Leonard S. Conger Mail Party (1855)

    Direction
    Eastbound
    Departure
    About April 1855
    Departed From
    San Francisco, California
    Arrival
    March 1855
    Number In Company
    4

    This was a mail train led by Leonard Conger, who made several trips back and forth from California to Utah, carrying the mail. Sometimes emigrants or returning missionaries would travel with the mail train for protection from the Indians.
    Conger, Leonard Smith 32 23 February 1823 23 September 1885
    Johnson, Benjamin Franklin 36 28 July 1818 18 November 1905
    Karren, Thomas 44 1 May 1810 4 April 1876
    Lawson, James 34 20 July 1820 14 September 1912