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
Joseph Heger's pencil sketches were made during an 1858 army march from Camp Scott, Fort Bridger, to Salt Lake City and from Camp Floyd to Fort Union. The drawings depict towns, camps, and scenes from Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico
Description:
Joseph Heger, born in Hesse, immigrated to America as a child. He enlisted in the army in 1855 and served as a private in Co. K. of the 1st Regiment of Mounted Riflemen under Lt. Dubois on the Utah Expedition in 1858 and on the Arizona-New Mexico camp...
The journal describes an 1849 voyage to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn, working in the bay unloading ships, and the daily routine of gold mining. Windeler, with eight others, formed a company and their account books, containing entries for various ...
Description:
Windeler was a native of Hamburg, Germany who sailed from New York to California as a member of the crew of the ship Probus.
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Christendorff, Carl Frederich., Windeler, Adolphus., and Probus (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Loading and unloading, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
Two typewritten manuscripts: "The outbreak of Chief Joseph" (WA MSS 109) and "Recollections of the Sioux Campaign of 1876..." (WA MSS 110) Pen and ink sketches: a plan of the battlefield in the Nez Percé war and sketch of the way wounded soldiers fro...
Description:
Homer Coon, soldier in General Gibbon's command, fought in the Sioux campaign of 1876 and Nez Percé outbreak of 1877.
Subject (Name):
Coon, Homer., Reno, Marcus A. 1835-1889. (Marcus Albert),, and Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Black Hills War, 1876-1877, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Nez Percé Indians, and Wars, 1877
Two typewritten manuscripts: "The outbreak of Chief Joseph" (WA MSS 109) and "Recollections of the Sioux Campaign of 1876..." (WA MSS 110) Pen and ink sketches: a plan of the battlefield in the Nez Percé war and sketch of the way wounded soldiers fro...
Description:
Homer Coon, soldier in General Gibbon's command, fought in the Sioux campaign of 1876 and Nez Percé outbreak of 1877.
Subject (Name):
Coon, Homer., Reno, Marcus A. 1835-1889. (Marcus Albert),, and Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890.
Subject (Topic):
Black Hills War, 1876-1877, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Nez Percé Indians, and Wars, 1877
