The diary records the trip from Missouri to California by way of the Platte, the Sweetwater, Sublette's Cut-off, the Humboldt, the Carson, Pleasant Valley, and Weaverville. It also contains expenditures, accounts of gold mining and Krill & Bamber's grocery trade in California.
Description:
Accompanied by a daguerreotype of Krill & Bamber's grocery and provision store near Hangtown., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Krill, who lived in Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio, traveled to California in 1850., Original binding., and Two diaries and daguerreotype stored in a case.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries--Personal narratives. and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Krill & Bamber and Krill, Abram.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--California., Grocery trade--California., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850.
[U.S. 28th Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. ; 174] and Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon & North California in the years 1843-44.
Description:
"Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44" usually bound at end of volume has been removed from the KSL copy and filed in the Map Collection of BEIN. and Published by Henry Polkinghorn at Washington under title: "Narrative" instead of report.
Publisher:
Gales and Seaton, Printers,
Subject (Geographic):
Pacific States., Rocky Mountains., United States--Exploring expeditions., and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Hall, James, 1811-1898., Torrey, John, 1796-1873., and United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Subject (Topic):
Geology--West (U.S.), Geomorphology--West (U.S.), and Paleontology--West (U.S.)
Columbian World's Fair special edition, Examiner (San Francisco, Calif. : 1889), Examiner feats of a year., and Greatest paper ever issued in the world.
Description:
"The Examiner, San Francisco, 1893: the Columbian World's Fair special edition"--P. [4] of wrappers., Contains [2] p. about the Examiner including articles entitled "The greatest paper ever issued in the world" and "Examiner feats of a year.", Contains articles about California and the West, including several with "Southern Pacific Company" at head of title., Imperfect: mutilated with some loss of image., Includes advertising., Original wrappers., Pagination includes p. [3] of wrappers., Special World's Columbia Exposition edition of the Examiner, issued in wrappers. For distribution at Exposition?, and Title from caption.
Publisher:
W.R. Hearst,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel., California--History., Honey Lake (Calif.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922, Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951., Southern Pacific Company., and World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Subject (Topic):
Examiner (San Francisco, Calif. : 1889) and Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--California--San Francisco
Thompson's diary describes his 1850 journey from St. Joseph to Sacramento and a trip home in 1851 from Nevada City by the Isthmus. Notes on the westward trip include distances and camps. He went overland to South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humboldt and Truckee, and Nevada City. Returning, Thompson sailed from San Francisco on the Olive Branch for Panama, and from Chagres on the North America for New Orleans, reaching Lagrange, [Missouri ?].
Description:
Diary and transcript are stored in one case., Gift of William Robertson Coe., and Original binding.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail. and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
North America (Ship), Olive Branch (Ship), and Thompson, William P.,--fl. 1850-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850.
Overland journey of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company of the City of New York : from Fort Smith
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 9
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
The journal records the trip by Fort Smith, the Arkansas, Gregg's road, Little River, the Canadian, Albuquerque, Rio Grande, Rio Membres, Chihuahua road, Tucson, the Gila, the Colorado, the desert, Warner's ranch, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco. Goulding notes preparations, country and wild life, Indian settlements, and events. Goulding copied John Hoyt's notes on the Spanish Trail. There are sketches, letters and notes for 1864-1865, family and hospital accounts.
Description:
Accompanied by a printed broadside of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company's Constitution and list of members, and two clippings from the Fort Smith Hearald.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries. and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Goulding, William R., Hoyt, John P., and Knickerbocker Exploring Company (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific. and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.
The journal records the 1849 trip from Iowa to California by a company under Presley Saunders. They went by boat from Burlington to St. Louis, St. Joseph, and overland by Sublette's Cutoff, Fort Hall, the Humboldt, Carson River, Hangtown, and the mines. The diary ends at the mines, but while traveling home on the ship Falcon in 1851, he copied entries for November and December 1849 from J. Grantham's diary, summarized events from his life in the mines, and made notes on his sea voyage. The journal is accompanied by a copy photograph of a charcoal portrait of Tiffany.
Description:
Tiffany with his wife and father-in-law, Pennel Cheney, migrated to Iowa from Massachusetts, settling in Mount Pleasant in 1838. Tiffany opened a tavern, was engaged in the jewelry business, and served as justice of the peace and postmaster. He was one of the early trustees of Iowa Wesleyan College.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Falcon (Ship), Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887., Saunders, Presley., and Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809-
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--California--El Dorado County., Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.
