Wagon Company

Joseph Outhouse Company

Date Formed
1852 June 10
Date Ended
1852 September 6
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
182

230 individuals and 50 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). About three or four weeks into the journey, the company experienced discord and broke apart. Some remained in their groups of tens (particularly the groups led by William Lang and Daniel Page), but other waggons traveled on independently for the duration of the journey to the Valley.

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Formed in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1852 June 10

Date Details

Occurred On 1852 June 10
Formed

Joseph Outhouse Appointed as Company Captain

1852 June 10 – September 6

End Date Details

Ended On 1852 September 6
Organization was Ended

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

1852 September 6

Date Details

Occurred On 1852 September 6
Ended

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