TO THE RESCUE
HANDCARTS HO
AROUND THE RANCH
MARTIN CO
THIS AND THAT
100

Captain of the First Rescue Company

Who is George D. Grant

100

Where the handcart companies left from

What is Iowa City

100

When did Tom Sun homestead the ranch

What is 1872

100

Who was the captain of the Martin Co.?

Who is Edward Martin

100

When did Brigham Young call for volunteers to go rescue the handcart companies?

When is October 5, 1856

200

Where did the Rescuers find Willie Co.

What is Ice Slough

200

Where was the first resupply supposed to be?

Where is Fort Laramie

200

Dates Fort Seminoe was operational

1852-1856

200

When did the Martin Co. reach the Salt Lake Valley?

When is November 30, 1856

200

Wagon companies traveling with the Martin Co.?

What is Hunt and Hodgett

300

Where the Martin Co. met 6 relief wagons

What is Greasewood Creek

300

How much weight per person on each handcart?

What is 17 lbs per adult, 10 lbs per child

300

The "Museum of the Sweetwater" was this at one time

What is a schoolhouse

300

Who was the woman who wept when she realized she had to cross another river?

Who is Patience Loader

300

What the rations were reduced to in the cove?

What is 4 oz for adults, 2 oz for children

400

How many men were in the first rescue company

What is 50

400

The number of handcart companies in 1856

What is 5

400

Tom Sun Jr. shot this for killing his cattle

What is a white wolf

400

How many were there in the Martin Handcart Co.?

What is 576

400

How many rescuers stayed behind to guard the freight?

What is 20

500

Where was the Martin Handcart found

What is Bessemer Bend

500

Name of the ships the immigrants sailed to America on

What is the Horizon, the S. Curling, Thornton, Enoch Train

500

How many AED's on the ranch

What is 3

500

How many miles from Iowa City to Martin's Cove?

What is 975

500

Date Gordon B. Hinkley dedicated Martin's Cove

What is May 3, 1997