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    • Spooner, Elijah Allen

    • Spooner, Elijah Allen

    • Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879; Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Oregon National Historic Trail; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail;...

    • Overland diary and fifteen handwritten letters. Most of the letters are addressed to Spooner's wife and were written while on the overland journey by ox team from Adrian, Michigan, to Sacramento, California, in 1849. Spooner writes of encounters...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Huntington, Oliver Boardman vol 11

    • Huntington, Oliver Boardman vol 11

    • Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907; Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Nauvoo (Ill.); Indians of North America--Missions--Utah; Ute Indians; Springville (Utah); Saint George (Utah); Overland journeys to...

    • Handwritten diaries in 18 volumes. Also included are two handwritten volumes of patriarchal blessings given in Springville early in the 1930s. Also with the collection are ten miscellaneous items found in the diaries. Huntington was a member of the...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Harmon, Appleton Milo vol 1

    • Harmon, Appleton Milo vol 1

    • Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877; Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Mormon missionaries--Great Britain--Diaries; Mormon missionaries--United States--Diaries; Mormon missionaries--Scotland--Diaries;...

    • Handwritten diaries. Includes several pages of family genealogy. Volume 1 describes Harmon's overland journeys in 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850. Harmon traveled from Nebraska to the Upper Platte Ferry (1847), from Nebraska to Salt Lake City (1848),...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Larkin, Elijah

    • Larkin, Elijah

    • Larkin, Elijah, 1829-1905; Larkin, Elijah, 1829-1905--Diaries; Police--England--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--United States--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Mormons--Utah--Salt Lake City--Diaries; Polygamy--Utah;

    • Handwritten diaries. Larkin writes about his life in England as a Mormon policeman. He immigrated to the United States in 1863 and made the overland journey from Florence, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City by ox team. The diary includes a description of...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899 vol 2

    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899 vol 2

    • Ajax, William, 1832-1899; Ajax, William, 1832-1899--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901; Salt Lake City (Utah); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Great...

    • Holographs, photographs, and typescripts of journals, 20 July - 27 December 1861; 1 January 1862 - 31 December 1863. The journals describe Ajax's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England and Wales and include some newspaper...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Churchill, Stillman vol 1

    • Churchill, Stillman vol 1

    • Churchill, Stillman, b. 1823--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; California National Historic Trail; Oregon National Historic Trail; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific;...

    • Handwritten diaries describing the overland journey from Lowell, Massachusetts, to Deer Creek, Wyoming in 1849. Volume 2 concludes Churchill's journey to California. Churchill traveled with the Sagamore and California Mining and Trading Company....
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Churchill, Stillman vol 2

    • Churchill, Stillman vol 2

    • Churchill, Stillman, b. 1823; Churchill, Stillman, b. 1823--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; California National Historic Trail; Oregon National Historic Trail; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail;...

    • Handwritten diaries describing the overland journey from Lowell, Massachusetts, to Deer Creek, Wyoming, in 1849. Volume 2 concludes Churchill's journey to California. Churchill traveled with the Sagamore and California Mining and Trading Company....
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Colfax, Schuyler

    • Colfax, Schuyler

    • Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885--Diaries; Journalists--United States--Diaries; Legislators--United States--Diaries; Colfax, Schuyler,--1823-1885--Journeys--California; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885--Journeys--Utah--Salt Lake...

    • In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Harris, George Henry Abbott

    • Harris, George Henry Abbott

    • Harris, George Henry Abbott, 1830-1919; Harris, George Henry Abbott, 1830-1919--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Bishops--Diaries; Pleasant Grove (Utah); Salem (Idaho); Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten autobiography. The manuscript includes excerpts from diaries and copies of correspondence. The autobiography and letter copying were begun in the 1880s. Harris writes about his youth in England, his conversion to the Mormon Church in...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 1

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 1

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910; Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Peace officers--Utah--Diaries; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861; Mormons--Utah--Salt...

    • Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C., on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison,...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Huntington, Oliver Boardman vol 09

    • Huntington, Oliver Boardman vol 09

    • Illinois; Missouri; United States; Mexico; Utah;

    • Handwritten diaries in 18 volumes. Also included are two handwritten volumes of patriarchal blessings given in Springville early in the 1930s. Also with the collection are ten miscellaneous items found in the diaries. Huntington was a member of the...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Jackson, Edward

    • Jackson, Edward

    • Jackson, Edward, b. 1827; Jackson, Edward, b. 1827--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Mormons--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--19th century; Dakota Indians; Ute Indians; Shoshoni Indians; Shawnee Indians; Indians...

    • Handwritten diary and typewritten transcript. The diary was transcribed by Jackson's sister, Marion Jackson Gilbert, in 1855. Jackson made the overland journey with mules from Independence, Missouri to Sacramento, California, in 1849. Long and...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Walker, William Z.

    • Walker, William Z.

    • Walker, William Z., d. 1862; Walker, William Z., d. 1862--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Oregon National Historic Trail; Salt Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel;

    • Handwritten diary of Walker's overland journey by ox and mule team from Boston, Massachusetts, to Sacramento, California, in 1849. Daily entries give good description of travelling conditions. Walker describes cholera outbreaks, a variety of...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Purdy, John H. Letters

    • Purdy, John H. Letters

    • Purdy, John H.; Purdy, James H.--Correspondence; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Correspondence; Gold miners--California--Correspondence; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Salt Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel; Sacramento (Calif.)--Description and...

    • Handwritten correspondence from John Purdy to his brother, James, about his overland journey by ox team from Columbus, Ohio, to California in 1849. Purdy is an intelligent and detailed writer. He describes various companies' rules and regulations...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Headley, Ezekiel W.

    • Headley, Ezekiel W.

    • Headley, Ezekiel W. (Ezekiel Whitehead), 1830-1918; Headley, Ezekiel W. (Ezekiel Whitehead), 1830-1918--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; California--Gold discoveries;

    • Handwritten diary with photocopies. Headley made the overland journey from Cincinnati, Ohio, to California in 1849. Brief, frequent entries focus on distances traveled and camping locations. Headley also writes about the large number of deaths in...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Tolles, James

    • Tolles, James

    • Tolles, James, b. 1828 or 9--Diaries; Tolles, James, b. 1828 or 9; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Correspondence of the Tolles family and James Tolles' overland diary from Rushville, Illinois, to California in 1849. Also included is a holograph copy of the diary made by Tolles' granddaughter, Doris Beard, in 1933. Tolles traveled to California...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Hart, William Henry vol 2

    • Hart, William Henry vol 2

    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888; Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Walker, William, 1824-1860; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Slat Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel; California--History--19th...

    • Handwritten diaries with typescripts in four volumes. Volume 1 concerns Hart's overland journey by ox team from Quincy, Illinois, to the Humboldt Valley, Nevada, in 1852. Hart is an insightful and descriptive diarist. He writes about cooking and...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Farrer, William vol. 6, 1853-1854

    • Farrer, William vol. 6, 1853-1854

    • Farrer, William, 1821-1906--Diaries; Mormon Church--Hawaii--History--Sources; Hawaii--Description and travel--Sources; Hawaii--History--To 1893--Sources; Mormons--Missionary experiences--Hawaii--History--Sources; Mormon...

    • 72 p. ; vol. 6 of 6 v. published electronically
    • Mormon Missionary Diaries

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