Boys of Sanpete County, The [Laws B26]

DESCRIPTION: A wagon train from Sanpete County, headed by Captain (William Stewart) Seeley, must cross the Green River. The wagons are safely ferried, but as the crew attempts to bring the cattle over, six of them are drowned
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: travel river death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1868 - Captain Seeley's expedition sets out for Laramie, Wyoming
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Laws B26, "The Boys of Sanpete County"
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #211, "The Boys of Sanpete County" (1 text, tune referenced)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 128-129, "We the Boys of Sanpete County" (1 text, tune referenced)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp 570-571, "The Boys of Sanpete County" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 254-255, "The Boys of Sanpete County" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT 830, SANPETE*
Roud #3245
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Just Before the Battle, Mother" (tune)
File: LB26

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