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David Evans Company

Departed

On 1850 June 15

Departed From

Kanesville, Iowa

Arrived

Between 1850 September 13 – 17

Vehicle Type

Wagon

Company Type

Independent Train

Company Direction

Westbound

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54 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

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Company Departed from Kanesville, Iowa

1850 June 15

David Evans Called as Captain

1850 June 15 – September 17 See Pioneers

Roles

Captain

Date Details

On 1850 June 15

Joined Company

Between 1850 September 13 – 17

Company Arrived

Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

1850 September 13

Sources

"Arrival of the Mail from the Valley," Frontier Guardian

"Arrival of the Mail from the Valley," Frontier Guardian, 10 July 1850. Transcript for "Arrival of the Mail from the Valley," Frontier Guardian, 10 July 1850, 2

Barbara Ann Eawell Evans autobiographical sketch, circa 1896, 2, in Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

Barbara Ann Eawell Evans autobiographical sketch, circa 1896, 2, in Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963. Transcript for Barbara Ann Eawell Evans autobiographical sketch, circa 1896, 2, in Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

"William Fawcett", Biographical sketches, 1891-2013. Transcript for William Fawcett, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell, 1893

Little, James Amasa, Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell, 1893, Page 32-34. Transcript for James Amasa Little, Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell, 1893, 32-34

Hannah Isabell Fawcett Nixon, Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938

Hannah Isabell Fawcett Nixon, Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938. Transcript for Hannah Isabell Fawcett Nixon, Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938

J. Millet on Cape Breton Island, 1927

J. Millet on Cape Breton Island, 1927, Page 89-92. Transcript for J. Millet on Cape Breton Island, 1927, 89-92

Jacobs, Elisabeth Coleman, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 44:67

Jacobs, Elisabeth Coleman, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 44:67. Transcript for Jacobs, Elisabeth Coleman, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 44:67

Juvenile Instructor

"Nelson Wheeler Whipple, "Journal of a Pioneer,"", Juvenile Instructor, 82, Number 3, (March), Page 120. Transcript for Nelson Wheeler Whipple, "Journal of a Pioneer," Instructor 82 no. 3 (March 1947): 121-124

Lorenzo Hill Hatch journal

Lorenzo Hill Hatch journal. Provo: Brigham Young University, Adult Education and Extension Services, Extension Publications, 1958. Page 12-13. Transcript for Lorenzo Hill Hatch, Lorenzo Hill Hatch Journal (Provo: Brigham Young University, Adult Education and Extension Services, Extension Publications,1958), 12-13

Nelson W. Whipple autobiography and journal, 1859-1887

Nelson W. Whipple autobiography and journal, 1859-1887. Transcript for Nelson W. Whipple autobiography and journal, 1859-1887, 79-92

Seventies' autobiographies

Seventies' autobiographies, Vol. 1, Page 15. Transcript for Barrows, Ethan, Autobiographical sketch, in 5th Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1881, vol. 1, 16, in Seventies Quorum, Records, 1844-1913, 1929-1973

Tullidge's histories. Vol. 2: containing the history of all the northern, eastern and western counties of Utah

Edward W. Tullidge, "Hatch, Abram, [Reminiscence]", Tullidge's histories. Vol. 2: containing the history of all the northern, eastern and western counties of Utah, 2. Transcript for Hatch, Abram, [Reminiscence], in Edward W. Tullidge, Tullidge's Histories of Utah, vol. 2, "Biographies (Supplemental Vol.) of the Founders and Representative Men of Northern, Eastern and Western Utah, and Southern Idaho" [1889], 192-93