BYU STUDIES Volume 45 Issue 3 2006

Few stories have captured the hearts of Latter-day Saints like the account of the rescuers from the Salt Lake Valley carrying members of the Martin Company across the freezing Sweetwater River. In “The Martin Handcart Company at the Sweetwater: Another Look,” Chad Orton shares his thorough research on the rescue and its aftereffects on the men involved. His work gives a more complete history of this event and corrects some common misconceptions.

Most Latter-day Saints know that Joseph Smith ...