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    • 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
    • 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.); Indians of North America; Cholera--West (U.S.);

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Farrer, William vol. 1, 1850-1851

    • Farrer, William vol. 1, 1850-1851

    • 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...

    • 128 p. ; vol. 1 of 6 v. published electronically
    • 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
    • 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 outbreaks,...
    • 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
    • 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

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