A national historic site that Sue and I had never been to was Martin’s Cove. Since we live in Utah, and both have ancestors that were pioneers that came across the plains to Utah, this area was of interest to us. It marks the place were Mormon handcart pioneers, caught in an early November snowstorm, finally hunkered down and waited and prayed for help.
Help did eventually arrive, but the trials and sacrifices by this group of early Americans is remembered by the preservation of this site….