Edward Martin Company

Date Formed

1856 July 28

Date Ended

1856 November 30

Location Formed

Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States

Location Ended

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Organization Type

Migration

Organization Participants in Database

645

This company is also known as the Martin Handcart Company.

Vehicle Type

Handcart

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Formed in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States

1856 July 28

Edward Martin Appointed as Company Captain

1856 July 28 – November 30

Start Date Details

Appointed

End Date Details

Organization was Ended

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1856 November 30

Media

Handcart Company

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"Arrival of the Hand-Carts at Great Salt Lake City," The Mormon

"Arrival of the Hand-Carts at Great Salt Lake City," The Mormon, February 21, 1857. Read Transcript

"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains--The Way They Bury Them," Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains--The Way They Bury Them," Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 4, 1857. Read Transcript

"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains," Zanesville Gazette

"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains," Zanesville Gazette, February 17, 1857. Read Transcript

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"Mormonism: As illustrated in a lecture by Thomas Harris, late an Elder in the Mormon Church," Alton Weekly Courier

"Mormonism: As illustrated in a lecture by Thomas Harris, late an Elder in the Mormon Church," Alton Weekly Courier, July 30, 1857. Read Transcript

[Report on the Rescue of the Martin Company], in "History of Brigham Young,"

[Report on the Rescue of the Martin Company], in "History of Brigham Young,", November 11, 1856. Read Transcript

[Springfield] Daily Illinois State Register

[Springfield] Daily Illinois State Register, February 28, 1857. Read Transcript
[Springfield] Daily Illinois State Register, February 28, 1857. Read Transcript
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Fullmer, Jane Griffiths, [Reminiscence], in Ella Campbell, An Early Pioneer History and Reminiscences, 1914, 3. Read Transcript

Handcart Stories

"Dan Jones reminiscences", Handcart Stories, Page 20-22. Read Transcript

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Loynd, James, The Martin Handcart Company, 1926. Read Transcript

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Wasatch Wave

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