[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”196829″]The first emigrant wagon train bound for the state of California left Independence on a 1,730 mile journey on this date in 1841. There were 70 men, women, and children in 15 wagons in what was known as the Bidwell-Bartleson group. In Idaho, about half the original party decided to take the easier …
