Martin's Cove

Location: Approximately two to three miles northwest of Devil's Gate. The mormon Handcart Visitor Center is located three miles east of the actual site of Martin's Cove, but visitors can hike to the cove for the best view of Devil's Gate and can also hike to the entrance of the "gate" on newly constructed pathways. The road to the Mormon Hand Cart Visitor Center exits Highway 220 at a point located 0.75 mile southwest of the entrance to the Bureau of Land Management's interpretive center at Devil's Gate. The distance from highway 220 to the mormon Hand Cart visitor Center is approximately one mile. the Visitor Center is located a the former headquarters of the Sun Ranch. A pathway leads from the Visitor center to Martin's Cove. The round trip on the pathway is approximately five miles. Handcarts are available so visitors can relive the experience of traveling the trail with one of the two-wheeled carts.

Wagon

History: In early 1856, Mormon converts from England sailed from Liverpool, then traveled across American by train, wagon, and handcart to a new home in Salt Lake City. A handcart was a two-wheeled wooden wagon, similar in design to an oversized wheelbarrow and could carry 400-500 pounds of provisions. "Handcart pioneers" could make the entire trip from Liverpool to the Salt Lake Valley for less then $45, in weeks less time, and with fewer casualties than those using costly covered wagons. Ten handcart companies composed of 2962 pioneers (three percent of the total Mormon migration) journeyed to Salt Lake city between 1856 and 1860.

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Stop 1 Oregon Trail Burial - Quintina Snoderly · Stop 2 Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park · Stop 3 Richard's (Reshaw's) Bridge and Trading Post · Stop 4 Mormon Ferry, Probable Second Site · Stop 5 Mormon Ferry, Probable First Site · Stop 6 Fort Caspar · Stop 7 Battle of Red Buttes · Stop 8 Bessemer Bend/Red Buttes Crossing · Stop 9 Emigrant Gap · Stop 10 Avenue of Rocks/Devil's Backbone/Clayton's Slough · Stop 11 Willow Springs · Stop 12 Prospect Hill/Ryan Hill · Stop 13 Horse Creek (Greasewood) · Stop 14 Saleratus (Playa) Lake/Sweetwater Pony Express Station · Stop 15 Independence Rock · Stop 16 Devil's Gate · Stop 17 Martin's Cove · Stop 18 Split Rock

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