Mormon Handcart Pioneers - Utah History
by Gary Whitton
Title
Mormon Handcart Pioneers - Utah History
Artist
Gary Whitton
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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A stylized view of the Handcart Pioneer Monument Statue by Torleif Soviren Knaphus. The monument is remembrance of Mormon pioneers who crossed the American West with little more than what could be carried in handicart similar to that pictured. Between 1846 and 1868, approximately 10% of the emigrants coming from the East. Most handcart pioneers were poor emigrants from Scotland, England, Wales and Scandinavia
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September 14th, 2012
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