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
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "On the skirmish line." Depicts a scene of battle between about a dozen Native Americans on horseback and a dozen U.S. Army troops on foot
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
Photograph album relating to Frank N. Barrett's cross-country trip from New York to California in 1889, titled "From Ocean to Ocean." The album contains newspaper clippings and other emphemera in addition to commercial photographs of scenery and sites...
Description:
Frank N. Barrett was secretary of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the editor of American Grocer when he travelled from New York to California in order to study that state's "contribution to the world food supply." The newspaper clippings represen...
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; indu...
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights ...
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; indu...
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights ...
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; indu...
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights ...
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; indu...
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights ...
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; indu...
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights ...
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; indu...
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights ...
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
