Heber Robert McBride (May 13, 1843 – 1925) was an autobiographer who immigrated to the United States from England in 1856 at the age of thirteen.
Being the oldest son in the family, McBride helped pull the handcart with his older sister, Jennetta,[7] making the journey to the Salt Lake Valley on foot.
[9] His experience with the Martin Handcart Company was recorded in his personal journal which is now at the Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library in their L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
[2] He worked for some time hauling lumber to Plain City, Utah from the North Ogden Pass, and later took a job ferrying wood to Salt Lake.
He spent the winter of 1862 in his home by the North Fork Fiver, but moved to Huntsville, Utah to attend school.
[9] McBride recorded that in 1863 there were a number of Indians that were scattering livestock,[9] and he was called to be a scout in the Black Hawk War in Utah Territory.
[2] He is noted in the book Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah[1] and his autobiography is frequently cited by Mormon historians for its documentation of conditions in the Martin Handcart Company.