Happy Pie 'N Beer Day!
If your religion teaches you not to question the religion then your religion is undoubtedly hiding something from you! ~ Author Unknown Faith in every foot step, following the Mormon prophet, going where no one had gone before, they were devoted Mormon pioneers. On July 24th, Mormons celebrate and honor these early pioneers, particularly the ones that pulled handcarts 1300 miles across the plains. I grew up with their stories. They are a part of my inheritance. For 42 years I never suspected that I didn’t know the whole story behind why the Mormon pioneers came west predominantly by handcarts. More people died in the Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 than in the Donner Party disaster, yet it is not as well known. The average member especially has no idea about what was really behind this tragedy. (Money and greed on the part of the leaders of the church, especially Brigham Young, are the reasons hundreds of pioneers gave up their lives in my opinion.) I