Creator: Doyle, Simon / Extent of Digitization: Partially digitized / Subject (Topic): Overland journeys to the Pacific

Creator:: Doyle, Simon
Call Number:: WA MSS 144
Container / Volume:: Originals
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: Two journals describe trips in 1849 and 1854 from Rushville to California, and a return journey in 1856 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Doyle describes the routes and his experiences from 1849 to 1851 at Long's Bar, Oregon Bar, Union Bar, in the Fea...
Description:: Doyle, son of Edward Doyle of Rushville, Illinois, served in the Mexican War as 2d Lt. in Dunlap's Company of Illinois Cavalry. He traveled to California with his brother James and a company of Rushville friends in 1849, returned home, and traveled a ...
Subject (Geographic):: California., California, Feather River Valley (Calif.), Panama, Isthmus of (Panama), and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):: Doyle, Edward., Doyle, James, fl.1846-1852., Doyle, Manville., Doyle, Sam., and Doyle, Simon.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life, Mines and mineral resources, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journals and letters, 1849-1856