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Preston Thomas Company

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

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Company Departed from Powder Horn, Texas

1856 April 7

Preston Thomas Called as Captain

1856 April 7 – September 17 See Pioneers

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

"Arrivals," Deseret News

"Arrivals," Deseret News, 17 September 1856. Transcript for "Arrivals," Deseret News, 17 September 1856, 221

Bullock, Thomas, "Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains," The Mormon

Bullock, Thomas, "Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains," The Mormon, 15 November 1856. Transcript for Bullock, Thomas, "Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains," The Mormon, 15 November 1856, 2

"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

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

CR 100 137: 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

Daniel Hadlond Thomas, Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels, 1942, 417-23

Daniel Hadlond Thomas, Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels, 1942, 417-23. Transcript for Daniel Hadlond Thomas, Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels, 1942, 417-23

Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 426

Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 426. Transcript for Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 426

John Jaques, "Some Reminiscences," Salt Lake Herald-Republican

John Jaques, "Some Reminiscences," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 29 December 1878. Transcript for John Jaques, "Some Reminiscences," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 29 December 1878, 1

"Preston Thomas emigration company journal

"Preston Thomas emigration company journal, September.

Thomas, Preston "Correspondence of Judge Thomas," The Mormon

Thomas, Preston "Correspondence of Judge Thomas," The Mormon, 21 June 1856. Transcript for Thomas, Preston "Correspondence of Judge Thomas," The Mormon, 21 June 1856, 2

Thomas, Preston, "Letter from Texas," The Mormon

Thomas, Preston, "Letter from Texas," The Mormon, 5 April 1856. Transcript for Thomas, Preston, "Letter from Texas," The Mormon, 5 Apr. 1856, 3

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