HANDCART Companies

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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Oscar O. Stoddard Company (1860)   Departure: 6 July 1860 Arrival: 24 September 1860 Company Information: 10th handcart company. 126 individuals, 22 handcarts, and 6 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.		Oscar Orlando Stoddard

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Daniel D. McArthur Company (1856)   Departure: 11 June 1856 Arrival: 26 September 1856 Company Information: 2nd handcart company had about 220 individuals, 44 handcarts, and 2 wagons in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. Read a narrative of this company. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company. Daniel D. McArthur

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Edward Martin Company (1856)   Departure: 28 July 1856 Arrival: 30 November 1856 Company Information: 5th handcart company contained 575 individuals, 145 handcarts, and 8 wagons were in this company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.		Edward Martin

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James G. Willie Company (1856)   Departure: 15 July 1856 Arrival: 9 November 1856 Company Information: 4th handcart company which had about 500 individuals, 100 handcarts, and 5 wagons in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company

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George Rowley Company (1859)   Departure: 7-10 June 1859 Arrival: 4-6 September 1859 Company Information: 8th handcart company. 235 individuals, 60 handcarts, and 8 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.

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Israel Evans Company (1857)   Departure: 22-23 May 1857 Arrival: 11-12 September 1857 Company Information: 6th handcart company which had 149 individuals and 28 handcarts in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. Read a narrative of this company. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.

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Christian Christiansen Company (1857)   Departure: 15 June 1857 Arrival: 13 September 1857 Company Information: 7th handcart company which had about 330 individuals, 68 handcarts, and 3 wagons in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. This company was first headed by James Park, David Dille and George Thurston. Read a narrative of this company. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.

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Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)   Departure: 9 June 1856 Arrival: 26 September 1856 Company Information: 1st handcart company had about 280 individuals, 56 handcarts, and 3 wagons when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. Read a narrative of this company. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.		Edmund Ellsworth
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Edward Bunker Company (1856)   Departure: 23 June 1856 Arrival: 2 October 1856 Company Information: 3rd handcart company. About 290 individuals, 58 handcarts and 3 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Iowa City, Iowa. This company left Florence, Nebraska on July 30. View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.		Edward Bunker

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Daniel Robison Company (1860)   Departure: 6 June 1860 Arrival: 27 August 1860 Company Information: 9th handcart company. 233 individuals, 43 handcarts, and 6 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). View a list of individuals known to have traveled in this company. View a list of sources to learn more about this company.		Daniel Robison