![]() ![]() Members of the Martin Company endured horrible hardships caused by the weather and lack of food. Twenty-five percent of the group died, a rate higher than that of the more famous Donner Party. ![]() Dallas has created fictional members of the party and tells their stories as they make this horrible journey. Also, three other companies had gone earlier in the year and had used up all of the seasoned wood to make their carts forcing this group to set out with carts made of green wood which proceeded to fall apart on a regular basis. Unfortunately, they left too late in the season to make it across the mountains before the snows began. ![]() True Sisters tells the story of The Martin Company, a group of settlers who left from Iowa to journey to Salt Lake City pushing their belongings in handcarts. ![]()
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