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Handcart Pioneers (sculpture)

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handcarts. / Some 250 died on the journey, but nearly / 3,000, mostly British converts, completed the 1,350-mile trek from Iowa City, Iowa, to / the Salt Lake Valley. Many Latter-Day Saints / today proudly recount the trials and the triumphs of their ancestors who were among the Mormon handcart pioneers.
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Handcart Pioneer Monument / The Handcart Pioneer Monument is a / tribute to the thousands of hardy Mormon / pioneers who, because they could not / afford the larger ox-drawn wagons, walked / across the rugged plains in the 1850s / pulling and pushing all their posses / sions in handmade all-wood
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The sculpture measures approximately 6 x 4 x 10 feet and rests on a stone base which measures approximately 1 x 5 x 12 feet. It depicts people moving a handcart; most are pulling the loaded cart, apart from one young boy who is pushing from the rear. A nearby plaque reads:
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The artwork is administered by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints' Museum of Church History and Art. It was surveyed by the
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1.8 m × 1.2 m × 3.0 m (6 ft × 4 ft × 10 ft)
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This article about a sculpture in the United States is a
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Torleif S. Knaphus
Bronze sculpture
Salt Lake City
Utah
Coordinates
40°46′10.6″N 111°53′34.2″W / 40.769611°N 111.892833°W / 40.769611; -111.892833
bronze sculpture
Torleif S. Knaphus
Salt Lake City
Temple Square
U.S. state
Utah
Smithsonian Institution
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"Hardcart Pioneers, (sculpture)"
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Handcart Monument (Knaphus)
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