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21 May 1856 – Boarding the Horizon – Mary Taylor
The Horizon by Kenneth L. Rasmussen On May 21st and 22nd 1856 the passengers boarded the Horizon in preparation for sailing to Boston Harbor. This included my great-great-grandmother Mary Taylor, her...
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23 May 1856 – Cast off from Liverpool – Mary Taylor
From the Diary of Samuel Openshaw: May 23 – About two o’clock we were tugged out into the river. The rain poured down pretty freely. From the Journal of Henry Hamilton: Friday, 23rd – I commenced to...
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24 May 1856 – Clearance Granted to Leave – Mary Taylor
From Diary of Samuel Openshaw: May 24 – Continued in the river. Journal of Henry Hamilton: Saturday, 24th- Lay at anchor all day. From the Journal of Joseph Beecroft: Saturday 24th I arose as usual and...
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25 May 1856 – Towed 20 Miles to Open Sea – Mary Taylor
From Diary of Samuel Openshaw: May 25 – Sunday. This morning about 10 o’clock the steamer came and tugged us away out of the river. Very calm. From Journal of Henry Hamilton: Sabbath, 25th – President...
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5 June 1856 – Calm and Beautiful – Mary Taylor Project
From Diary of Samuel Openshaw: June 5 – Also calm and beautiful day. We promenaded on deck. The captain appears to be a kind hearted man. Also the crew and the mates are an agreeable company. The...
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28 June 1856 – First Sight of Land – Mary Taylor
From the Diary of Samuel Openshaw: June 28 – Beautiful day and a propitious wind brought us in sight of “Yankee Land” which is the first land that we have seen since we left sight of Ireland and truly...
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30 June 1856 – Arrival in Boston Harbor – Mary Taylor
From the Life History of John Jaques; Mon. 30: About 7 o’clock the steam tug “Huron” came alongside and towed us to Constitution Wharf. Brother Haven returned having learned that Brother Felt was in...
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2 July 1856 – Railroad Travel – Mary Taylor
From the Diary of Samuel Openshaw July 2 – We started on the Western Railway at twenty minutes to twelve and passed through a large extensive woodland country a distance at 200 miles, when the train...
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28 July 1856 – Leaving Iowa City – Mary Taylor
During their stay in the Iowa camp, the emigrants employed themselves in making carts and doing other preparatory work until July 28th, when the camp broke up, and the handcart portion moved off,...
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