Show KNOW By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS l of ot Immigrants from Boston to the paradise para- para disc Ilso in the Rocky mountains took a new news route In March 1856 when they traveled from Boston to Iowa City la Ia by rail This cut off oft a long detour via St. St Louis and the tho Missouri river The first Immigrants to o take the new route were those sailing from Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Liver Liver- pool on March Mardi 23 for tor Boston on the Enoch Train arriving May 1 The number of ot Saints on that ship was vas 34 under the direction of ot James Ferguson The outfitting point on the frontier was Iowa City and It was vas here that Daniel Spencer grandfather of ot D. D S. S Spencer general passenger agent of ot the Union Pacific Pa Pa- chic ellie was located as general superintendent of ot emi emi- gration Ills HIs assistants were vere George eorGe D. D Grant James II 11 Hart and William II if KImball I S' S The The first ship carrying Saints from front Europe in was the tho Caravan sailing from Liverpool February February ary 18 18 It arrived at New York March 27 and landed Saints Six other ships carrying Saints arrived at New ew York during the next three months S SIt It was as In In this year yc-ar that the church decided to tei abandon the mission in India Elder A. A Milton 1 Musser Musser Musser Mus- Mus ser who had been in charge of the mission sailed rom from Calcutta March 3 arriving in England July 19 10 traveling by way vay of ot Cape of ot Good Hope He sailed on the Viking Viking- as the guest of ot the captain The voyage occupied days One other elder who re remained remained remained re- re with the mission in C Calcutta sailed for home May 2 This was Robert Skelton The head of ot the Scandinavian mission Hector C. C Haight while hold hold- Ing Ing- Inga ng a meeting meeting- In Malmo Sweden was arrested and I the meeting broken up At the April conference the twenty sixth annual m meeting eUng- eUng elders were ordered to foreign mIssi missions mis mIs- sl si is ls and on Tuesday April 22 they left Salt Lake City ity going east via St. St Louis which they left June 12 2 Included In the party were tour four apostles Orson I Pratt Pratt George A. A Smith Ezra T. T Benson and Erastus Eras Eras- Snow Elder Eider Abraham O. O Smoot also accompanied accompanied accompanied nied the party I I Immigration was heavy during the months s of ot April and May 1856 On th the Samuel Curling Curling- sailed from rom Liverpool for Boston where It arrived May On n board were Saints and they were moved to Salt Lake via Iowa City On May lay 4 the Thornton sailed called from Liverpool with Saints under command of or James G. G Willie They arrived In New York June 14 4 From irom New York to Iowa City the party traveled by y rail then by ox team ox-team team to the promised land On May 25 the Horizon sailed from Liverpool bound for tor the he United States On board were Saints the tile largest argest number ever brought on one ship Edward Martin had the party In charge and their point of ot debarking debarking- was Boston They traveled overland by rail all to the Iowa river rh-er and then by team ox-team caravan caravano to o Utah S I From Port Jackson New Xe South Wales Vales a small company of ot Saints sailed palled for Utah A port of or the Society Islands Tahiti was touched and also Hono Hono- lulu ulu The Australians sailed from South Wales Vales May 28 28 arriving at San Pedro harbor August 15 Their destination was San Bernardino which place they reached August 15 |