The diary describes the journey from Kansas to California along the California Trail, by way of Fort Kearny, the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, the Mormon route by Pilot Springs to the Humboldt and Carson Rivers, Hope Valle...
Description:
Cramer, of Douglas County, Kansas, was judge of the 1855 elections, inspector general of the militia, and territorial treasurer under the Lecompton Constitution. He was the pro-slavery candidate for treasurer in 1857. He left for California in 1859 wi...
Subject (Geographic):
California., California National Historic Trail., Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail., California, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Cramer, Samuel. and Cramer, Thomas J. B.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Politics and government, and Description and travel
