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    • 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
    • Verney, Edmund Hope

    • Verney, Edmund Hope

    • Verney, Edmund Hope, 1838-1910; Verney, Edmund Hope, 1838-1910--Diaries; Great Britain--Royal Navy--Officers--Diaries; Verney, Edmund Hope, 1838-1910--Views on Mormons; Kimball, Heber Chase, 1801-1868; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Overland journeys...

    • Handwritten copy of an article published in the Royal Good Words and Sunday Magazinewas el on 1 June 1866 (vol. 7, pp. 380-393). After serving as a gunboat captain in British Columbia, Verney made the overland journey by stage coach from San...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Kirkham, Francis W. vol. 12, 1899-1900

    • Kirkham, Francis W. vol. 12, 1899-1900

    • Kirkham, Francis W., 1877-1972--Diaries; Mormon Church--Missions--New Zealand--History--Sources; Mormon Church--Missions--New Zealand--History--Sources; Mormons--New Zealand--History--Sources; Maori (New Zealand people)--History--Sources; New...

    • 147 p. ; vol. 12 of 12 v. available electronically (vol. 13 of 14 original diaries)
    • Mormon Missionary 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Overland Trail Diary

    • Overland Trail Diary

    • Overland journeys to the Pacific; Oregon National Historic Trail; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries;

    • Holograph diary, written in pencil by an unknown author. Item records the author's overland journey by ox team from Keokuk, Iowa, to Oakland, California, in 1860. The author's company included a handful of families and followed the Oregon Trail...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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