History of the Saints

The History of the Saints: Gathering to the West is a television documentary series produced by Dennis Lyman and Glenn Rawson. It focuses on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members following the death of Joseph Smith. This includes the story of the Mormon Pioneers as they left behind Nauvoo, Illinois and traveled along the Mormon Trail to Utah.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	History of the Saints
First Air Date	October 10, 2010
Last Air Date	January 1, 2013
Seasons	2
Episodes	36
Episode Runtime	30min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United States of America
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The Handcart Story Part 1: The Plan

Though relatively few Latter-Day Saint pioneers crossed the overland Trail with a handcart, those handcart pioneers have become representative of the entire pioneer trail experience. The experiences of the Willie and Martin handcart companies in late 1856 have particularly come to represent the whole of the Latter-Day Saint handcart experience. This is not an accurate representation. This episode of History of the Saints presents the larger story of the Latter-Day Saints and handcarts.

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