"Brethren and sisters, what I have said, I know to be true.” Levi Savage was a lone voice that hot August morning in 1856 as he graphically warned 500 of his fellow Latter-day Saints about the hazards of continuing their journey to the Mormon mecca of Salt Lake City, Utah. The trail-wise Savage shared the burning religious fervor with the others who were emigrating, not in the traditional covered wagon, but by pushing and pulling handcarts loaded with supplies and all their worldly belon


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