Download or read book Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies written by Rebecca Bartholomew and published by Signature Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the journey of European immigrants across the plains of the Midwest and through the Rocky Mountains during the summer of 1856 and the daring rescue of two of these groups caught by early winter storms in the mountains.