Church History Biographical Database

Thomas E. Ricks Company

Date Formed

1866 July 6 – 10

Date Ended

1866 August 29

Location Formed

Wyoming, Otoe, Nebraska, United States

Location Ended

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Organization Type

Migration

Organization Participants in Database

267

251 individuals and 46 wagons 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)

Vehicle Type

Wagon

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Formed in Wyoming, Otoe, Nebraska, United States

1866 July 6

Date Details

Occurred Between 1866 July 6 – 10

Formed

Thomas Edwin Ricks Appointed as Company Captain

1866 July 6 – August 29

Start Date Details

Started Between 1866 July 6 – 10

Appointed

End Date Details

Ended On 1866 August 29

Organization was Ended

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

1866 August 29

Date Details

Occurred On 1866 August 29

Ended

Media

Wagon Company

Sources

Ann G. Marriott diary

Baird, Alexander, Autobiography of Alexander Baird, 23

Baird, Alexander, Autobiography of Alexander Baird, 23. Read Transcript

Beck, Martha, Autobiography, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955]

Beck, Martha, Autobiography, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955]. Read Transcript

Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

"Thomas Ricks", Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.

Charles H. Haderlie autobiographical sketch, circa 1932

Charles R. Savage, "A Photographic Tour of Nearly 9,000 Miles," Philadelphia Photographer

Charles R. Savage, "A Photographic Tour of Nearly 9,000 Miles," Philadelphia Photographer, Vol. 4. Read Transcript

Davis, Thomas A., Autobiography

Davis, Thomas A., Autobiography.

Deseret News

Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake

"White, Eliza Brown", Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26, Page 79-80. Read Transcript

Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866

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 140-145. Read Transcript

Jonathan Pugmire autobiographical sketch, circa 1878

Jonathan Pugmire autobiographical sketch, circa 1878, Page 2. Read Transcript

Ogden Herald

"The Brass Band", Ogden Herald, March 13, 1886, Page 1. Read Transcript

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868

Smith, Alexander Hale, "'We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet': Joseph Smith's Son Tells of First Hearing the Hymn," Vision, no. 45

Smith, Alexander Hale, "'We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet': Joseph Smith's Son Tells of First Hearing the Hymn," Vision, no. 45, December 2003. Read Transcript
Smith, Alexander Hale, "'We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet': Joseph Smith's Son Tells of First Hearing the Hymn," Vision, no. 45, December 2003. Read Transcript

Smith, Alexander Hale, "Without Purse or Scrip," Restoration Voice, May

Smith, Alexander Hale, "Without Purse or Scrip," Restoration Voice, May, June 1995. Read Transcript
Smith, Alexander Hale, "Without Purse or Scrip," Restoration Voice, May, June 1995. Read Transcript

Stuart, David M., Reminiscences, in David M. Stuart, Pioneer Missionary, True Life Story of David M. Stuart [1988], 50

Stuart, David M., Reminiscences, in David M. Stuart, Pioneer Missionary, True Life Story of David M. Stuart [1988], 50. Read Transcript

The Semi-weekly telegraph

Utah Pioneer Biographies

"Hadley, Lorenzo", Utah Pioneer Biographies, 12, Page 14-17. Read Transcript

Vida E. Smith, Biography of Alexander H. Smith (Independence: Price Publishing, 2007), 34-48, 49-50

Zollinger, Jacob, Reminiscences, 19, in Ruth Zollinger, comp., Jacob Zollinger family genealogy

Zollinger, Jacob, Reminiscences, 19, in Ruth Zollinger, comp., Jacob Zollinger family genealogy. Read Transcript