GASKELL, Elizabeth: A Forgotten Pioneer
Brother Brigham
Mature, single women who were early converts and emigrants to Utah have received short shrift in Latter-day Saint History.Although the two ill-fated handcart companies of 1856 suffered most of the deaths, several of the wagon companies that were bringing up the rear, including the one in which Elizabeth traveled, were also caught in the early winter storms that swept the barren highlands of Wyoming in October and November.
