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Hooper and Williams Freight Train (1855)

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Company Departed from Atchison, Kansas

Thomas Stephen Williams Called as Captain

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Started On 1855 June 20

Ended On 1855 September 5

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

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Andrews, William, Biography of William Andrews Sr., 1

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None Shall Excel Thee: The Life and Journals of William Michael Bromley

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Starley, James, "Journal of James Starley," Utah Historical Quarterly

William Andrews, Sr. 1829-1915

William M. Bromley journals and notebook, 1871-1905