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 ...
Description:
John Gish, of Logan County, Ohio, formed a partnership in 1850 with four friends to go to California. The partnership broke up on the trip west, but Gish made it to California and returned home by sea in 1851.
Subject (Geographic):
California.
Subject (Name):
Gish, John., Gish, Mary., Mekemson, Joseph S., and Wise, John H.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining and Overland journeys to the Pacific
Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
Description:
John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
Description:
John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
Two journals describe trips in 1849 and 1854 from Rushville to California, and a return journey in 1856 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Doyle describes the routes and his experiences from 1849 to 1851 at Long's Bar, Oregon Bar, Union Bar, in the Fea...
Description:
Doyle, son of Edward Doyle of Rushville, Illinois, served in the Mexican War as 2d Lt. in Dunlap's Company of Illinois Cavalry. He traveled to California with his brother James and a company of Rushville friends in 1849, returned home, and traveled a ...
Subject (Geographic):
California., California, Feather River Valley (Calif.), Panama, Isthmus of (Panama), and West (U.S.)
The diary describes an 1849 overland journey to St. Joseph by rail and boat, and then by mule to California. The diary describes two years in the mines and Stuart's return to Lowell, Massachusetts, by way of Nicaragua. In 1851 he set out for Nicaragua...
Description:
In 1849 Stuart joined the Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company of Boston, which combined with the Mt. Washington Company of Boston.
Subject (Geographic):
California., California, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825., Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company., and Mt. Washington Company.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
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
