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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Thomas, George

    • Thomas, George

    • Thomas, George, 1821-1890; Thomas, George, 1821-1890--Diaries; Mormon converts--Wales--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Hyde Park (Utah); Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Thomas writes of his activities as an LDS Church leader in Wales, immigration to the United States, and life in Hyde Park, Utah. The diary also includes family genealogical information.
    • 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
    • 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
    • Phillips, Cyrus E.

    • Phillips, Cyrus E.

    • Phillips, Cyrus E., 1829-1903; Phillips, Cyrus E., 1829-1903--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Salt Lake City (Utah); Idaho--Description and travel;

    • Handwritten diary in two volumes. Phillips made the overland journey by ox team from Indiana to California in 1852, but the diary ends at the Humboldt River in Nevada. Phillips was an enthusiastic traveler and wrote about trail conditions, buffalo...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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