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About 300 individuals and 56 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. Dan Jones, who was returning from a mission to Wales, was initially the captain but only for about two weeks. He then left the company and moved on ahead at the request of Brigham Young who wanted him to help translating the Book of Mormon into Welsh. John Hunt led the company the rest of the way to Utah.
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Company Departed from Iowa City, Iowa
1856 August 1
John Alexander Hunt Called as Captain
1856 August 1 – December 10 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1856 August 1
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 10
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1856 December 10
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
Ancestors of Isaac Mitton Stewart and Elizabeth White
Anderson, Rosella B. and Lilly B. Frandson, "A History of Hans Ulrich Bryner, Sr. and Hans Ulrich Bryner, Jr., 1-4
- Anderson, Rosella B. and Lilly B. Frandson, "A History of Hans Ulrich Bryner, Sr. and Hans Ulrich Bryner, Jr., 1-4.
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"Arrival of the Hand-Carts at Great Salt Lake City," The Mormon
Bowen, William P., Synopsis of Remarks Made by Pioneer William P. Bowen at the Pioneer Reunion
Church Emigration Book
Dan Jones Emigrating Company journal
- "Hiram Theron Spencer, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 5.
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Deseret Evening News
- "Pioneer Trail Experiences", Deseret Evening News, (26 April 1913), Page 3:X.
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Deseret News
"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains," Zanesville Gazette
- "Emigrants Perishing on the Plains," Zanesville Gazette, 17 February 1857.
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"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains--The Way They Bury Them," Cleveland Plain Dealer
- "Emigrants Perishing on the Plains--The Way They Bury Them," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 4 February 1857.
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Forty Years Among the Indians
Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
Mary Goble Pay autobiographical sketch, 1896-1909
Millennial Star
Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1892
Salt Lake Tribune
Spanish Fork Press
- "The Plains", The Mormon, (31 January 1857).