Heather interviews Will Bagley about the disaster that befell the Martin Willie handcart companies.

Links & References:

Bagley, Will. "One Long Funeral March - A Revisionist's View of the Mormon Handcart Disasters" Juornal of Mormon History 2009.
Moore, Carrie. Historians Fault Leaders in LDS Handcart Tragedy Deseret News 2006.
Roberts, David. Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy
Smith, Don. Leadership, Planning, and Management of the 1856 Mormon Handcart Emigration Annals of Iowa 2006.
Turner, John. Mormon Handcart Pioneers Patheos 2013.
BYU Website - The Travels of the Willie Handcart Company
Wikipedia - 17 Miracles