Leonard G. Rice Company

Departed

On 1867 August 11

Departed From

North Platte, Nebraska

Arrived

On 1867 October 5

Vehicle Type

Wagon

Company Type

Independent Train

Company Direction

Westbound

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About 500 individuals and about 50 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at North Platte, Nebraska (the Western Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad).

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Company Departed from North Platte, Nebraska

1867 August 11

Leonard Gurley Rice Called as Captain

1867 August 11 – October 5 See Pioneers

Roles

Captain

Date Details

On 1867 August 11

Joined Company

On 1867 October 5

Company Arrived

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

1867 October 5

Sources

Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"James Miller Christensen, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 3. Transcript for "James Miller Christensen, reminiscences," 3.

"Johanna Larsen Winters, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 3-8. Transcript for "Johanna Larsen Winters, reminiscences," 3-8.

Ruth May Fox, "My Story", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 11-13. Transcript for Ruth May Fox, "My Story," 11-13.

Eccles, Bertha Marie, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:26-28

Eccles, Bertha Marie, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:26-28. Transcript for Eccles, Bertha Marie, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:26-28

Fox, Ruth May, Letter, in "A Sketch of Grandfather Ira Rice."

Fox, Ruth May, Letter, in "A Sketch of Grandfather Ira Rice.". Transcript for Fox, Ruth May, Letter, in "A Sketch of Grandfather Ira Rice."

Goold, Samuel William, Journal, In Denise Midgley, comp. Journal of Samuel William Goold [1999], 4-8

Goold, Samuel William, Journal, In Denise Midgley, comp. Journal of Samuel William Goold [1999], 4-8. Transcript for Goold, Samuel William, Journal, In Denise Midgley, comp. Journal of Samuel William Goold [1999], 4-8

"Home Items: The Immigration," Deseret News

"Home Items: The Immigration," Deseret News, 14 August 1867. Transcript for "Home Items: The Immigration," Deseret News, 14 August 1867, 261

Improvement Era

"Fox, Ruth May, 'From England to Salt Lake Valley in 1867'", Improvement Era, 38, (July), Page 406-409, 450. Transcript for Fox, Ruth May, "From England to Salt Lake Valley in 1867," Improvement Era, July 1935, 408-9, 450

Incidents in the life of Christian Jensen

"Bertha Marie Jensen Eccles", Incidents in the life of Christian Jensen, Page 9,11. Transcript for Eccles, Bertha Marie Jensen, Incidents in the life of Christian Jensen, 1933, 9, 11

Jensen, Jens Iver, "Biographical sketch of the life of Jens Iver Jensen," 7

Jensen, Jens Iver, "Biographical sketch of the life of Jens Iver Jensen," 7. Transcript for Jensen, Jens Iver, "Biographical sketch of the life of Jens Iver Jensen," 7

Jensen, Karen Pedersen, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 2:147

Jensen, Karen Pedersen, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 2:147. Transcript for Jensen, Karen Pedersen, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 2:147

Ohlson, Anna M., Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 20:110-11

Ohlson, Anna M., Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 20:110-11. Transcript for Ohlson, Anna M., Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 20:110-11

Our Danish heritage and our temple work on the Peter Frost Family

"Jens Hansen Diary", Our Danish heritage and our temple work on the Peter Frost Family, (June). Transcript for Hansen, Jens, Diary, in Geneva Frost Gilbert, comp., Our Danish Heritage and Our Temple Work on the Peter Frost Family, 1899-June 1987 [1988], 54

Our Pioneer Heritage

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 11, Page 43-45.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 11, Page 61-64.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 11, Page 50.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 7, Page 342-344.

Rasmussen, Anna Petersen, Biographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 4:3

Rasmussen, Anna Petersen, Biographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 4:3. Transcript for Rasmussen, Anna Petersen, Biographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 4:3

The Richfield Reaper

"Jens Iver Jensen Closes Long and Useful Career", The Richfield Reaper, (2 January 1936).

The Semi-weekly telegraph

"Arrived", The Semi-weekly telegraph, 4, (10 October 1867), Page 2. Transcript for "Arrived," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 10 Oct. 1867, 2

William Gibson journals and notebooks, circa 1841-1890

William Gibson journals and notebooks, circa 1841-1890, Vol. 2,3. Transcript for William Gibson journals and notebooks, circa 1841-1890, vol. 2, 73-74 and vol. 3, 198

Young Woman's Journal

Sangiovanni, G.G.R., "Overland Trips Across the American Desert", Young Woman's Journal, (August), Page 428-429. Transcript for Sangiovanni, G.G.R., "Overland Trips Across the American Desert," Young Woman's Journal Aug. 1912, 428-29

Young, Brigham, Jr., Journal

Young, Brigham, Jr., Journal, November, Vol. 8. Transcript for Young, Brigham, Jr., Journal Nov. 1866-Dec. 1867, vol. 8, box 2, fd. 1