Clark, J., engraver Hall, Sidney, engraver James, Edwin, 1797-1861 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 Seymour, Samuel, fl. 1797-1822, ill United States. War Dept
Published / Created:
1823
Call Number:
Zc20 822jab
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Description:
Aquatint engravings by J. Clark, after Samuel Seymour., For collation of plates, see Wagner, H.R. The Plains and the Rockies ... 1921, p. 95., Half-title: An expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains., Map engraved by Sidney Hall., Plates in copies 1 and 2 are bound in different order., and Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.
Publisher:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row,
Subject (Geographic):
Ohio River--Description and travel, Rocky Mountains--Description and travel, Rocky Mountains--Pictorial works, United States--Exploring expeditions, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
A. & R. Spottiswoode--Printer and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown--Publisher
Subject (Topic):
Chron.--1823, Geology--West (U.S.), and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
Clark, J., engraver Hall, Sidney James, Edwin, 1797-1861 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 Seymour, Samuel, fl. 1797-1822, ill United States. War Dept
Published / Created:
1823
Call Number:
Zc20 822jab
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Description:
Aquatint engravings by J. Clark, after Samuel Seymour., For collation of plates, see Wagner, H.R. The Plains and the Rockies ... 1921, p. 95., Half-title: An expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains., Map engraved by Sidney Hall., Plates in copies 1 and 2 are bound in different order., and Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.
Publisher:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row,
Subject (Geographic):
Ohio River--Description and travel, Rocky Mountains--Description and travel, Rocky Mountains--Pictorial works, United States--Exploring expeditions, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
A. & R. Spottiswoode--Printer and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown--Publisher
Subject (Topic):
Chron.--1823, Geology--West (U.S.), and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
Clark, J., engraver Hall, Sidney, engraver James, Edwin, 1797-1861 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 Seymour, Samuel, fl. 1797-1822, ill United States. War Dept
Published / Created:
1823
Call Number:
Zc20 822jab
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Description:
Aquatint engravings by J. Clark, after Samuel Seymour., For collation of plates, see Wagner, H.R. The Plains and the Rockies ... 1921, p. 95., Half-title: An expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains., Map engraved by Sidney Hall., Plates in copies 1 and 2 are bound in different order., and Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.
Publisher:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row,
Subject (Geographic):
Ohio River--Description and travel, Rocky Mountains--Description and travel, Rocky Mountains--Pictorial works, United States--Exploring expeditions, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
A. & R. Spottiswoode--Printer and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown--Publisher
Subject (Topic):
Chron.--1823, Geology--West (U.S.), and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
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
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
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