About 160 individuals and about 33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa.
Company Departed from Iowa City, Iowa
1856 July 30
William Benjamin Hodgetts Called as Captain
1856 July 30 – December 10 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1856 July 30
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 10
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1856 December 10
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
"Arrival of the Hand-Carts at Great Salt Lake City," The Mormon
- "Emily Hodgetts Lowder, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 5.
Deseret News
"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains," Zanesville Gazette
- "Emigrants Perishing on the Plains," Zanesville Gazette, 17 February 1857.
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"Emigrants Perishing on the Plains--The Way They Bury Them," Cleveland Plain Dealer
- "Emigrants Perishing on the Plains--The Way They Bury Them," Cleveland Plain Dealer, 4 February 1857.
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Felt, N. H., "Correspondence from Bishop N. H. Felt," The Mormon
- Felt, N. H., "Correspondence from Bishop N. H. Felt," The Mormon, 15 November 1856.
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Forty Years Among the Indians
Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
Handcarts West in '56
Henry Hamilton journals, 1851-1900
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Jesse Haven journals, 1852-1892
Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1892
Porter, Nathan Tanner, Reminiscences [ca. 1879], 94-99 or 225-33
- Porter, Nathan Tanner, Reminiscences [ca. 1879], 94-99 or 225-33.
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Porter, N[athan] T., "Letter From Elder Nathan Porter," The Mormon
- Porter, N[athan] T., "Letter From Elder Nathan Porter," The Mormon, 12 July 1856.
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