Ep#1: 1856 Timeline Twist & The Mormon Handcart Tragedy

12/13/2023: On today's episode, we bring you Victorian women's fashion, a caning in the U.S. Senate, and so much more in Valerie's 1856 Timeline Twist. Then Amy Jo tells the extraordinary and senselessly tragic story of the Mormon handcart pioneers and their journey West.

Cover Photo: Handcart Pioneer Monument by Torleif S. Knaphus, 1926

1. Cordwainer Ward Statue, London

2. Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective Agency

3. Victorian Floral Hair Bands

4. Take Your Son, Sir! by Ford Madox Brown, 1851-6

5. Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton by John Faed, 1856

6. Handcart Pioneer Map

7. Mormon Missionaries, Liverpool

8. Brigham Young, around 1856

9. The Sacred Incline

10. A Modern Handcart Mission

Sources/Photo Sources

Timeline Twist Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856

https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1856 

https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3927.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Annie_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856_in_music 

https://saltlakeinsider.com/20-awesome-things-never-knew-salt-lake-city/

https://www.treehugger.com/breathtaking-facts-about-the-mississippi-river-5186980

https://facts.net/mississippi-river-facts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions

https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-12.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Warne#/media/File:Kate-warne(cropped).jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFFTbwLLaRw

https://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/ribbons-and-curls-flowers-and-pearls-mid-19th-century-french-headdresses/

https://www.invaluable.com/blog/art-history-timeline/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_your_Son,_Sir!

(You must add the ! at the end of this link to find page)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_George_Washington_Taking_the_Salute_at_Trenton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856_in_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seattle_(1856)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1856_advertisements_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Newspaper_advertisement_for_Laura_Keene's_Theater.jpg

Timeline Twist Photo Sources:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Cordwainer_statue_Watling_Street.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Warne#/media/File:Kate-warne(cropped).jpg

https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/gogm/16088410/29140/29140_original.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_your_Son,_Sir!

(You must add the ! at the end of this link to find page)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_George_Washington_Taking_the_Salute_at_Trenton#/media/File:Portrait-of-george-washington-taking-the-salute-at-trenton-john-faed.jpg

Mormon Handcart Tragedy Sources:

Roberts, David. (2009) Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Handcart Tragedy.

Simon and Schuster.

https://www.denverpost.com/2008/12/11/handcart-hypocrisy/

https://historicalgeneralconferences.weebly.com/1856-october.html#BYa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_and_Martin_handcart_companies

https://www.sltrib.com/news/mormon/2016/08/18/treks-give-mormon-teens-a-taste-of-pioneer-past-but-some-practices-steer-away-from-history/

https://www.youtube.com/live/e2S_yYytSvw?si=O4pHDJOrYfHtwT5C

https://www.youtube.com/live/jivL-JfWnns?si=psjqh_ZDiqDcRlLl

https://www.youtube.com/live/jivL-JfWnns?si=psjqh_ZDiqDcRlLl

https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/journey-martins-cove-mormon-handcart-tragedy-1856

Mormon Handcart Tragedy Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers#/media/File:Mormon_Pioneer_handcart_statue.jpg

https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/journey-martins-cove-mormon-handcart-tragedy-1856

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/HandcartMapLDS.org_.jpg

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/exhibit/willie-and-martin-remembered-a-tribute-to-the-mormon-handcart-pioneers?lang=eng#mv0