1st handcart company had about 280 individuals, 56 handcarts, and 3 wagons when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa.
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Company Departed from Iowa City, Iowa
1856 June 9
Edmund Lovell Ellsworth Called as Captain
1856 June 9 – September 26 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1856 June 9
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 September 26
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1856 September 26
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
Archer Walters diary, 1856 March-September
Attley, Henry William, Reminiscences, in Papers, 1858-1910
Barker, Margaret Stalle, Reminiscences, 8, in Rebecca Cardin Hickman, "History of Susanna Goudin Cardon," item 2, in [Biographical sketches of the Cardon family, 1934-1960]
- Barker, Margaret Stalle, Reminiscences, 8, in Rebecca Cardin Hickman, "History of Susanna Goudin Cardon," item 2, in [Biographical sketches of the Cardon family, 1934-1960].
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Bowen, David, [Autobiographical sketch], in Raymond R. Martin and Esther Jenkins Carpenter, comp., The Samaritans [1968], 74
- Bowen, David, [Autobiographical sketch], in Raymond R. Martin and Esther Jenkins Carpenter, comp., The Samaritans [1968], 74.
Bridges, Charles Henry, Journal [ca. 1867-1905], 1
- Bridges, Charles Henry, Journal [ca. 1867-1905], 1.
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BYU Diaries
Charles H. Bridges autobiographical sketch, circa 1885
Deseret Evening News
Deseret News
Diary of Ann Ham Hickenlooper, wife of William Hanney Hickenlooper, crossed the plains with the first handcart co., arrived in Salt Lake City 26. Sept., 1856 and record of work done for the dead
Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856
Ellsworth, Mary Ann Jones, Diary of Mary Ann Jones (Age 19) on Her Trip Across the Plains
- Ellsworth, Mary Ann Jones, Diary of Mary Ann Jones (Age 19) on Her Trip Across the Plains.
Ellsworth, Mary J., Reminiscences, 1910, [1-2]
- Ellsworth, Mary J., Reminiscences, 1910, [1-2].
Galloway, Andrew, Autobiographical sketch, in 22nd Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1859
- Galloway, Andrew, Autobiographical sketch, in 22nd Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1859, Vol. 1.
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Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
John Oakley journal excerpt, 1856 June-August
Joseph Argyle reminiscences and journal, 1870 May-1894 October
Kettle, John, [Diary], in Jesse Lenard Warner, The Protecting Warrior, Book 1 [1974], 20-22
- Kettle, John, [Diary], in Jesse Lenard Warner, The Protecting Warrior, Book 1 [1974], 20-22.
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