Henry W. Miller Company

Date Formed

1852 July 8

Date Ended

1852 September 10

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

205

About 229 individuals and 63 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 10 September - 2 October 1852.

Vehicle Type

Wagon

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Formed in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1852 July 8

Henry William Miller Appointed as Company Captain

1852 July 8 – September 10

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Appointed

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Organization was Ended

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

1852 September 10

Media

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Barker, John Henry Humphrey, Journal

Barker, John Henry Humphrey, Journal, May 1859. Read Transcript

Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862

"Reports, 1850-1852", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.

Catherine P. Staker reminiscences, 1921

Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"A Historical Sketch of Louisa Harriett Mills Palmer", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2-3. Read Transcript
"Henry Stokes, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 4-18. Read Transcript
"Katherine Perkes Harris, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963. Read Transcript

David and Catherine Uch Thomas Ap Richard Roberts family record and temple book, 1880-1920

David and Catherine Uch Thomas Ap Richard Roberts family record and temple book, 1880-1920, August 1948. Read Transcript

Deseret News

Frontier Guardian

Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake

"Palmer, Louisa Harriett Mills", Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 8, Page 136. Read Transcript

George Henry Harris journal, 1850-1854; 1872-1876

Isaac V. Carling Diary

James A. Browning autobiography, circa 1851-1883

Martin, Ezra Francis, Reminiscences and diary

Martin, Ezra Francis, Reminiscences and diary, January 1862. Read Transcript

Miller, Henry William, Diary

Pioneer Pathways

"Alexander Melville, autobiographical sketch", Pioneer Pathways, Page 6. Read Transcript

Richard Bentley autobiographical sketch, undated

Richard Bentley autobiographical sketch, undated, Page 10. Read Transcript
Richard Bentley autobiographical sketch, undated, Page 10. Read Transcript

Richard J. Bee autobiography, circa 1908

Rufus David Johnson, J. E. J., trail to sundown: Cassadaga to Casa Grande, 1817-1882 : the story of a pioneer, Joseph Ellis Johnson--"he ground his wheel tracks into the face of the continent."