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    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross

    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross

    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, b. 1840; Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, b. 1840--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Boise (Idaho)--Description and travel; Helena (Mont.)--Description and travel; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Indians of North America;...

    • Handwritten journal of Cauthorn's overland journey by wagon train from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Virginia City, Montana, and Oregon in 1865. Detailed diary entries describe much of the daily routine, weather, and labor involved in the journey....
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Churchill, Stillman vol 1

    • Churchill, Stillman vol 1

    • 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
    • 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
    • Cobbey, John Furmes

    • Cobbey, John Furmes

    • Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-1854; Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-1854--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; California--Gold discoveries; United States--History--Civil War,...

    • Handwritten journal of Cobbey's overland journey from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Cold Springs, California, in 1850. Occasionally poetic, Cobbey describes buffalo, Indian villages he visited, and bouts of mountain fever in the company. Diary is very...
    • 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
    • Cone, Gordon C.

    • Cone, Gordon C.

    • Cone, Gordon C., 1807-1882; Cone, Gordon C., 1807-1882--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Indians of North America--Social life and...

    • Handwritten diary of Cone's overland journey by ox team from Waukesha, Wisconsin, to California in 1849. Cone is a descriptive writer and proud to record "only facts." Diary describes traveling conditions, encounters with Indians, cholera...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Day, Alphonse B.

    • Day, Alphonse B.

    • Day, Alphonse B.; Day, Alphonse B.--Diaries; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific; West (U.S.)--History--19th century; Wyoming--Description and travel; Platte River (Neb.); Cholera--West (U.S.); Indians of North America;

    • Handwritten account of Day's overland journey from the Missouri River to Oregon in 1849. Diary primarily focuses on traveling conditions: grass, water, and condition of horse and ox teams. A number of companions died from cholera and mountain...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Dunlap, Kate

    • Dunlap, Kate

    • Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901; Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901--Diaries; Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--Montana--Diaries; Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901--Views on Mormons; Overland journeys to the Pacific; West (U.S.)--Description and travel;...

    • Handwritten diary of Dunlap's overland journey from Lee, Iowa, to Montana by horse team in 1864. Dunlap wrote an introduction to the item, dated 30 January 1865, describing Montana and dedicated it to "My friends." Diary entries are very detailed...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897; Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--19th century; Tooele (Utah); Nauvoo (Ill.); Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Salt...

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Hart, William Henry vol 1

    • Hart, William Henry vol 1

    • Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888; Hart, William Henry, 1829-1888--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Walker, William,--1824-1860; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Salt 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
    • 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; Salt 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
    • 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
    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 2

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 2

    • 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
    • Jackman, Levi

    • Jackman, Levi

    • Jackman, Levi, 1797-1876; Jackman, Levi, 1797-1876--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Young, Brigham,--1801-1877; Kimball, Heber Chase, 1801-1868; Salt Lake City (Utah); Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten diary. Jackman made the overland journey from Illinois to Utah in 1847 with the first company of Mormon pioneers. He writes about traveling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company...
    • 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
    • Keith, Fleury F.

    • Keith, Fleury F.

    • Keith, F. F. (Fleury F.); Keith, F. F. (Fleury F.)--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Salt Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel; Salt Lake City (Utah)--Description and travel;

    • Handwritten account of Keith's overland journey from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Weaverville, California, in 1850. Keith paid a "Mr. Platner" to guide him and seventeen others to California. After being swindled and abandoned at Fort Laramie, Keith...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Kingsbury, Joseph C.

    • Kingsbury, Joseph C.

    • Kingsbury, Joseph C.; Kingsbury, Joseph C.--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century; Kirtland (Ohio)--History; Nauvoo (Ill.)--History; Far West...

    • Two diaries of Joseph C. Kingsbury recounting events in his early life, activities in Kirtland, Nauvoo, and Far West, his journey across the plains in 1847 as clerk of the George B. Wallace wagon company, and later activities in Utah. Included are...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Poe, Andrew Jackson vol 1

    • Poe, Andrew Jackson vol 1

    • Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902; Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Indians of North America; Platte River (Neb.); Oregon--Description and travel;

    • Three volume, leather-bound diary recording Poe's overland journey from Iowa to Oregon and return in 1847-48. Volume 1 is primarily concerned with camping locations and daily mileage. Poe is a terse diarist but does include some details. He writes...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Poe, Andrew Jackson vol 2

    • Poe, Andrew Jackson vol 2

    • Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902; Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Indians of North America; Platte River (Neb.); Oregon--Description and travel;

    • Three volume, leather-bound diary recording Poe's overland journey from Iowa to Oregon and return in 1847-48. Volume 1 is primarily concerned with camping locations and daily mileage. Poe is a terse diarist but does include some details. He writes...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Poe, Andrew Jackson vol 3

    • Poe, Andrew Jackson vol 3

    • Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902; Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Indians of North America; Platte River (Neb.); Oregon--Description and travel;

    • Three volume, leather-bound diary recording Poe's overland journey from Iowa to Oregon and return in 1847-48. Volume 1 is primarily concerned with camping locations and daily mileage. Poe is a terse diarist but does include some details. He writes...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries

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