U13, U32, U52 YSA Super Activity at MARTIN'S COVE.
On any summer evening in July hundreds of emigrants could be found swarming all over Independence Rock, chiseling messages to others following behind. Many of the emigrants arrived here on the fourth of July, and that was cause for celebration. Pies were baked and revelry was shared.
On top of Independence Rock...
Martin's Cove
Distance: 993 miles from Nauvoo
Having started late from Iowa and suffered innumerable mishaps and miscalculations along the way, two handcart companies under the leadership of Captains Edward Martin and James G. Willie were caught in early snows here near the Continental Divide in 1856. One of the greatest tragedies in overland trail history, hundreds died of exposure and starvation before rescuers from the Salt Lake Valley brought them to this location a few miles west of Devil's Gate in early November.
In the "COVE"...
Three young, 18-year old men, Allen Huntington, George W. Grant, and David P. Kimball, volunteer to carry the weakened Saints across the river. When Brigham Young receives word of their feat, he weeps and says that their feat has assured them of celestial glory.
Crossing the "SWEETWATER RIVER"...
TREK...Clean and ready to GO...
Checking in for the "Adventure"...
Sleeping Beauty...
Dirty from head to toe and ready for a "Shower"!
MA & PA SMOOT...
