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Creator:
Willis, Edward J
Published / Created:
1849 August 15-18
Call Number:
WA MSS 527
Collection Title:
Diary of Edward J. Willis. Giving account of travel from Independence Missouri to California in
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
The diary records the journey from a camp near Independence by way of the Santa Fe´ road, Kansas and Blue rivers, Fort Kearney, the Platte, South Fork, Ash Hollow, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette’s Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humb...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Selected pages]

2.
The overland route, leaves from the journal of a California emigrant /by Mary L. Rockwood Powers

Creator:
Powers, Mary Rockwood, d. 1858
Published / Created:
1859
Call Number:
WA MSS 387
Image Count:
33
Abstract:
The manuscript describes an 1856 journey from Wisconsin to California starting by train to Chicago and Iowa City, then overland by Council Bluffs, the Platte, Fort Laramie, Malade River, the Humboldt, Lassen’s Cut-off, and the Sacramento Valley. The a...
Description:
Autograph manuscript.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Powers, Americus Windsor
Subject (Topic):
Mormon women and Women pioneers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The overland route, leaves from the journal of a California emigrant /by Mary L. Rockwood Powers, 1859

3.
The Overland Travels to California of Solomon Kingery in 1852. A Day-by-Day Journal [Transcript]

Creator:
Kingery, Solomon
Call Number:
WA MSS 286
Collection Title:
Overland letters
Container / Volume:
Folder 2
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Kingerly's letters to his parents and friends describe the 1852 journey from Illinois to California by way of Iowa, Kanesville, the Platte and Sweetwater, Kinney's and Hudspeth's Cut-offs, the Shasta and Nobles Pass route, Sierra Nevadas, and Shasta ...
Subject (Geographic):
Shasta (Calif.) and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1852
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Overland Travels to California of Solomon Kingery in 1852. A Day-by-Day Journal [Transcript]

4.
Diary of a journey from Illinois to Colorado / by James A. Eddy, 1886.

Creator:
Eddy, James A
Published / Created:
1886
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1409 Ed24
Image Count:
59
Abstract:
The diary describes a journey from Albany, Illinois to Aspen, Colorado in the summer of 1886. The author and several other men drove horses overland to Kensaw, Nebraska, transported the stock by rail to Denver, and finally took them overland to Aspen....
Description:
Diary has been written in from both directions.
Subject (Geographic):
Aspen (Colo.), Colorado--Description and travel, Davenport (Iowa)--Description and travel, Glenwood (Iowa)--Description and travel, Homestead (Iowa)--Description and travel, Iowa City (Iowa)--Description and travel, Iowa--Description and travel, Nebraska--Description and travel, Plattsmouth (Neb.)--Description and travel, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Eddy, James A, Hendrix, A. H, Hightman, George, and Wagoner, G. A
Subject (Topic):
Horse industry--United States and Silver mines and mining--Colorado--Pitkin County
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a journey from Illinois to Colorado / by James A. Eddy, 1886.

5.
Journey to California across the plains, 1850

Creator:
Blood, James A
Published / Created:
1850
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1442
Container / Volume:
Folder 1
Image Count:
55
Abstract:
James Blood’s pocket diary (84 p.) contains brief entries for his 1850 wagon trip across the plains to Sacramento. He describes the trail, landscape, and his companions. In the back of the volume are what appear to be the scribblings of a child.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Gold discoveries and West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Blood, James A
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journey to California across the plains, 1850

6.
Diary of a journey from Serbin, Bastrop Co., Texas to Trinidad, Colorado Territory, 1867 June 6-28

Creator:
Baird, Spruce M. (Spruce McCoy), 1814-1872
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2665
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder: Transcript
Image Count:
28
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript diary of the greater part of Baird's journey by stage, ship, and railroad from Serbin, Texas to Trinidad, Colorado Territory in June of 1867, which he notes on the title page is "affectionately dedicated to his beloved wife and ch...
Description:
Spruce M. Baird was born in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1814, and taught school there prior to moving to Texas before the Civil War. He practiced law in Nacogdoches, Texas, served as judge in Santa Fe County (in what became New Mexico), was Indian agent to ...
Subject (Geographic):
Illinois--Description and travel, Kansas--Description and travel, Kentucky--Description and travel, Louisiana--Description and travel, Mississippi--Description and travel, Missouri--Description and travel, Tennessee--Description and travel, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Railroad travel--United States and Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a journey from Serbin, Bastrop Co., Texas to Trinidad, Colorado Territory, 1867 June 6-28 / by S. M. Baird [Transcript]

7.
[Oregon trail]

Creator:
Allen, Edward Jay, 1830-1915
Published / Created:
[1852-58]
Call Number:
Zc78 +852aL
Image Count:
44
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Mounted clippings from the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch and one short report each from two other small newspapers describing an overland journey beginning in 1852 and life in Washington Territory, through Allen's return to New Orleans in March of 1855. A...
Alternative Title:
Eddie’s letters
Description:
Cover title: Eddie’s letters.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Chimney Rock (Neb.), Council Bluffs (Iowa), Fort Boise (Idaho), Fort Hall (Idaho), Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Fort Walla Walla (Wash.), Fort Washita (Okla.), Great Plains, Idaho, Independence Rock (Wyo.), Iowa, Nebraska, New Orleans (La.) --1850-1860, Nisqually River Valley (Wash.), Oklahoma, Olympia (Wash.), Oregon, Oregon City (Or.), Platte County (Wyo.), Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Rocky Mountains, Scotts Bluff County (Neb.), United States --Territorial expansion, Washington (State), White River Valley (Wash.), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Cayuse Indians, Foster, J. Heron, Nez Perce Indians, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pawnee Indians, and Shoshoni Indians
Subject (Topic):
Ferries, Frontier and pioneer life, Horse trading, Indians of North America --1840-1860, Natural resources, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Wagon trains
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Oregon trail]

9.
[Diary entries: Selected pages]

Published / Created:
1849
Call Number:
WA MSS 307
Collection Title:
Overland journey from Cincinnati, Ohio to California /by Charles L’Hommedieu Long, 1849-1850
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
The diary records an 1849 journey from Ohio to California going by boat down the Ohio, then overland from Independence to the Platte, Fort Laramie, the Sweetwater, Sublette’s Cut-off, Fort Hall, the Humboldt and Truckee, and Johnson’s Ranch, Placer Co...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary entries: Selected pages]