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 Valley, Drytown, and Sacramento. The diary describes the country, Indians, and conditions in California, especially politics.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, California--Politics and government--1850-1950, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Cramer, Samuel and Cramer, Thomas J. B
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1859
Diary completely digitized. and William E. Prince, born in and appointed from Massachusetts to the United States Army, describes the military posts in which he served, namely: Ringgold Barracks, Forts Clark, Terrett, Duncan, McKavett, Texas, and Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory. He describes the wagon trains, the difficulties with the Mexicans crossing the border, the Carbajal revolt in Mexico, 1850-1853, known as the Merchants War, and his command along the Rio Grande where the army was preserving civil authority.
Description:
Accompanied by a typewritten summary of the diary.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Arbuckle (Okla.), Fort Clark (Tex.), Fort Duncan (Tex.), Fort McKavett (Tex.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Terrett (Tex.), Mexico--History--1821-1861, and Texas--History--1846-1950
Subject (Name):
Carbajal, José María Jesús, d. 1874, Prince, William E., d. 1892, and United States--Army--Military life--History--19th century
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Texas, Merchants War, 1850-1853, and Military bases--Texas
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:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original binding., and The Granville Company consisted of 32 people traveling to California in 1849.
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. Hamelin also records an 1856 trip from Leavenworth to Fort Laramie where he became an agent for Majors, Russell Co., freighters. He made the return journey in 1857. There are notes on his stays in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and Fort Laramie. and Typed transcript completely digitized.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., Hamelin had been in the Southwest as early as 1842 and in Santa Fé as an employee of James Aull., and Original boards.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Los Angeles (Calif.), and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Highland Mary (Ship) and Russell, Majors and Waddell
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849
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 Valley, Drytown, and Sacramento. The diary describes the country, Indians, and conditions in California, especially politics.
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 with his wife and brother Samuel., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original boards., and Wanting p. 1-2? Contemporary pagination runs from p. 3-182, of which p. 182 is the back pastedown. Several other errors in pagination noted.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, California--Politics and government--1850-1950, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Cramer, Samuel and Cramer, Thomas J. B
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1859
Love's journal describes the 1849 trip from Pennsylvania to California, going by boat to St. Louis and Independence, then overland by the Platte, the Sweetwater, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humboldt, the Truckee, Yuba and Bear rivers. Love describes prospecting in the Sacramento River Valley, troubles with Indians, and his life at Maj. P. B. Reading's ranch. He decided to sail home in 1852 by way of Panama.
Description:
Diary and typed transcript stored in a case., Gift of William Robertson Coe., and The diary is composed of four notebooks and various sizes of letter paper sewed together in a homemade calf binding.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, Sacramento Valley (Calif.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Love, Alexander, 1810?- and Reading, P. B.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California, Indians of North America--California, Mines and mineral resources--California--Sacramento Valley, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849
The account covers an 1851 trip from Oregon to Salt Lake City by way of Vancouver, the Columbia River, the Blue Mountains, Fort Boise, and Fort Hall. Jennings stayed at Fort Vancouver and wrote about the Rifle Regiment, the Hudson's Bay Company, and Indians. From Vancouver he went by river with R. Wilson, A. McKay, A. McArthur, K. Pritchette, and Lt. W. Wood, and later with Maj. J. Owen. The diary describes Mormons and notes figures in Oregon history. There is a sketch of Mt. Hood. and Typed transcript completely digitized.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Oliver Jennings, daguerreotypist.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Washington (State)--Description and travel, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hudson's Bay Company, Jennings, Oliver, McKay, Alexander, Ogden, Peter Skene, 1790-1854, Pritchette, Kintzing, Wilson, Robert, fl. 1851, Wood, William, fl. 1851, and Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State), Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific, and Mormons--Utah
The journal describes the expedition, under Col. John Gibbon's command, which marched down the Yellowstone to join Gen. Terry and Gen. Custer. It records councils with the Crow Indians, meeting Terry, arriving at the site of Custer's massacre, caring for the wounded, and burying the dead. The expedition marched back to the Rosebud, joined Crook's command pursuing Indians, and returned to Fort Shaw. There is a map of the battlefield.
Description:
Corroborates the account of Lt. William L. English (WA MSS 171)., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Henry Blanchard Freeman, captain in command of six companies of the 7th Infantry., and Original binding.
Subject (Name):
Freeman, Henry Blanchard,--1837-1915., Gibbon, John,--1827-1896., and United States.--Army.--Infantry Regiment, 7th.
Subject (Topic):
Black Hills War, 1876-1877., Crow Indians, and Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Maps.
Journal of life in Vermont : travels in the midwest and Illinois, and a trip across the Plains
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 6
Image Count:
120
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
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 Laramie, the Salt Lake Road, Fort Boise, and Oregon City. Francis traveled with the Wilson and Sheppard families. The account continues for 1852-1862 with notes on farm life in Oregon and comments on the state of the nation prior to the Civil War.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., Notarized attestation of the author's daughter, Dora Francis Frazer, April 1936, is bound with the manuscript., and 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--History--1778-1865, Oregon--History--1859-, Oregon--History--To 1859, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Illinois, Agriculture--Oregon, Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois, Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1852
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:
Gift of Mrs. Marguerite Merington.
Subject (Name):
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933, Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, and Merington, Marguerite, 1857-1951
