206 individuals and 46 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (near Atchison). The company arrived at the Salt Lake Valley on September 3, 1855, according to the Deseret News report.
Company Departed from Mormon Grove, Kansas
1855 June 7
John Hindley Called as Captain
1855 June 7 – September 3 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1855 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1855 September 3
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1855 September 3
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
Autobiography of Jemima E. Stookey
Cobb, Augusta Adams, to Charlotte Ives Cobb
- Cobb, Augusta Adams, to Charlotte Ives Cobb, 28 June 1855.
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- "Jane Charters Robinson Hindley, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2-3.
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Deseret News
Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake
- "Marriott, Trezer Southwick", Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 16, Page 64.
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Henry Dinwoodey autobiographical sketch, 1887
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
James Bywater reminiscences, 1868-1908
Jane C. Robinson Hindley journals, 1855-1905
Logan Journal
Miles, Edward A., "Letter from the Plains," The Mormon
- Miles, Edward A., "Letter from the Plains," The Mormon, 8 September 1855.
Skidmore, William Lobark, [Autobiography], in Amos W. Bair, The History of Richmond, Utah [1976], 243-44
- Skidmore, William Lobark, [Autobiography], in Amos W. Bair, The History of Richmond, Utah [1976], 243-44.
St. Louis luminary
- John Hindley and John Parson, "Correspondence", St. Louis luminary, (28 July 1855).
Read Transcript - John Hindley and John Parson, "Letter to Milo Andrus", St. Louis luminary, (8 September 1855).
Read Transcript - John Hindley and John Parson, "Letter to Erastus Snow", St. Louis luminary, (1 September 1855).
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"Visit of the Editor to the Camps at Atchison," The Mormon
- "Visit of the Editor to the Camps at Atchison," The Mormon, 23 June 1855.
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Walker, Charles Lowell, Diary, in A. Karl Larson and Katharine Miles Larson, eds., Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, 2 vols. (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1980), 1:1
- Walker, Charles Lowell, Diary, in A. Karl Larson and Katharine Miles Larson, eds., Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, 2 vols. (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1980), 1:1.
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