Mormon handcart pioneers set out for Salt Lake City - June 9th, 1856 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1856, nearly 500 members of the Latter-Day Saints set out for Salt Lake City, carrying everything they owned in two-wheeled handcarts.

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