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MormonTimes.com: Pushing and pulling; handcart treks test youths, make memories

Published: Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:08 a.m. MDT
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Dave Burnham hoped to take 300 teenagers "further than they've ever thought they were capable of emotionally, physically and spiritually" this summer.

To do that, he took them back to a time before cell phones, cars and even the buildings that make up Salt Lake City were around.

Read the full story online at MormonTimes.com

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