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2.
- 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. In Aspen, the author worked a mine with Ira Bacheler and others. Eddy comments on the towns they visited as well as the fields and crops. He occasionally mentions his partners, A. H. Hendrix who they met on the road, and the men he worked with in Aspen. The journal ends with the arrival of Eddy's wife and child in Aspen.
- Description:
- Diary has been written in from both directions. and The lower half of the first page of the journal has been torn off. Within the text, there is evidence that three pages were removed, but the narrative does not seem to be affected.
- 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.
3.
- 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 children." Baird's route included New Orleans, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Columbus, Kentucky; Cairo, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Junction City, and Salina, Kansas. He describes the scenery, weather, hotels, and individuals he meets along the route. His Confederate sympathies are reflected in bitter comments regarding the destruction of property by Union soldiers during the war and the freed slaves he enounters. He closes "volume first of my diary and narrative" in Salina, Kansas, and notes that he will complete the balance as soon as he can. The diary entries are followed by The Lord's Prayer, Psalm XXV, and notes regarding distances between points along the travel route.
- 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 the Navajos, and was appointed attorney general of New Mexico. Baird returned to Texas during the Civil War and served as a regiment commander in the Confederate army. In 1867 he moved to Trinidad, Colorado where he opened a law office. He died at Cimarron, New Mexico in 1872. He was married in 1848 to Emmacetta Bowdry of Kentucky and was the father of Andrew Bowdry Baird.
- 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]
4.
- Creator:
- Davis, Sarah Green
- Published / Created:
- 1849-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1320 D298
- Image Count:
- 72
- Abstract:
- 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. The journal is accompanied by three photographs of Sarah Davis.
- Description:
- 46v-47r, 68v-72r blank. Blanks not digitized. and The journal is difficult to read due to the faint pencil lead and the handwriting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Davis, Sarah Green
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific, Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of an overland journey to California, 1849-1850 / by Sarah Green Davis
5.
- Published / Created:
- 1849 September 20
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 144
- Collection Title:
- Journals and letters, 1849-1856
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- Page numbers have been added in pencil.
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Drove 15 miles to branch of Pill River ...
6.
- Creator:
- Swain, William, 1821-1904
- Published / Created:
- 1849
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 466
- Collection Title:
- Journals and letters, 1849-1851
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Journal, April 11-August 6, 1849.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life--California. and Gold mines and mining--California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of route to California from my home in Youngstown by way of the Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and Independence: commencing April 11th, 1849
7.
- Creator:
- Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855
- Published / Created:
- 1846-1847
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-867
- Image Count:
- 297
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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 New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry.
- Description:
- 32 loose pages (1847 June-September) with discreet pagination from front of journal are presented chronologically following p. 206. and Blanks at end (26 p.) not digitized.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--History, El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.)--Description and travel, Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.)--Description and travel, Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.)--History, Southwest, New--Description and travel, and Taos (N.M.)--History
- Subject (Name):
- Chavez y Castillo, Mariano, 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--(George Wilkins),--1809-1867, Magoffin, James Wiley,--1799-1868, Magoffin, Samuel,--1801-1888, Magoffin, Susan Shelby,--1827-1855, McDowell, Sarah Shelby,--1785-1847, Mexico.--President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga), Ortiz, Ramon, Ortiz, Tomas, Owens, Samuel D.,--d. 1847, Peck, William--(William Guy),--1820-1892, Pino, Manuel, Prentice, George D.--(Geroge Denison),--1802-1870, 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, and Wright, George,--1803-1865
- Subject (Topic):
- Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Indians of North America--Social life and customs, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Navajo Indians
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal, 1846-1847
8.
- 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
9.
- Creator:
- Findley, William
- Published / Created:
- 1845-1847
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-33
- Image Count:
- 76
- Abstract:
- Findley’s journal describes an 1845 trip to Oregon including a list of the company. Part of a return trip in 1847 is recorded.
- Description:
- Blank pages not digitized and not included in cataloger derived pagination.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.) --Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey to Oregon and a return trip, 1845-1847
10.
- Call Number:
- Zc72 +890mj
- Collection Title:
- [Miscellaneous overland accounts to California and Oregon in the 1840s and 50s, compiled by Eugene
- Image Count:
- 31
- Subject (Geographic):
- California --History --To 1846 and Oregon Territory --History
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Collection Created:
- [1890-1936]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Recollections of the Rickreall
11.
- Published / Created:
- 1846 August 29
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-867
- Collection Title:
- Journal
- Image Count:
- 1
- Subject (Geographic):
- Southwest, New --Description and travel
- Collection Created:
- 1846-1847
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Saturday 29th
12.
- 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 City. The letters note camping places, the cost of ferriage and food, encounters with Indians, sickness, and deaths. Kingerly traveled with a group from Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois. One letter describes storekeeping in Shasta City.
- 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]
13.
- 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 account reports hardships and sufferings, the friendliness of Mormon women and fellow travelers, but gives few details about the route.
- Description:
- Autograph manuscript. and Transcribed for the North Western Home Journal.
- 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
14.
- Published / Created:
- 1849
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 144
- Collection Title:
- Journals and letters, 1849-1856
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Alternative Title:
- Waybill of distances encampments and all important points and streams from the Missouri River at Old Fort Kearney across the Plains to California or the new El Dorado of the far West
- Description:
- Page numbers have been added in pencil and are not continued from journal section.
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Waibill of distances encampments and all important points & streems from the Missouri River at Old Fort Keerney across the Plains to California or the new El Dorado of the far West
15.
- Published / Created:
- 1850 August 13
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 220
- Collection Title:
- Correspondence and agreement 1850-1856
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- The collection contains John Gish’s correspondence, 1850-51, which describes his journey west and experiences in California, letters to Gish from associates in the mines, 1852-56, describing life in the mines and conditions in California, and an 1850 agreement of partnership to search for gold in California.
- Subject (Name):
- Gish, Mary, Hill, Joseph, Hodge, John S., Mays, Abraham, Mekemson, Joseph S., Singer, Jacob, and Wise, John H.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter signed] 1850 August 13, Logan County, Ohio [to] John Gish, Sacramento, California
16.
- Published / Created:
- 1850 December 29
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 220
- Collection Title:
- Correspondence and agreement 1850-1856
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- The collection contains John Gish’s correspondence, 1850-51, which describes his journey west and experiences in California, letters to Gish from associates in the mines, 1852-56, describing life in the mines and conditions in California, and an 1850 agreement of partnership to search for gold in California.
- Subject (Name):
- Gish, Mary, Mekemson, Joseph S., and Wise, John H
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter signed] 1850 December 29, Eldorado County, California
17.
- Published / Created:
- 1851 April 28
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 220
- Collection Title:
- Correspondence and agreement 1850-1856
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- The collection contains John Gish’s correspondence, 1850-51, which describes his journey west and experiences in California, letters to Gish from associates in the mines, 1852-56, describing life in the mines and conditions in California, and an 1850 agreement of partnership to search for gold in California.
- Description:
- Imperfect: mutilated with slight loss of text. and Mounted on leaf 5 of bound volume.
- Subject (Name):
- Gish, Mary, Mekemson, Joseph S., and Wise, John H
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter signed] 1851 April 28, Jackson, Calaveras County, California [to] Mary Gish
18.
- Published / Created:
- 1851 February 4
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 220
- Collection Title:
- Correspondence and agreement 1850-1856
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- The collection contains John Gish’s correspondence, 1850-51, which describes his journey west and experiences in California, letters to Gish from associates in the mines, 1852-56, describing life in the mines and conditions in California, and an 1850 agreement of partnership to search for gold in California.
- Description:
- Imperfect: mutilated with slight loss of text.
- Subject (Name):
- Gish, Mary, Mekemson, Joseph S., and Wise, John H
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter signed] 1851 February 4, Eldorado County, California [to] Mary Gish
19.
- Published / Created:
- 1851 July 20
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 220
- Collection Title:
- Correspondence and agreement 1850-1856
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- The collection contains John Gish’s correspondence, 1850-51, which describes his journey west and experiences in California, letters to Gish from associates in the mines, 1852-56, describing life in the mines and conditions in California, and an 1850 agreement of partnership to search for gold in California.
- Description:
- Mounted on leaf 6 of bound volume.
- Subject (Name):
- Gish, Mary. and Wise, John H
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter] 1851 July 20, [to] Mary Gish
20.
- Published / Created:
- 1852 January 20
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 220
- Collection Title:
- Correspondence and agreement 1850-1856
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- The collection contains John Gish’s correspondence, 1850-51, which describes his journey west and experiences in California, letters to Gish from associates in the mines, 1852-56, describing life in the mines and conditions in California, and an 1850 agreement of partnership to search for gold in California.
- Description:
- Mounted on leaf 11 of bound volume.
- Subject (Name):
- Gish, John and Gish, Mary.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining --California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter] 1852 January 20, H. B. Pomroy [to] John Gish