Wagon Company

Wright-Godbe/George Stringham Freight Train

Date Formed
1861 August 3
Date Ended
1861 October 17
Location Formed
Florence, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Corporate
Organization Participants in Database
13

A number of Mormon emigrants traveled to Utah with this freight train. It left Florence with wagons laden with cotton machinery, a printing press, and retail goods.

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Formed in Florence, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

1861 August 3

Date Details

Occurred On 1861 August 3
Formed

Additional Information

Company Type
Freight Train

Abraham Reister Wright Appointed as Company Captain

1861 August 3 – October 17

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

1861 October 17

Date Details

Occurred On 1861 October 17
Ended

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