KEARNEY - The trip across Nebraska for the pioneers pushing handcarts was generally filled with hardships, but the 150th anniversary celebration in Kearney June 2 and 3 should be filled with fun.

The trek starts at Sixth Crossing — a pioneer crossing point on the Sweetwater River in south-central Wyoming — and snakes its way over a hilly landscape. It climbs the jagged limestone of Rocky Ridge ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley praised the courage and determination of the handcart pioneers Sunday, saying their trek from Iowa to Utah 150 years also serves as a ...

In June, youth and adults from this area trekked 43 miles in three days across the rugged landscape of Wyoming, re-enacting a pioneer saga of endurance and faith that has become a deep touchstone for ...

KEARNEY - What better way to understand the trials of pioneers than by trying it out ourselves, asks an organizer of the 150th Anniversary of the Handcart Pioneers.Anyone who wants to learn what it ...

With 4 ounces of flour and the name of a church pioneer hanging around their necks, area Mormon youths recently walked in the footsteps of their faith. In July, 65 teenagers and 25 adults from the ...

IOWA CITY (AP) — Amy Dawson knows it’s impossible to appreciate the difficulty, risks and sacrifice her Mormon ancestors made 150 years ago when they hiked 1,300 miles across the Great Plains to ...

About 80 teenagers and 20 adults from southeast Louisiana took part in a handcart trek Feb. 10-13, experiencing “in some measure the sacrifice, hardship, endurance, forgiveness, faith and testimony ...

When a devout flock of Mormon pioneers set out on foot in 1846, they embarked on an involuntary 3,000-mile trek through snow and mud after the violent death of their leader and under threat of an ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Amy Dawson knows it's impossible to appreciate the difficulty, risks and sacrifice her Mormon ancestors made 150 years ago when they hiked 1,300 miles across the Great Plains ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Amy Dawson knows it's impossible to appreciate the difficulty, risks and sacrifice her Mormon ancestors made 150 years ago when they hiked 1,300 miles across the Great Plains to ...