05. The Handcart Story Part 5: The Call to Rescue

The story of the Willie and Martin handcart tragedy is not just one story of a single group; it is a story of many distinct groups interacting over a period of months. This episode focuses primarily on the Willie Company stranded on the plains of Wyoming, President Brigham Young and his brethren in Salt Lake City, and those heroic rescuers who left hearth and home to help their fellow Saints. This is the story of the rescue.