Pioneer Stories - Ellenor Roberts 

Ellenor Roberts - "...walked the rest of the journey bare-footed."

Emigrants of Welshmen made up the Third handcart company -  Stories from a journal...

Ellenor Roberts, a Welsh girl, was married to Elias Lewis under a shade tree at the Iowa outfitting camp. "As the journey continued, food became very scarce and many of their priceless possessions were traded for food. One of these was her wedding ring, which was exchanged for flour." Elias and Ellenor walked the entire distance. Ellenor was always particular about her shoes. She always kept them shiny and clean. When they reached the Missouri River she took them off, set them on the bank of the river, and when she got on the other side she discovered she had left them. She walked the rest of the journey bare-footed.

Captain Bunker's Company was welcomed into Salt Lake Valley on October 2. The first three companies of 1856 had safely arrived in Utah