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    • Keith, Fleury F., 1822-1896;

    • Keith, Fleury F., 1822-1896;

    • Keith, F. F. (Fleury F.)--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Fleury F. Keith was born in Jefferson County, New York, around 1822. He was named after his father, a farmer who served for two years in the New York State Assembly. According to a local history of Pamelia, New York, Fleury's father "raised a large...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • MSS SC 1027, 1800?-;

    • MSS SC 1027, 1800?-;

    • Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • While it is unsigned, this diary contains a handful of clues about its author's identity. He left for California at the age of fifty-nine and celebrated his sixtieth birthday in Wyoming on 12 July 1860. He also writes that he had lived in...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Phillips, Cyrus E., 1829-1903;

    • Phillips, Cyrus E., 1829-1903;

    • Phillips, Cyrus E., 1829-1903--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born in Indiana in 1829, Cyrus E. Phillips was the fourth of six children born to Brannock and Eliza (Wells) Phillips. Cyrus' parents moved to Indiana from Kentucky shortly before his birth, and then relocated to Iowa in their later years. Cyrus...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Purdy, John H., ?-?;

    • Purdy, John H., ?-?;

    • Purdy, John H.--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Little is known about John H. Purdy. In 1849 he left Columbus, Ohio, to try his fortunes in California. Beyond letters that John wrote to an older brother, James L. Purdy, of Mansfield, Ohio, there is no other extant record of John's journey to...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Shoemaker, ?-?;

    • Shoemaker, ?-?;

    • Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • While this diary is unsigned, an unknown hand inscribed "Shoemaker's Diary of 1850" on the inner flyleaf. As an author, "Shoemaker" is good at recording traveling conditions but not personal details. There are no clues within the diary as to his...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1877;

    • Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1877;

    • Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Elijah Allen Spooner was born on 11 April 1811 in Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His parents, Andrew and Sally (Adams) Spooner, were both born in Massachusetts and raised all of their nine children in Oakham. On 19 May 1847, at the age...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Tolles, James S., 1826-1908;

    • Tolles, James S., 1826-1908;

    • Tolles, James, b. 1828 or 9--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • James S. Tolles was born on 2 August 1826 in eastern Tennessee. His parents, Abraham and Harriet Tolles, moved seven years later to Rushville, Illinois, where they raised eight children. In 1849, at the age of twenty-two, James set out for...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Tour to California, ?-?;

    • Tour to California, ?-?;

    • Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • This anonymous author was probably a native of Pennsylvania: "[The country] looked very natural to us Pennsylvanian hailing from stone regions. and reminded us of our own native hills" (14). As a writer, he is also one of the best spellers in the...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Verney, Edmund Hope, 1838-1910;

    • Verney, Edmund Hope, 1838-1910;

    • Verney, Edmund Hope, 1838-1910--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Born on 6 April 1838 in England, Edmund Hope Verney came from a distinguished family. His father, Harry Calvert Verney, sat as a Member of Parliament for more than fifty years, while his grandfather, George Hope, was one of Horatio Nelson's...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Walker, William Z., 1827-1862;

    • Walker, William Z., 1827-1862;

    • Walker, William Z., d. 1862--Biography; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • William Z. Walker was born on 21 October 1827 at Salem, New Hampshire, to Henry and Anna (Woodbury) Walker. In 1849, at age twenty-one, he set out from Boston, Massachusetts, to mine for gold in California. William's diary ends at Sacramento on 12...
    • Overland Trails - Biographies
    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb

    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb

    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918; Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918--Diaries; Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Frontier and pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Diary written during a part of the journey across the plains apparently in a horse-drawn wagon; describes buffalo skulls, encounters with Indians, and the crossing of rivers and creeks. Although the flyleaf bears an ending date of September 27, the...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Tour To California

    • Tour To California

    • Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Dakota Indians; Pawnee Indians; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten diary by an unknown person. The item tells of the author's overland journey with the Ankin Company from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Fort Kearny, Nebraska, in 1849 by mule train. The author gives detailed information about the rigors of...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • 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
    • 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
    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb

    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb

    • Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918; Everett, Lucia Eugenia Lamb, 1840-1918--Diaries; Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Frontier and pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Diary written during a part of the journey across the plains apparently in a horse-drawn wagon; describes buffalo skulls, encounters with Indians, and the crossing of rivers and creeks. Although the flyleaf bears an ending date of September 27, the...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries
    • Tour to California

    • Tour to California

    • Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Dakota Indians; Pawnee Indians; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Handwritten diary by an unknown person. The item tells of the author's overland journey with the Ankin Company from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Fort Kearny, Nebraska, in 1849 by mule train. The author gives detailed information about the rigors of...
    • Overland Trails - Diaries

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