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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Confluence North and South Platte rivers

    • Confluence North and South Platte rivers

    • North Platte River; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.);

    • This view shows the area where the North Platte and South Platte rivers merge, becoming the Platte River near the city of North Platte, Nebraska. The river then runs east to the Missouri River. Brigham Young and the Saints had followed the Platte...
    • Religious Education
    • Confluence North and South Platte rivers

    • Confluence North and South Platte rivers

    • North Platte River; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.);

    • This view shows the area where the North Platte and South Platte rivers merge, becoming the Platte River near the city of North Platte, Nebraska. The river then runs east to the Missouri River. Brigham Young and the Saints had followed the Platte...
    • Religious Education
    • 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
    • Smith, Job

    • Smith, Job

    • Smith, Job, 1828-1913; Smith, Job, 1828-1913--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--United States--Diaries; Mormon missionaries--Great Britain--Diaries; Basket makers--Utah--Salt Lake City--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten diary and autobiography. Smith writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church in England, his emigration to the United States in 1843, and life at Nauvoo, Council Bluffs, and Winter Quarters. The account is retrospective until 1849...
    • 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
    • South Platte River

    • South Platte River

    • South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.); Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail;

    • This image shows the South Platte River just west of its confluence with the North Platte River. Once the two rivers merge, they become the Platte River. The confluence site is located near the the city of North Platte, Nebraska. The Saints,...
    • Religious Education
    • Much esteemed friends

    • Much esteemed friends

    • Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Correspondence; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten and unsigned letter dated 19 May 1850. Item was written by an unidentified member of a wagon train and includes some detail about the author's preparation for the trip to California. The letter describes the overland journey from Saint...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Platte Canon

    • Platte Canon

    • Platte Canyon (Colo.); Railroads--Colorado--Track; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.); Bicycles--Colorado;

    • A photograph of a man riding a bicycle along the railroad tracks next to a stream in Platte Canyon. Photographic Print from a booklet, The Canons (Canyons) of Colorado.
    • William Henry Jackson
    • 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

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