Diary, 1849.

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Diary, 1849.

Typescript copy of a first person account of overland travel from Iowa to Utah during spring and summer, 1849 with the Howard Egan Company of Wagons.

12 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6759882

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Hansen, Peter O., 1818-1895.

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Mormon pioneer and church leader. From the description of Diary, 1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552626 ...

Egan, Howard, 1815-1878

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Mormon living in Illinois. From the description of Letter, 1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536684 Howard Egan, who was born in Ireland and emigrated to Canada, became a sailor and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. He married in 1828, converted to Mormonism in 1847, moved to Nauvoo, and joined the winter exodus to Salt Lake City. In 1855 Egan drove cattle to California, in 1862 he was superintendent of the overland mail line from Salt Lake City to Carson, and after 187...