CLUES
ACROSS
1 (2 words) The campsite on the other side of the deadly Rocky Ridge climb. (This is where we will stay on the last evening of the Trek).
3 What was in the water between Casper and the Martin's Cove, which killed alot of oxen?
7 Strong animals which pulled a few wagons of flour to supply the handcart companies.
9 (Name/Name) The name of the London missionary who sailed to Boston and was Captain of 576 trekkers of which 145 didn't survive.
11 (2 words) What river had the Martin company just crossed as the blizzard struck on October 19th?
14 (2 words) Where was the rescue party camped the eveing that Captain Willie and Joseph Elder found them in a blizzard on October 20th?
21 (2 words) By what river was the Willie company halted by a blizzard on October 19th?
22 (3 words) What Fund provided finanical assistance for poor emigrants to come to Zion (Utah)?
23 Used as campfire wood on the plains of Nebraska and high plains of Wyoming.
26 (2 words) Name the part of the trail that the Willie Company had to ascend the day after the rescue party arrived. (EXTRA: 13 were buried at Rock Creek the following morning.)
28 In 1855 the year before the Willie & Martin company's came - what ravished nearly 1/2 of the Utah harvest?
30 The ship that set sail for New York, whose passengers became the Willie Handcart Company.
32 What do we call a heavy snow storm with a strong wind?
37 (Name/Initial/Name) Who was the President of the European Mission (in Liverpool) in 1855?
41 (Name/Name) This rescuer stayed at Devil's Gate until the following Spring to protect the luggage removed from the Hunt & Hodgett wagons. The wagons were used to haul the remaining food and some of the severly frostbitten members of the Martin Co.
42 (2 Words) Name the vacant fort where the Hodgett & Hunt Company's wagon baggage was unloaded & left until Spring. (EXTRA: The wagons were then used to transport those that could no longer walk.)
44 (2 words) What was the name of the Church's England based periodical (similar to our Ensign)?
45 What was used to push or pull the belongings of 5 people.
46 Name the country that most of the immigrant/converts came from.
47 Name of one of the two ox-wagon trains that followed a distance behind the Martin Company?
48 What city in Wyoming is close to where the Martin Company crossed the ice chunky Platte River
49 (2 words) High altitude flatlands, such as in Wyoming.
DOWN
1 (2 words) Name the place the Martin Company camped for 9 days after crossing the Platte River. (EXTRA: 56 died before three rescue scouts arrived on October 28th, and got them moving towards the rescue wagons.)
2 Due to this condition, many of the Martin Company had to have fingers, toes and limbs amputated.
4 (Name/Name) Who's vote was the lone dissenter in Nebraska, warning of the perils of going west so late in August?
5 (Name/Initial/Name) Who did the rescue party elect to be their Captain? (EXTRA: 250 relief wagons were on the trail by the end of October.)
6 Grasslands - with few trees, as in Nebraska.
8 (2 words) In Iowa, what was the name of the Camp where the immigrants made their own green lumber handcarts and round 20 person tents ?
10 The canvas type material that pioneer women made large round tents. Each tent would sleep 20 people.
12 Flatlands - that are wooded, as in Iowa.
13 The state were Martin's Cove is located.
15 Name the other ox-wagon train that followed a distance behind the Martin Company.
16 What animal did Brigham Young tell the rescue party to use, because oxen would be to slow?
17 What nickname did Captain Grant of the Rescue party give to Reddick Allred, after finding him still at his post at South Pass? Grant said, "Hoorah to the ______! (EXTRA: Reddick waited at South Pass for 3 weeks, with many wagons of supplies waiting for the rescuers to find the lost Willie and Martin Companys. Several men with Reddick decided to go back to Utah assuming the Companys found a place to winter over. These men also turned back 77 other relief wagons. The Prophet, Brigham Young turned them around and sent them back to South Pass.)
18 (2 words) What is the name of the hill where the Pioneers can stand and look back to see Casper and forward to see the Sweetwater mountains?
19 (Name/Name) The rescuer who posted a signboard which helped Captain Willie find the rescue party in a during a heavy snowstorm. (EXTRA: The sign was intended to help some rescue scouts to re-join the rescue party.)
20 A common pioneer meal consisting of flour and water and if available, some sugar.
24 (Name/Initial/Name) Who said, "Go and Bring Them In"
25 What we call a person who leads the way for others to follow in their footsteps. A person who has faith and courage in the face of trials and temptation to keep the commandments and follow the prophet.
27 (2 words) The Fort in Wyoming that had no restocking provisions for the Willie & Martin Company's.
29 (Name/Initial/Name) The name of the London missionary who sailed to New York and was Captain of 500 trekkers of which 67 didn't survive.
31 The place, the goal and the destination of thousands of converts throughout the world.
33 I long hill out on the plains, from which the Willie Company first saw the rescuers and the rescuers first saw the Willie Company. (If you can't figure out this one, the answer is on the web-site; www.oldjuniper.com/trek. Then double click on the picture of the handcart in the top/left corner.)
34 (Name/Initial/Name) The rescuer who had a vision of the trekkers out on the snowy plains and set out on his own to assist. (EXTRA: He brought the suffering Martin Company buffalo meat and performed many priesthood blessings.)
35 (2-words) Today this town is called Florence, Nebraska. It's the place where Levi Savage warned that going on to Salt Lake was too riskly that late in the year.
36 (2 words) The place where severe weather forced the Martin, Hodgett and Hunt companies to halt for 5 days. Near Devil's Gate.
38 (2 words) Also known as "prairiewood". Cooking on the grasslands, required gathering this fuel for campfires.
39 The ship that set sail for Boston, whose passengers became the Martin Handcart Company.
40 An English city from which immigrants boarded ships and set sail for Zion.
43 (Trick question) What caused the Willie Company's cattle to stampede. (EXTRA: They lost 30 head, so each handcart had to add 100 pounds of flour.)