Enoch Train Pioneers: Trek of the First Two Handcart Companies, 1856

by Day, Robert O.

• ISBN13: 9781890905019
• ISBN10: 1890905011
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Day to Day Enterprises

Summary

It was a deafening silence that was felt by all as the final curtain fell. Moments later people rose to their feet and applauded loudly as the cast of The Enoch Train Pioneers, Journey to Zion stepped onto the stage for their curtain call. Robert O. Day had magically transformed the history of the Enoch Train pioneers into a standing room only theatrical production for the The Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of the people who saw the show asked where they might find a book on the topic, unfortunately there was none.

Author Biography

Robert O. Day is a retired professor of Communication and Theatre from East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City Tennessee where he taught for 30 years. As a master storyteller, he still shares his skills today as he travels with his wife for BookPals (sponsored by SAG) telling stories in the public schools. He is also a notable public speaker and presenter in the fields telementary oral language arts, public speaking, creative dramatics, geneology, etc. Linda Weaver Day is a former professional photographer, Early Childhood Educator and former director of a large day care

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Why Would They Risk Such a Long and Dangerous Journey?	p. 1
The Apostasy	p. 1
The Restoration	p. 1
The Gathering	p. 2
The Gathering In The Last Days	p. 2
The Perpetual Emigration Fund	p. 3
Voyage of the Sailing Ship, the Enoch Train	p. 6
Preparing To Sail	p. 9
Preparations For A Successful Journey	p. 10
The Time For Departure	p. 12
Life Below Deck During A Storm At Sea	p. 16
General Conference Observed	p. 19
A Tall Tale At Sea	p. 22
One of Many Healings	p. 25
Almost To America	p. 27
Waiting To Go Ashore	p. 28
Journey by Omnibus, Steamship and Train to Iowa City	p. 36
By Omnibus To The Railroad Station	p. 36
Traveling Pioneer Passenger Class On Immigrant Train Cars	p. 37
Waiting To Cross The Mississippi River	p. 39
Loaded Onto Open Boxcars To Travel On To Trails End	p. 41
Waiting and Working at the Immigration Camp Near Iowa City	p. 44
From Rails End To The Iowa City Campground	p. 44
Life In And Around Tent City	p. 45
Sabbath In The Iowa City Camp	p. 49
Waiting To Cross The Prairie To Florence, Nebraska	p. 51
Preparing The Handcart Companies To Leave	p. 56
Handcarts West to Florence, Nebraska (Winter Quarters): The Great Handcart Experiment Begins	p. 59
The First Handcart Company Leaves For Florence, Nebraska	p. 59
The Second Handcart Company Leaves For Florence, Nebraska	p. 60
Some Turned Back	p. 61
Death And Burial On The Trail	p. 62
Early Starts And Usually Short Days Of Travel Across Iowa	p. 64
Discontent and Harrasment At Norton, Iowa	p. 65
And The Handcarts Must Keep Moving	p. 66
Little Arthur Parker Is Lost	p. 72
Strangers In The Camp	p. 75
Traveling from Florence to the Salt Lake Valley	p. 77
Rest And Preparation At Florence	p. 77
The Final Push Toward The Mountains Of The Lord	p. 79
Struck By Lightening	p. 82
The Trial Of Faith And Enduring To The End	p. 85
The Handcart Song	p. 89
Buffalo	p. 91
Mother's Bathgate And Park	p. 94
Another Sunday On The Trail	p. 96
Deer Creek And Wagons Of Flour	p. 99
McArthur's Company Finally Catches Up With The First Company	p. 102
Escorted By President Young And Party Into Salt Lake City	p. 108
A Brief Account of the Apostacy, Restoration and Gathering of Modern Day Israel and the Perpetual Emigration Fund	p. 111
The Millenial Star on The Perpetual Emigration Fund	p. 122
Composite Passenger List of the Enoch Train	p. 128
Composite Passenger List of the Samuel S. Curling	p. 143
Births and Deaths - Alphabetical and by Date	p. 159
Days and Dates of Journey Breakdown by Travel Segments	p. 161
Clayton's, The Latter-day Saints Emigrant's Guide	p. 165
End Notes, By Chapter	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 194
Index	p. 197
About the Author and Illustrator	p. 206
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