This year marks the sesquicentennial of the journey of the Martin and Willie Handcart Companies. In commemoration of the sacrifice made by these pioneers, documentary filmmaker Lee Groberg, author ...

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Statues commemorating the heroic efforts of four men who carried members of the Martin and Willey handcart companies across an icy Sweetwater River crossing were unveiled recently at a ...

SWEETWATER (WSVN) — Miami-Dade Fire Rescue saved a family’s furry and spiky companions from an apartment fire in Sweetwater. Flames broke out in the apartment near Southwest First Street and 109th ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Tuesday was a big day for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the City of Sweetwater, as Station 29 had its dedication and grand opening. The new 11,000-square-foot station will provide ...

In 1856 two emigrant handcart companies and two wagon trains were caught in the October snows of Wyoming They left too late from England in their 6000 mile journey to the Salt Lake Valley Nearly one ...

While the story of the Mormon trek from Illinois to Salt Lake City in the late 1840s is well-known, most people today are unfamiliar with two ill-fated 1856 journeys by Mormon immigrants from Europe.