On my mother's side, my grandfather Casper Gubler, age 21 and traveling
alone,was assigned to travel across the plains with the 6th or Evans
Handcart Company.They left Florence, Nebraska on June 13, 1857 and
arrived in the valley on the 11-12of September, 1857. The Evans company
consisted of 149 souls, 80 of whom were women and 28 were children under
6 years of age.
Personal Histories, Beehive Chapter SUP
Roland Stucki
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