Preston Thomas Company (1856)
Departed
On 1856 April 7
Departed From
Powder Horn, Texas
Arrived
On 1856 September 17
Vehicle Type
Wagon
Company Type
Independent Train
Company Direction
Westbound
Details
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Company Departed from Powder Horn, Texas
1856 April 7
Preston Thomas
Called as Captain
1856 April 7 – September 17
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Roles
Captain
Date Details
On 1856 April 7
Joined Company
On 1856 September 17
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1856 September 17
Sources
Pioneer
"Arrivals," Deseret News
"Arrivals," Deseret News, 17 September 1856.
Transcript for "Arrivals," Deseret News, 17 September 1856, 221
"Correspondence: Pike's Peak," Deseret News
"Correspondence: Pike's Peak," Deseret News, 24 September 1856.
Transcript for "Correspondence: Pike's Peak," Deseret News, 24 September 1856, 232
Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913)
Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), Page 426.
Transcript for Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 426
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 September 1856, Page 2.
Transcript for Philip W. Hoskin camp journal in Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 September 1856, 2-8
"Preston Thomas emigration company journal
"Preston Thomas emigration company journal, September.
Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels
Daniel Hadlon Thomas (1942), Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels, Page 417-423.
Transcript for Daniel Hadlond Thomas, Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels, 1942, 417-23
SALT Lake Herald-Republican
John Jaques, "Some Reminiscences", SALT Lake Herald-Republican, (29 December 1878), Page 1.
Transcript for John Jaques, "Some Reminiscences," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 29 December 1878, 1
The Mormon [newspaper]
Thomas Preston, "Letter from Texas", The Mormon [newspaper], II, (5 April 1856), 7. Page 3.
Transcript for Thomas, Preston, "Letter from Texas," The Mormon, 5 Apr. 1856, 3
"Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains", The Mormon [newspaper], 2, (15 November 1856), 39.
Transcript for Bullock, Thomas, "Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains," The Mormon, 15 November 1856, 2
Thomas Preston, "Correspondence of Judge Thomas", The Mormon [newspaper], II, (21 June 1856), 18. Page 2.
Transcript for Thomas, Preston "Correspondence of Judge Thomas," The Mormon, 21 June 1856, 2
