The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sk...
Description:
Bruff was a draftsman in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers. He organized and led an 1849 expedition by Washington City and California Mining Association.
Subject (Geographic):
California and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889. and Washington City and California Mining Association.
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
The diary records an 1874 voyage from New York via Panama to California. The unidentified author describes the weather, the ship's progress, shipboard life, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama, the train trip across the Isthmus, the landscape and villages, Aca...
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., United States., West (U.S.), Acapulco (Mexico), Colón (Panama), California, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Nevada, Panama, Salt Lake City (Utah), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company., Colon (Steamship), Montana (Steamship), Panama Railroad Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Alfalfa, Railroad travel, and Description and travel
Sarah Davis's diary records her 1850 trip across the plains with her husband. Entries describe the scenery and trail conditions. Several pages of notes by her husband at the front of the diary indicate he had traveled to California once before in 1849...
Description:
Available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier Women microfilm set.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Davis, Sarah Green.
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
The collection contains Elizabeth Bacon Custer's journal, started in 1852 but not kept up, and papers relating to her husband, including fragments of his letters to her, letters to George Custer, and military orders
Description:
Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933. and Custer, George A. 1839-1876. (George Armstrong),
The diary (about 130 pages) of George R. L. Penney, of Winsted, Connecticut, describes his journey from New York to California via Panama, his voyage up the coast to Portland, and his trip by steamer and foot eastward along the Columbia River to Place...
Subject (Geographic):
Idaho, Boise County., and Columbia River Valley
Subject (Name):
Penney, G. R. L. (George R. L.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
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 ...
Description:
The Granville Company consisted of 32 people traveling to California in 1849.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Granville Company.
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
Henry Cummins's diaries and journal give a daily record of his studies, work, social life, and local events. He joined and recorded Dr. Patterson's 1861 geographic survey of northeastern Oregon. The diaries note his interest in science and s...
Description:
Henry Cummins came to Oregon in 1853 with his father William M. Cummins and settled in Lane County, near Eugene. He attended school and worked on his father's farm, in the Eugene bookstore, and at the People's Press of Eugene. In 1861, he joined Dr. A...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Eugene (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Cummins, Henry, 1840-, Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910., DeWolfe, Charles H., Gale, J. M., Patterson, Andrew W., Shaw, H., Pantheon of Science (Eugene, Oregon), People's Press (Eugene, Oregon), and State Republican (Eugene, Oregon)
Subject (Topic):
Newspaper presses, Phrenology, Spiritualism, Surveying, Exploring expeditions, Geography, and Social life and customs
S. Francis's diary from 1841-1845 describes country life in Vermont and for 1845-1852 records weather, crops, and politics in Illinois. The diary describes an 1852 trip from Illinois to Oregon by way of Des Moines, Kanesville, the Platte to Fort Laram...
Description:
S. Francis, who was a farmer in Barnard, Vermont, moved his family to Illinois in 1846 and emigrated to Oregon in 1852.
Subject (Geographic):
Illinois., Oregon., Illinois, Oregon Territory, Oregon, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, History, and Description and travel
The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the N...
Description:
There are 32 loose pages laid in front of the journal.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.), Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.), Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.), Southwest, New, and Taos (N.M.)
Subject (Name):
Ampudia, Pedro de, 1805-1868., Archuleta, Diego, 1814-1884., Armijo, Manuel, 1792?-1853., Belknap, William Goldsmith, d. 1851., Bent, Charles, 1799-1847., Bent, George, 1814-1847., Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853., Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876., Chavez y Castillo, Mariano., Clark, Meriwether Lewis, 1809-1881., Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895., Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879., Davy, Cornelius., Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885., Doniphan, Alexander William., Gilpin, William, 1815-1894., Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850., Howard, John Eager, d. 1862., Hunter, David, 1802-1886., Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848., Kendall, Geo. Wilkins 1809-1867. (George Wilkins),, McDowell, Sarah Shelby, 1785-1847., Magoffin, James Wiley, 1799-1868., Magoffin, Samuel, 1801-1888., Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855., Ortiz, Ramon., Ortiz, Tomas., Owens, Samuel D., d. 1847., Peck, William 1820-1892. (William Guy),, Pino, Manuel., Prentice, George D. 1802-1870. (Geroge Denison),, Prentiss, James H., 1809-1848., Price, Sterling, 1809-1867., Robidou, Antoine, 1794-1860., Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876., Shelby, James, 1784-1848., Shelby, Thomas Hart, 1789-1869., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866., Swords, Thomas, 1806-1886., Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850., Trias, Angel., Urrea, José, 1797-1849., Warner, William Horace., Washington, John Macrae, 1797-1853., Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869., Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849., Wright, George, 1803-1865., and Mexico. President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Navajo Indians, History, Description and travel, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
The journal records an 1849 trip from Missouri, beginning on the ship Highland Mary to old Fort Kearney, overland by the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, the southern trail, Virgin River, Cajon Pass, and Sacramento. H...
Description:
Hamelin had been in the Southwest as early as 1842 and in Santa Fé as an employee of James Aull.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), California, Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Los Angeles (Calif.), and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Hamelin, Joseph P., Jr., 1823-, Highland Mary (Ship), and Russell, Majors and Waddell.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
