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Fine Art: Martin Handcart Company

	Bread of Life by Julie Rogers Amy Britwell Loader gave birth to four sons and nine daughters at the estate of Sir Henry Lambert in England, where her husband, James, had worked as foreman and head gardener for 35 years. When the family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, James was fired from his job as a consequence...read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	Bringing Them Home by Julie Rogers Ann Walmsley Greenhalgh Openshaw was 50 years old when she traveled the plains by handcart with her husband, five of her children and a daughter-in-law. Too weak and tired to continue one day she fell behind the company. As night was drawing nigh she heard a voice saying, "Ann, get up and go on."...read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	Cookies In Her Pocket by Julie Rogers Margaret Alice McBride was only three years old when she came with her parents and four siblings in the Martin Handcart Company to Utah....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	Hope by Julie Rogers Ellen Parkinson was 5 years old, the sixth of 9 living children of John and Ellen Smalley Parkinson, when she traveled with her family in the Martin Handcart Company. In 1837, John and Ellen were among the first converts to the Church in Preston, England. John had served a full-time mission there from 1840-42....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	I Found A Pie by Julie Rogers Mary Ann Mellor felt she could go no further. When her 16-year-old daughter, Louisa prayed for her, a pie miraculousy appeared. Mary Ann was able to eat and rest and then continue her journey....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	I'll Never Let Go by Julie Rogers Elizabeth Simpson Haigh Bradshaw was born into a family of wealth. Although she was orphaned at age nine, she continued to be raised as a child of privilege. By the time Elizabeth was 48 years old, she had been widowed twice, had five living children and had longed to emigrate to Zion for 16 years. Although her brothers tried to persuade her to remain in England, promising to care for her and educate her children, she turned to them and said, "I am going to Zion."...read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	In Tune by Julie Rogers ...read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	Look to God and Live by Julie Rogers Ann Elizabeth and Francis Webster left Liverpool in May of 1856. They had been married only 5 months and were expecting their first baby. Knowing this they chose to cross the plains by handcart and gave the rest of their considerable wealth to the Church Perpetual Emigration Fund to assist others....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	Not the End by Julie Rogers Sarah Ann Haigh was the oldest daughter of Elizabeth Simpson Haigh Bradshaw. At nineteen years of age, she traveled to Zion with her twice-widowed mother; brothers, Samuel Haigh, Richard Paul Bradshaw and Robert Hall Bradshaw; and sister, Isabella Jane Bradshaw....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	Orphans by Julie Rogers William and Sarah Ann Barlow Ashton brought their four daughters, Betsy (11), Sarah Ellen (7), Mary (4) and Elizabeth Ann (2), from England in 1856 with the Martin Handcart Company, leaving behind the grave site of another little daughter, Esther, who had died in infancy....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	The North Wind by Julie Rogers On October 19, 1856, the Martin Handcart Company made their final crossing of the N. Platte River as the first winter storm descended on them. ...read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	The Rescuer by Julie Rogers Stephen Wells Taylor, age 21, was among the first group of rescuers to answer Brigham Young's first public call to bring the late 1856 immigrants in to the Salt Lake Valley. ...read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	The River Was Wide by Julie Rogers George Padley was among those who carried others across the icy North Platte River on Oct. 19, 1856. His sweetheart and fiance, Sarah Ann Franks, was one that George took great care to look after and assist in every way. George had also taken his turn staying up nights guarding the cattle....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	The Vault of Heaven by Julie Rogers Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson left a good journal record of her experiences in traveling with the Martin Handcart Company with her husband, their three little children, and her sister....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

	We'll All Pull Together by Julie Rogers Charlotte Mee, age 20, and Betsy Mee, age 14, traveled to Zion with the Martin Handcart Company. They were headed for Nephi, Utah, where their married sister, Sarah Mee Wright, had immigrated previously. The girls' father had died in 1845 and their mother in 1848, so the girls had all worked very hard to accomplish their goals....read more	Julie Rogers Paintings

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