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By Paul Crumlish, July 8, 2010
Wide view of the Historic Iowa City / Mormon Handcart Trail - 1856 Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Iowa, Johnson County, Tiffin — 4 — Historic Iowa City / Mormon Handcart Trail - 1856 —  |
| Marker Front: The land on which Iowa City is located was a wilderness when it was selected and surveyed for the capital of the Territory of Iowa in 1839. The cornerstone of the new capitol building was laid by Governor Lucas on July 4, 1840. . . . — — Map (db m224362) HM | |||
| 2 ► Utah, Washington County, Hurricane — Many Came by Handcart — |
| Between June 9, 1856, and July 6, 1860, ten separate Handcart Companies left Iowa City, Iowa, or Florence, Nebraska to their land of Zion in the Utah Territory. There were 653 handcarts and 50 wagons. Nearly 3,000 souls, some with babes in arms, . . . — — Map (db m59369) HM | |||