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    • 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;

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Fairbanks, John Boylston

    • Fairbanks, John Boylston

    • Fairbanks, John Boylston, 1817-1875; Fairbanks, John Boylston, 1817-1875--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Overland diary (1846-47) describing events after the evacuation of Nauvoo by the Mormons. Contains brief daily entries.
    • 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 travelling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Anderson, John C.

    • Anderson, John C.

    • Anderson, John C., d. 1913; Anderson, John C, d. 1913--Diaries; West (U.S.)--Description and travel; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • The John C. Anderson journal recounts his journey from St. Louis, Missouri, to Virginia City, Montana, in 1866. His journey followed the Daily Overland Mail road. The diary consists of two volumes, one a firsthand account and the other a...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross

    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross

    • Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, b. 1840; Cauthorn, Benjamin Ross, b. 1840--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Virginia City (Mont.)--Description and travel; Boise (Idaho)--Description and travel; Helena (Mont.)--Description and travel; Overland...

    • 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
    • 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 outbreaks,...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 2

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland vol 2

    • Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1910; Heywood, Joseph Leland, 1815-1901--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
    • 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
    • Keith, Fleury F.

    • Keith, Fleury F.

    • Keith, Fleury 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;

    • 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
    • Young, Joseph Angell

    • Young, Joseph Angell

    • Young, Joseph Angell, 1834-1875; Young, Joseph Angell, 1834-1875 Diaries; Mormon missionaries--United States--Diaries; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--East (U.S.); Mormons--Travel--United States; Immigrants--United States;...

    • Concerns Young's mission to the Eastern States, February-March, 1864, arranging railroad passage for emigrants to Utah. He continued on to Liverpool to complete his mission, collecting emigrants and arranging boat passage.
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham vol 1

    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham vol 1

    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo; Mormons--Utah--Provo; Nauvoo (Ill.); Provo (Utah);

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. In volume 1, Duke writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, and life in Nauvoo, Illinois. Duke made the overland journey in 1850 from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Salt Lake...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Bliss, Orley Dwight

    • Bliss, Orley Dwight

    • Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930; Bliss, Orley Dwight, 1839-1930--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; United States--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Utah Expedition, 1857-1858;...

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. Account is retrospective until 1864, when Bliss writes short daily entries about his journey from Salt Lake City to Nebraska by ox team to help gather the poor to Utah. On the return trip to Utah, Bliss...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Platte River

    • Platte River

    • Platte River (Neb.);

    • When the Saints first began their trek, they traveled on the lesser-used northern shore. After due consideration, it was decided by the company to continue to follow that route to Ft. Laramie, rather than the commonly traveled southern bank.
    • Religious Education
    • Grantham, William

    • Grantham, William

    • Grantham, Wm. D. (William D.)--Diaries; Grantham, Wm. D. (William D.); California National Historic Trail; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific; West (U.S.)--Description and travel;

    • Handwritten diary of Grantham's overland journey from Missouri to Goose Creek, Utah, in 1850 by ox and horse team. Grantham mainly writes about the geography of the trail and daily camp locations. A member of the company died near the Bear River,...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Cobbey, John Furmes

    • Cobbey, John Furmes

    • Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-1854; Cobbey, John Furmes, 1827-185--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
    • 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

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