1857 Emigration
1857 Emigration
1857 Emigration
| Outfit Station | Departure | Captain | Souls | Wagons | Handcarts | Arrival in SLC |
| Iowa City | May 22 | Israel Evans |
149
|
1
|
28
|
Sept. 11 |
| Iowa City | June 15 | James Park (Iowa)/C. Christiansen |
330
|
3
|
@65
|
Sept. 13 |
| Iowa City | @June 30 | Jesse B. Martin |
192
|
31
|
Sept. 12 | |
| Iowa City | June 15 | Matthias Cowley |
198
|
31
|
Sept. 13 | |
| Iowa City | @July 1 | Hoffheins/McCune |
204
|
41
|
Sept. 21 | |
| Iowa City | @July 5 | William G. Young |
55
|
19
|
Sept. 26 | |
| Florence | June 13 | W. Walker (freight) |
86
|
28
|
Sept. 4 | |
| Texas | June | Homer Duncan | Sept. 14, 20, 25 | |||
|
Totals:
|
1,214
|
154
|
93
|
All Church organized companies started from Iowa City, the immigrants having been brought there by the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. More than half came by wagon. They encountered U.S. soldiers heading to Utah to put down the "Mormon rebellion."
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