1853 Emigration
| Outfitting Location | Departure | Captain |
Souls
|
Wagons
|
Arrival in Salt Lake | |
| Six-Mile Grove, Iowa (NE of upper ferry@Council Bluffs) |
June 1 | David Wilkin |
122
|
28
|
Sept. 9 | |
| Six-Mile Grove, Iowa (North of Council Bluffs) |
June 9 | John Miller/J. Cooley |
282
|
70
|
Sept. 9 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa (B) | May 18 | Atkinson/J. Crosby |
79
|
12
|
Sept. 10 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa | June | Moses Clawson |
295
|
65
|
Sept. 15 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa (B) | June 3 | Jacob Gates |
262
|
33
|
Sept. 26 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa (B) | May 21 | John E. Forsgren (1st Scandinavian Co.) |
294
|
34
|
Sept. 30 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa | July 1 | Henry Ettleman |
40
|
11
|
Oct. 1 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa (A) | July 13 | Vincent Shurtliff |
@100
|
@20
|
Sept. 30 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa (D) | July 11 | Joseph W. Young |
321
|
42
|
Oct. 10 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa (B) | June 3 | Cyrus H. Wheelock |
400
|
52
|
Oct. 16 | |
| * Keokuk/Montrose (PEF) | June 3/21 | Claudius V. Spencer |
250
|
40
|
Sept. 24 | |
| * Keokuk, Iowa | July | Appleton M. Harmon |
200
|
22
|
Oct. 16 | |
| Kanesville, Iowa | July 1 | John Brown |
303
|
35
|
Oct. 13-17 | |
| Kanesville, Iowa | July 18 | Joshua Mecham |
10
|
Oct. 16 | ||
| 3 Independent (Bartlett, O. Spencer/Terrell, Barron/Thomas),
2 Freight(Daley, Stewart) * Keokuk Variant (A) - Variant A (B) - Variant B (D) - Dragoon Road |
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|
Totals:
|
2,948
|
464
|
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