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Benjamin Thomas Mitchell Company

Date Formed
1854 June 1
Date Ended
1854 August 5
Location Formed
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Migration
Organization Participants in Database
15

This small company outfitted in Council Bluffs and crossed the Missouri River on 1 June with 17 wagons and 54 oxen. While encamped fitting out for the journey, four people in the company died from cholera. As soon as the company started out, the health of the company improved and there were no further deaths.

Vehicle Type
Wagon

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Formed in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1854 June 1

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Occurred On 1854 June 1
Formed

Benjamin Thomas Mitchell Appointed as Company Captain

1854 June 1 – August 5

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Ended On 1854 August 5
Organization was Ended

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1854 August 5

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Occurred On 1854 August 5
Ended

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Wagon Company

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