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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
 
Thomas Rhoades Company (1849)
  "Gold Company"

Departure: 14 July 1849
Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: late September 1849

Company Information:
Thomas Rhoades led a company of almost 50 people from Sacramento, California, to Salt Lake Valley. Rhoades had taken his family to California in 1846, preceding the Donner Party. The company returned to Utah with substantial amounts of gold discovered and mined in California.

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