1849 Cholera Outbreak in Jefferson City

by Gary Elliott

In 1849, a steamship named after President James Monroe headed from St. Louis to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The passengers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Philadelphia. At St. Louis, they were joined with a group of California gold diggers from Jeffersonville, Indiana. But their trip was interrupted when cholera broke out on board. Local fourteen-year-old James McHenry discovered the steamship after it landed at Jefferson...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540245705
• ISBN13: 9781540245700
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: History PR
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"