Handcart Pioneers

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Historical_Society
gptkbp:assisted_by gptkb:Mormon_Church
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Mormonism
gptkbp:challenges gptkb:disease
harsh weather
lack of food
gptkbp:commemoration gptkb:Handcart_Days
gptkbp:community_support Mormon settlements
gptkbp:cultural_impact Mormon culture
gptkbp:first_group 1856
gptkbp:historical_impact gptkb:cultural_identity
American West history
immigration history
Mormon history
settler narratives
religious migration
gptkbp:historical_records gptkb:diaries
gptkb:letters
gptkb:photographs
journals
newspaper articles
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol of faith and perseverance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handcart Pioneers
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:art
gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
gptkbp:last_group 1860
gptkbp:legacy pioneer spirit
gptkbp:lives_in gptkb:Utah
gptkbp:memorials pioneer monuments
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Mormon_migration
gptkbp:notable_journey gptkb:Winter_Quarters
gptkb:Salt_Lake_Valley
gptkbp:notable_leader gptkb:James_G._Willie
Edward Martin
gptkbp:number_of_pioneers approximately 3,000
gptkbp:originated_in gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:primary_use settlement in the West
gptkbp:route gptkb:Hastings_Cutoff
gptkbp:survivors oral histories
gptkbp:time_period mid-19th century
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:community_gatherings
gptkb:Ancestry.com
family history research
pioneer celebrations
pioneer reenactments
gptkbp:transportation river crossings
handcart
crossing plains
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mormon_Pioneer_Overland_Travel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6