Sweetwater and the Willie and Martin Handcart Rescue

Some Must Push and Some Must pull

 

Express Riders

These express riders were the advance charged with locating the coming wagon relief for the Willie and Martin Handcart Company.

Brother's Keeper 1856

Ascending Rocky Ridge

"Brigham's Call to Rescue"
These are the first six wagons racing up Echo Canyon in answer to Brigham Young's call to rescue the stranded Willie and Martin Handcart Company of 1856.