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1856 Mormon handcart tragedy
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1856_Mormon_handcart_tragedy
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Mormon_handcart_disaster
gptkbp:cause
delayed departure
early winter snowstorms
insufficient supplies
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Mormon_Handcart_Historic_Sites
annual reenactments
gptkbp:date
1856
gptkbp:destination
gptkb:Salt_Lake_City,_Utah
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1856 Mormon handcart tragedy
gptkbp:involves
gptkb:Latter-day_Saint_pioneers
gptkb:Martin_Handcart_Company
gptkb:Willie_Handcart_Company
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Wyoming,_United_States
gptkbp:notableLeader
gptkb:Edward_Martin
gptkb:James_G._Willie
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
over 1,000
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
gptkbp:referencedIn
LDS Church history
gptkbp:rescueLedBy
gptkb:Brigham_Young
gptkb:Daniel_W._Jones
gptkb:Ephraim_Hanks
gptkb:George_D._Grant
gptkbp:resultedIn
many deaths
frostbite injuries
rescues by LDS relief parties
gptkbp:route
gptkb:Mormon_Trail
gptkbp:significance
major event in Mormon pioneer history
gptkbp:victim
at least 200
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Martin's_Cove
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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