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Robert Crow Company

Date Formed

1857 November 20 – 22

Date Ended

1857 December 25

Location Formed

San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States

Location Ended

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Organization Type

Migration

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This small company of 26 people and 7 wagons departed from San Bernardino, California, en route to Utah. They crossed the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas via the California-Salt Lake Road. The company disbanded at Santa Clara, Utah, with some of the party continuing further north.

The company was officially organized on 27th November 1857, under the direction of Henry G. Boyle. At that time, Robert Crow was elected as company captain.

Vehicle Type

Wagon

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Formed in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States

1857 November 20

Date Details

Occurred Between 1857 November 20 – 22

Formed

Robert Crow Appointed as Company Captain

1857 November 20 – December 25

Start Date Details

Started Between 1857 November 20 – 22

Appointed

End Date Details

Ended On 1857 December 25

Organization was Ended

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1857 December 25

Date Details

Occurred On 1857 December 25

Ended

Media

Wagon Company

Wagon Company

Sources

Crow, Robert, Land Patents, General Land Office Records, U.S. Department of the Interior

Crow, Robert, Land Patents, General Land Office Records, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Frederick W. Hurst autobiography and diaries, 1855-1877

Howard Egan, Pioneering the West 1846 to 1878: Major Howard Egan's Diary Also Thrilling Experiences of Pre-frontier Life Among Indians (1917)

Howard Egan, Pioneering the West 1846 to 1878: Major Howard Egan's Diary Also Thrilling Experiences of Pre-frontier Life Among Indians (1917), Page 21-105. Read Transcript

Our Pioneer Heritage

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 2, Page 425-428.

Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898

"Wilford Woodruff journal", Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898, January 1847. Read Transcript

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