Wyoming,
NE-Nebraska City Variant 1864-1867
Wyoming,
NE-Nebraska City Variant 1864-1867
 |
Nebraska City Cutoff, 1864–67
(from Wyoming, Nebraska to Ft. Kearney) |
Twenty-two organized immigrant companies, 6,500 Saints total, used the cutoff
during its three-year service. Some 500 more Mormons traveled individually
with other non-Mormon, freight wagon trains from nearby Nebraska City.
| Year |
Companies
|
Persons
|
Wagons
|
Written Accounts
|
Comments |
| 1864 |
12
|
2,383
|
456
|
62
|
9 immigrant, 3 freight companies |
| 1865 |
3
|
1,007
|
93
|
22
|
Began as freight, but accommodated a large ship load of immigrants from Europe |
| 1866 |
10
|
3,505
|
590
|
58
|
All Church trains |
| 1867 |
1
|
50
|
23
|
1
|
Streeper freight train |
| Total |
26
|
6,945
|
1,162
|
143
|
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