William B. Hodgetts Company (1856)

Departed

On 1856 July 30

Departed From

Iowa City, Iowa

Arrived

On 1856 December 10

Vehicle Type

Wagon

Company Type

Church Train

Company Direction

Westbound

About 160 individuals and about 33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa.

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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

Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"Emily Hodgetts Lowder, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 5.

"Hodgetts, Emily, Autobiographical sketch", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 37-39.
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Deseret News

"News From the Companies", Deseret News, (10 December 1856), Page 317.
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"Caps. Hodgetts and Hunt's Companies", Deseret News, (3 December 1856), Page 309.
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"Express", Deseret News, (19 November 1856), Page 5.
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"Remarks by President Brigham Young, Tabernacle, November 2, 1856", Deseret News, (12 November 1856), Page 3.
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Joseph A. Young, "Remarks", Deseret News, (19 November 1856), Page 4.
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"Remarks by President Brigham Young", Deseret News, (15 October 1856), Page 252.
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"Remarks", Deseret News, (12 November 1856), Page 282.

"Journey from Florence to G. S. L. City", Deseret News, (22 October 1856), Page 2.

"The Companies Yet on the Plains", Deseret News, (19 November 1856), Page 5.
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"The Companies Yet on the Plains", Deseret News, (26 November 1856), Page 5.

"Remarks", Deseret News, (10 December 1856), Page 8.

"Immigration to Utah", Deseret News, (15 October 1856), Page 6.

"Discourse," Deseret News

"Discourse," Deseret News, 12 November 1856.

"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

Daniel W. Jones, Forty Years Among the Indians. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1890. Page 62-75.

Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914

Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, 1 October 1907, Vol. 4.
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"James Cantwell to S. S. Jones", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914.

Handcarts West in '56

John Bond, Handcarts West in '56.

Henry Hamilton journals, 1851-1900

Henry Hamilton journals, 1851-1900, Vol. 3, Folder 2.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 15 December 1856, Page 16-37.

"Immigration," Deseret News

"Immigration," Deseret News, 17 December 1856.
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Jesse Haven journals, 1852-1892

Jesse Haven journals, 1852-1892, Folder 4,5.

Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1892

Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1892, Vol. 4.
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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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Salt Lake Herald-Republican

"J[aques], J[ohn], "Some Reminiscence", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (8 December 1878), Page 1.

J[ohn] J[aques], "Some Reminiscences", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (15 December 1878), Page 1.
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Salt Lake Telegram

"Pioneer Woman, Celebrating 89th Birthday, Recalls Hardships of Trek across Prairies", Salt Lake Telegram, (12 February 1938), Page 16.
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Melba M. Ferguson, "Resident Can Recall 100 Years of Events", Salt Lake Telegram, (5 February 1949), Page 9.
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Salt Lake Tribune

Josiah Rogerson, "Tells Story of Trials of the Handcart Pioneers", Salt Lake Tribune, (30 November 1913), Page 11.

The Mormon

William Woodward, "Iowa Correspondence", The Mormon, II, (28 June 1856), 19. Page 2.

"Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains", The Mormon, 2, (15 November 1856), 39.