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400 individuals and 55 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
Company Departed from Florence, Nebraska
1860 July 20
William Budge Called as Captain
1860 July 20 – October 5 See Pioneers
Roles
Captain
Date Details
Started On 1860 July 20
Joined Company
Ended On 1860 October 5
Company Arrived
Company Arrived at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1860 October 5
Sources
Pioneer
Pioneer
A Voice From the Mountains: Life and Works of Joel Hills Johnson [1982], 134-38
An Enduring Legacy, Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1978-1989
Autobiography of Annie Shackleton
Bowen, Annie Shackleton, [Autobiographical sketch], in Raymond R. Martin and Esther Jenkins Carpenter, comp., The Samaritans [1968], 71
- Bowen, Annie Shackleton, [Autobiographical sketch], in Raymond R. Martin and Esther Jenkins Carpenter, comp., The Samaritans [1968], 71.
- "Heinrich Reiser, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2.
Read Transcript - Mary P. Gardner and Martha P. Bennett, "Biography of Alvus H. and Martha Fillmore Patterson", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 1-2.
- "History of C. L. Christensen as He Told It", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 1-4.
Read Transcript
Deseret News
Ence, Gottlieb, A Short Sketch of My Life [ca. 1900], 9-10
Heart Throbs of the West
- Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. 9, Page 427.
Henry Reiser autobiography, circa 1871
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Improvement Era
- Annie Shackleton Bowen, "A True Saint: The Autobiography of Annie Shackleton Bowen", Improvement Era, (November).
Johnson, Joel Hills, Reminiscences and journals, 1835-1882, reel 1, fd. 2, 27-33
Johnson, Nephi, The life sketch of Nephi Johnson (from his diary), reel 13, box 19, fd. 7, item 9, 3
- Johnson, Nephi, The life sketch of Nephi Johnson (from his diary), reel 13, box 19, fd. 7, item 9, 3.
Jones, Charles F., Journals, 1857-1869
- Jones, Charles F., Journals, 1857-1869, Vol. 3.
Read Transcript
Juvenile Instructor
- D. W. E., "Lost on the Plains", Juvenile Instructor, (28 May 1870).
Library of Congress collection of Mormon diaries, 1935-1938
Mariger, Lawrence Christian, Autobiography and journal 1879-1891, 11-12
Our Pioneer Heritage
- Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 4, Page 47.
- Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 4, Page 64-65.