• Horton initially emigrated to the Valley with his parents and siblings in 1847. Over the next  21 years, he captained or co-captained six additional emigrant or freight trains, assisting emigrants across the plains and bringing in supplies to the Valley.

Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 14

Horton D. Haight/Frederick Kesler Freight Train (1859)

• Age at Departure: 26
• Company Captain

Hooper and Eldredge Freight Train (1860)

• Age at Departure: 28
• Company Captain

Horton D. Haight Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 30
• Company Captain

Horton D. Haight Company (1863)

• Age at Departure: 31
• Company Captain

Horton D. Haight Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 34
• Company Captain

Horton D. Haight Company (1868)

• Age at Departure: 36
• Company Captain

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