has never before been a company with so many old and young, halt, blind, and lame, from so many nations, that crossed the sea,” wrote Anna...
