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Sketches Of Mormon Trail Through Nevada Journey
Delphine Squires recounts the Mormon pioneers journey from Beaver River to Las Vegas in May and June. The diary notes camps at Parowan Cedar City Mountain Meadows Cottonwood springs and Santa Clara with encounters including A P Hardy R H Gillespie Henry Gates and Capt Rufus Allen. The party crosses desert to Las Vegas with water shortages and communal prayers at the first service and a bowery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphine Squires
Andrew Jensen
Salt Lake
Miss Weir
Nevada Historical Society
Beaver River
Parowan
George W. Bean
Cedar City
Mountain Meadows
A. P. Hardy
Santa Clara
R. H. Gillespie
Henry Gates
California
Santa Clara Creek
Rio Virgin Country
Wm. Bringhurst
Cottonwood Springs
Virgin River
Sanford
Big Hill
Rufus Allen
James T. S. Allred
Company
Harmony
Bringhurst
Muddy River
Las Vegas
David Savage
California Mail
Vegas
Wver
William Vance
Old Fort
Big Spring
Ruftus Allen
Colorado
Brigham Young
T. D. Brown
Exploring Company