About 400 immigrants and 50 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)
Company Departed from Wyoming, Nebraska
1864 July 4
William Bowker Preston Called as Captain
1864 July 4 – September 15 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1864 July 4
Joined Company
Ended On 1864 September 15
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1864 September 15
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
Ballard, Henry (1832-1908), Private journal of Henry Ballard, 1852-1904, 48
Ballard, Henry, Journal, 1852-1885, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955], reel 1, item 3a
- Ballard, Henry, Journal, 1852-1885, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955], reel 1, item 3a, Vol. 1,2.
Ballard, Henry, Private journal of Henry Ballard 1852-1886; 1893-1904, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955], reel 1, item 3B
- Ballard, Henry, Private journal of Henry Ballard 1852-1886; 1893-1904, in Joel Edward Ricks, Cache Valley Historical Material [ca. 1955], reel 1, item 3B.
Charles Keilgaard Hansen, Record [ca. 1917], fd. 1, 83-89
- Charles Keilgaard Hansen, Record [ca. 1917], fd. 1, 83-89.
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Chronicles of Courage
Deseret News
Edgar Session sketch based on notes from the Sessions family ledger, circa 1895-1910
Flygare, Nils C., Autobiography, 51-56, in Papers, 1841-1902, MSS 1496, box 1, fd. 3
- Flygare, Nils C., Autobiography, 51-56, in Papers, 1841-1902, MSS 1496, box 1, fd. 3.
Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake
- "Sprague, Matilda Christina Ohlson", Genealogical charts and biographical sketches of members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 4, Page 46-47.
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Henry Ballard, Private journal of Henry Ballard, 1852-1904, 49-60
Henry Ballard: the story of a courageous pioneer, 1832-1908
History of Caroline Martine Anderson, first wife of Charles Keilgaard Hansen
- History of Caroline Martine Anderson, first wife of Charles Keilgaard Hansen, Page 7.
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Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938
Nels A. Nelson autobiography, circa 1926
- Nels A. Nelson autobiography, circa 1926, Page 5-6.
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Neve, Soren Peter, Journal, in Soren Peter Neve, His Life Story, 8
Our Pioneer Heritage
- Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 16, Page 462.
Salt Lake daily telegraph and commercial advertiser
- "Local Affairs: Emigrant Train", Salt Lake daily telegraph and commercial advertiser, (16 September 1864).
Read Transcript - "Local Affairs: The Emigrants", Salt Lake daily telegraph and commercial advertiser, (15 September 1864).
Read Transcript - "Local Affairs: The Trains", Salt Lake daily telegraph and commercial advertiser.
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