Wagon Company

Joseph S. Rawlins Company

Date Formed
1864 July 15
Date Ended
1864 September 19 – 20
Location Formed
Wyoming, Otoe, Nebraska, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Migration
Organization Participants in Database
439

About 400 individuals and about 50 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Wyoming, Nebraska (the west bank of the Missouri River about 40 miles south of Omaha) on July 15, 1864.

Members of the company arrived from 19-20 September 1864. Two births and nineteen deaths occurred during the journey. According to a newspaper article published upon arrival of the company, "the company had a good trip, meeting with no serious accidents, excepting the loss of about 30 oxen by disease on this side of Laramie."

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Formed in Wyoming, Otoe, Nebraska, United States

1864 July 15

Date Details

Occurred On 1864 July 15
Formed

Joseph Sharp Rawlins Appointed as Company Captain

1864 July 15 – September 20

End Date Details

Ended Between 1864 September 19 – 20
Organization was Ended

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

1864 September 19

Date Details

Occurred Between 1864 September 19 – 20
Ended

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