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About 245 individuals 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.) A small contingent of this company under the leadership if Elder Charles B. Taylor, a returning missionary, arrived in Salt Lake City on October 31. Other members of the company arrived on the 8th of November and the remainder arrived the next day, on the 9th.
Company Departed from Wyoming, Nebraska
1865 July 31
Miner Grant Atwood Called as Captain
1865 July 31 – November 8 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1865 July 31
Joined Company
Ended On 1865 November 8
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1865 November 8
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
Albert Wesley Davis, A pioneer experience 1926
Andrew Jenson collection, circa 1841-1942
Charles B. Taylor journals, 1864-1865
Deseret News
Hegsted, Hans Christian Sorensen, Reminiscences and diary
Hegsted, Hans Christian Sorensen, The life history of Hans Christian Sorensen Hegsted, in [Hegsted and McEntire family histories, ca. 1939-1970], 1
- Hegsted, Hans Christian Sorensen, The life history of Hans Christian Sorensen Hegsted, in [Hegsted and McEntire family histories, ca. 1939-1970], 1.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Holmgren, Per Olof, Diary
Juvenile Instructor
Larry Murphy, Hans Valtmer Hanson Family History (1980), 15-45
Miner G. Atwood telegram
Newsome, William David, Autobiographies
Nielsen, Peter A[nthon], [Reminiscence], in Larry Murphy, comp., Hans Valtmer Hanson Family History [1980], chap. 2, 49-50
- Nielsen, Peter A[nthon], [Reminiscence], in Larry Murphy, comp., Hans Valtmer Hanson Family History [1980], chap. 2, 49-50.
Nilsson, Sven, Diary
Our Pioneer Heritage
- Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 9, Page 51-52.
- Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 9, Page 69-70.
- Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 9, Page 81-82.
Peter A. Nielsen reminiscence, undated
Peter Anton Nielson, Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographical sketches
Romney, Miles P., [Reminiscences], in Larry Murphy, comp., Hans Valtmer Hanson Family History [1980], chap. 2, 46-48
- Romney, Miles P., [Reminiscences], in Larry Murphy, comp., Hans Valtmer Hanson Family History [1980], chap. 2, 46-48.
Taylor, Charles B., Reminiscences, in Woodard Family, Collection [ca. 1851-1979], box 1, fd. 8, p. [3]
- Taylor, Charles B., Reminiscences, in Woodard Family, Collection [ca. 1851-1979], box 1, fd. 8, p. [3].