Pictorial lettersheet with two lithograph views, the first depicts miners drinking and playing cards in a mining camp bar room, while the second view depicts miners at work with sluice called "Long Tom.'
Alternative Title:
Long Tom
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 407: Imperfect? Integral blank leaf wanting, although Baird makes no mention of this leaf.
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Frontier and pioneer life, Mining camps, and Miners
Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kan...
Description:
Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H...
Subject (Geographic):
Middle West., Utah., Millard County (Utah), Utah, Millard County., and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa., Bement family., Bement, Arthur., Bement, Bingham., Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889., Cook, Mary., Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement., Fletcher, Jasper., Forbes family., Forbush family., Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie., Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., Warburton, Sarah., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Mormons, Frontier and pioneer life, and Ranch life
Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory...
Description:
The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to Califo...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Calaveras County., California., and Calaveras County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Candes, Charles A., Clark family., Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887., Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898., Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887., Higgins, Burr., and Higgins, Sylvester Noyes.
Subject (Topic):
Canals, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Water-supply, and Social life and customs
11 manuscript letters, most signed, documenting the work of early missionaries in Oregon. Most of the letters from Harvey Clark are addressed to fellow unaffiliated missionary Alvin T. Smith. Clark describes his overland journey to Oregon Territory,...
Description:
Harvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary and pioneer in Oregon. Born in Vermont, Clark trained as a stone mason before studying theology at Oberlin College. Clark and his wife Emmeline Caldwell Clark went to Oregon as unaffiliated missionaries in 18...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon. and Oregon
Subject (Name):
Clark, Emmeline Caldwell., Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858., Littlejohn, P. B., Munger, Asahel., Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., and Tualatin Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Education, Missions Oregon, Missionaries, Missions, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Pioneers, and Discovery and exploration
4 undated typescript documents (13 p.), apparently drafts written by John N. E. Brown for an unpublished biography of his wife, Faith Fenton, after her death in 1936: an annotated draft of Chapter One, titled "Memories of Faith Fenton", describes Brow...
Description:
Faith Fenton was the pen name of Alice Freeman, a Toronto school teacher who wrote newspaper columns for the Toronto Globe and the Toronto Empire in the 1890s. In 1898, she became the Globe's special correspondent in the Yukon Territory, and accompani...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Canada., Yukon, Klondike River Valley., and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Brown, John N. E. (Nelson Elliot), Fenton, Faith, 1857-1936., McIntosh, A. A., Ogilvie, William, 1846-1912., Globe and Mail (Firm), and Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force.
Subject (Topic):
Women, Women journalists, Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, and Description and travel
S. Francis's diary from 1841-1845 describes country life in Vermont and for 1845-1852 records weather, crops, and politics in Illinois. The diary describes an 1852 trip from Illinois to Oregon by way of Des Moines, Kanesville, the Platte to Fort Laram...
Description:
S. Francis, who was a farmer in Barnard, Vermont, moved his family to Illinois in 1846 and emigrated to Oregon in 1852.
Subject (Geographic):
Illinois., Oregon., Illinois, Oregon Territory, Oregon, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, History, and Description and travel
The journal records an 1849 trip from Missouri, beginning on the ship Highland Mary to old Fort Kearney, overland by the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, the southern trail, Virgin River, Cajon Pass, and Sacramento. H...
Description:
Hamelin had been in the Southwest as early as 1842 and in Santa Fé as an employee of James Aull.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), California, Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Los Angeles (Calif.), and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Hamelin, Joseph P., Jr., 1823-, Highland Mary (Ship), and Russell, Majors and Waddell.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
The journals and letters to his family and friends describe an 1849 trip from New York to California, by way of the Lakes, Chicago, St. Louis, and Independence. It notes preparations for the overland journey and traveling with the Wolverine Rangers to...
Description:
In 1849, Swain, with F. A. Bailey, M. Hutchinson, and J. Root,left Youngstown, New York, to join the California gold rush. After a few months at the mines, he returned to New York by Panama. He was a farmer in Youngstown and became prominent in local ...
Subject (Geographic):
California., California, Feather River Valley (Calif.), and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Bailey, Frederick A., Hutchinson, Michael., Root, John, fl. 1849., Swain, George, 1819-1892., Swain, Patience., Swain, Sabrina., Swain, William, 1821-1904., and Wolverine Rangers (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Gold discoveries, and Description and travel
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 letters from Jesse Applegate to his brother Lisbon Applegate (1803-1875) discuss family affairs, life in Oregon, land transactions, literature, politics, the Provisional Government, and his exploration of a new route from Fort Hall to the Willamet...
Description:
Jesse Applegate joined the 1843 emigration to Oregon from Missouri, led the 1845 party that opened the southern road or "Applegate Trail" into Oregon, and was a member of the 1845 committee establishing the Provisional Government of Oregon.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, Umpqua River Valley (Or.), and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Applegate, Jesse, 1811-1888., Applegate, Lisbon, 1803-1875., Farrar, William H., McKinlay, Archibald, 1811-1891., Preston, Jno. B. (John B.), and Allan and McKinlay.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Mines and mineral resources, Description and travel, and Politics and government
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
In 1850 Frush traveled from Missouri to Oregon by way of St. Joseph, Blue River, the North Platte, and Fort Laramie, where he met his brother John and Kit Carson. They continued by South Pass, Bear River, Soda Springs, Fort Hall, Fort Boise, the Dalle...
Description:
Frush, of Newark, Missouri, traveled to Oregon in 1850, organized the Pacific Telegraph Company in 1855, and was buried in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Frush, John H. and Frush, Wm. H. (William H.)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
Snapshots of a westward rail journey in 1892, possibly taken by someone traveling with a group of Freemasons. Men in masonic caps and regalia appear in several of the images, and one is captioned "Group of citizens (at Station to see Sir Kts.)". The p...
Description:
Photographer unidentified.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, West (U.S.), Missouri river, Niagara Falls (N.Y.), Pullman (Chicago, Ill.), Omaha (Neb.), Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Gunnison (Colo.), and Marshall Pass (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Railroads, Railroad travel, Freemasons, Travelers, Railroad stations, Railroad bridges, Frontier and pioneer life, and Prairies
Society of California Pioneers of New England, creator
Published / Created:
[1898?]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 898so
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Society of California Pioneers of New England membership certificate illustrated with scenes of California; View of San Francisco in 1849; Sutter's Mill; Sutter's Fort; Mining scene in early days, and other vignettes
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc72 898so: On sheet 73 x 57 cm. Certificate filled out in manuscript: Simon Mulligan Arrived in California March 13, 1850, having sailed from Boston in ship Argonaut, Oct. 30, 1849, making the passage around Cape Horn in 134 days. Places...
Publisher:
Society of California Pioneers of New England
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Society of California Pioneers of New England and Argonaut (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life and Description and travel
Correspondence and property records concerning the Talbot family, primarily Richard Ely Talbot. Correspondence includes circa 80 autograph letters, signed, between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge Talbot, and their daughters Elizabeth Talbo...
Description:
The Talbot family was an American family of ranchers and politicians in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Richard Ely Talbot (1816-1884) was a rancher and cowboy in Georgetown, Texas who was involved in the Texas Republican Party and Texas Reconstr...
Subject (Geographic):
Texas., Texas, Williamson County., Massachusetts., Louisiana, New Orleans., Chisholm Trail., Georgetown (Tex.), and Williamson County (Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Anderson, Edwin Ruthven, -1905., Anderson, Elizabeth Talbot, 1847-1900., Kinsey, Peter., Talbot family., Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge, -1869., Talbot, Elias W., 1820-1876., Talbot, John W., 1805-1876., Talbot, Joseph W., 1815-1886., Talbot, Richard Ely, 1816-1884., Talbot, Thomas, 1818-1886., Shell, Anna Louisa, 1848-, Tone, Sarah Gilleland Kinsey, 1797-1857., and Abbot Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Cattle breeders, Frontier and pioneer life, Land grants, Land titles, Pioneers, Ranches, Ranchers, Ranching, Real property, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Voter registration, Women, Education, Yellow fever, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Print reproduces a painting by A.F. Tait that depicts a trapper on horseback holding a long gun, looking down at a Indigenous man who has been shot and unhorsed from his mount. The fallen man props himself up with one hand and raises his right hand to...
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 856mc: On sheet 52 x 73 cm.
Publisher:
Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and Great Plains
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Violence against, Trappers, Frontier and pioneer life, and Wars
Print reproduces a painting by A.F. Tait in a lithograph by Louis Maurer for Currier & Ives; it depicts trappers pursuing in combat Indigenous persons on horseback. In the foreground, one pair of riders; a trapper, on saddled roan mount, wearing hat a...
Description:
Title from printed caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Currier & Ives
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and Great Plains
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Violence against, Trappers, and Frontier and pioneer life
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territor...
Description:
Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota., West (U.S.), United States., Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), and South Dakota
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879., Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881., Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881., Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881., and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881.
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys, Sexual behavior, English language, Slang, Frontier and pioneer life, Gay men, Male homosexuality, Men, Prostitution, Sex, and Social life and customs
Letters documenting Thomas Nelson's voyage to, and life in, Oregon City, Oregon, where he served as an Oregon Territory Supreme Court judge, written to his wife Cornelia and their children in Peekskill, New York, from 1851 Mar 20 to 1853 Jul 16. Nels...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., California, Northwest Coast of North America, Oregon, Oregon Territory, Peekskill (N.Y.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
André, John, 1751-1780., Chenoweth, Francis A., 1819-1899., Currey, John E. B., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857., Nelson, Cornelia., Nelson, Thomas., Pratt, Orville C., 1819-1891., Seymour, Allen., Seymour, David Lowrey, 1803-1867., California (steamer), Columbia (Steamer), and Oregon. Supreme Court.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Indians of North America, Legal status, laws, etc, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Description and travel, Capital and capitol, Gold discoveries, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Print depicts the western slope of the Treasure Hill mining district in Nevada between the towns of Hamilton, on the left, and Sherman Town, on the right; lists and locates 190 numbered locations on the western slope
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc69 869Le: Paper sheet backed with linen sheet.
Publisher:
Litho. Britton & Rey, S.F.
Subject (Geographic):
White Pine Mining District (Nev.), Hamilton (Nev.), Shermantown (Nev.), Nevada, and White Pine County
Subject (Topic):
Silver mines and mining and Frontier and pioneer life
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
Print depicts a long train of an ox-drawn wagons stretching in an "s" curve from the low mountains in the background through the flat middle-ground to the foreground where three scouts are on horseback in the left foreground and all are watched by a s...
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 880wa: Mounted on board 70 x 101 cm. Edges of print covered by mat.
Publisher:
H.S. Crocker & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Wagon trains, Indians of North America, and Frontier and pioneer life
Etching and drypoint print shows a wagon train; a covered wagon pulled by team of oxen in foreground, with driver waving whip walking beside, and other wagons stretch into distance, winding along trail across image. Two scouts on horseback in middle d...
Alternative Title:
Emigrant train
Description:
Title from Borein, Etchings of the west, 1950. Alternate title "Emigrant Train" from Galvin's catalog of Borein's etchings, no. 148.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Wagon trains, Covered wagons, and Ox teams
Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert ...
Description:
The six additional family letters are available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier Women II microfilm set.
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Ellis, Anne., Ellis, Cornelia., Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875., and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Gold discoveries
