Wagon Company

Thomas Rhoades Company

Date Formed
1849 July 14
Date Ended
1849 September
Location Formed
Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Migration
Organization Participants in Database
44

Thomas Rhoades led a company of almost 50 people from Sacramento, California, to Salt Lake Valley. Rhoades had taken his family to California in 1846, preceding the Donner Party. The company returned to Utah with substantial amounts of gold discovered and mined in California.

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Formed in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States

1849 July 14

Date Details

Occurred On 1849 July 14
Formed

Thomas Rhoades Appointed as Company Captain

1849 July 14 – September

End Date Details

Ended Circa 1849 September
Organization was Ended

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

1849 September

Date Details

Occurred Circa 1849 September
Ended

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