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Miner G. Atwood Company (1865)

Departed
On 1865 July 31
Departed From
Wyoming, Nebraska
Arrived
On 1865 November 8
Vehicle Type
Wagon
Company Type
Church Train
Company Direction
Westbound

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.

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