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    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham, vol 2

    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham, vol 2

    • Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868; Duke, Jonathan Oldham, 1807-1868--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo; Mormons--Utah--Provo; Nauvoo (Ill.); Provo (Utah);

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. In volume 1, Duke writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, and life in Nauvoo, Illinois. Duke made the overland journey in 1850 from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Salt Lake...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Dunlap, Kate

    • Dunlap, Kate

    • Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901; Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901--Diaries; Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--Montana--Diaries; Dunlap, Kate, 1837-1901--Views on Mormons; Overland journeys to the Pacific; West (U.S.)--Description and travel;...

    • Handwritten diary of Dunlap's overland journey from Lee, Iowa, to Montana by horse team in 1864. Dunlap wrote an introduction to the item, dated 30 January 1865, describing Montana and dedicated it to "My friends." Diary entries are very detailed...
    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias

    • Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897; Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Mormons--Utah--History--19th century; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--19th century; Tooele (Utah); Nauvoo (Ill.); Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Salt...

    • Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • Churchill, Stillman vol 1

    • Churchill, Stillman vol 1

    • 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; Overland journeys to the Pacific;...

    • 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....
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • 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,...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Fairbanks, John Boylston

    • Fairbanks, John Boylston

    • Fairbanks, John Boylston, 1817-1875; Fairbanks, John Boylston, 1817-1875--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific;

    • Overland diary (1846-47) describing events after the evacuation of Nauvoo by the Mormons. Contains brief daily entries.

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