I' VE BEEN THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT THE HANDCART COMPANIES THAT WERE CAUGHT IN THE EARLY STORMS 153 YEARS AGO.

THE PIONEERS HAD JUST CROSSED THE PLATTE RIVER FOR THE LAST TIME ON OCT. 19, 1856, WHEN THE STORMS BEGAN . FOR THREE DAYS THE STORMS NEVER LET UP! THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND FREEZING TO DEATH.

ON OCT. 28TH, THE ADVANCED PARTY OF MEN ON HORSEBACK FINALLY FOUND THEM BEYOND DEVIL'S GATE.