Granville Company Diary, 1849

Description

Title: Granville Company Diary, 1849
Creator: Granville Company
Abstract: The diary was written on the road but not every day. It records the journey from Zanesville, Ohio, to Independence, and in more detail the preparations for the journey at Independence, the country traversed and the camping places along the Platte and Sweetwater, Sublette's and Hudspeth's Cut-offs, and the Applegate Trail and Lassen Road to the Feather River Valley
Description: The Granville Company consisted of 32 people traveling to California in 1849.
Available on microfilm.
Original binding.
Provenance: Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent: 1 13 cm. v. (158 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Diaries United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)
Subject (Name): Granville Company.
Subject (Topic): Overland journeys to the Pacific
Description and travel
Subjects: Granville Company
Overland journeys to the Pacific
West (U.S.) > Description and travel
United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific > 1849

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Citation: Granville Company Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.