In 1864

DESCRIPTION: "In eighteen-hundred-sixty-four, We started out to meet the poor; We left our families and our friends To help gather Israel in." 53 teams head for Mormon Country. They have trouble crossing the Platte; the locals oppose them. But they finally arrive
AUTHOR: Words: Barnard White (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1944 (Carter, Heart Throbs of the West, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: travel home | Mormon
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 204, "In 1864" (1 text)
File: LDC204

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