Subject (Topic): Overland journeys to the Pacific - Yale University Library Search Results

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1. [Oregon trail]

Creator:: Allen, Edward Jay, 1830-1915
Published / Created:: [1852-58]
Call Number:: Zc78 +852aL
Image Count:: 44
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Mounted clippings from the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch and one short report each from two other small newspapers describing an overland journey beginning in 1852 and life in Washington Territory, through Allen's return to New Orleans in March of 1855. A...
Alternative Title:: Eddie’s letters
Description:: Cover title: Eddie’s letters.
Subject (Geographic):: Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Chimney Rock (Neb.), Council Bluffs (Iowa), Fort Boise (Idaho), Fort Hall (Idaho), Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Fort Walla Walla (Wash.), Fort Washita (Okla.), Great Plains, Idaho, Independence Rock (Wyo.), Iowa, Nebraska, New Orleans (La.) --1850-1860, Nisqually River Valley (Wash.), Oklahoma, Olympia (Wash.), Oregon, Oregon City (Or.), Platte County (Wyo.), Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Rocky Mountains, Scotts Bluff County (Neb.), United States --Territorial expansion, Washington (State), White River Valley (Wash.), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):: Cayuse Indians, Foster, J. Heron, Nez Perce Indians, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pawnee Indians, and Shoshoni Indians
Subject (Topic):: Ferries, Frontier and pioneer life, Horse trading, Indians of North America --1840-1860, Natural resources, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Wagon trains
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Oregon trail]

2. Memorandum of an agreement, 1849 Jan 27.

Creator:: Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862
Call Number:: WA MSS 16
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Agreement between Henry L. Webb, John W. Audubon, son of John James Audubon, and Henry C. Mallory, of the first part, with Edward W. Whittlesey, forming an overland company for California
Description:: Probably printed in New York.
Subject (Name):: Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862., Mallory, Henry C., Webb, Henry Livingston., and Whittlesey, Edward W.
Subject (Topic):: Overland journeys to the Pacific
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Memorandum of an agreement, 1849 Jan 27.

3. Diaries, journals, and notebooks, 1849-1850

Creator:: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
Call Number:: WA MSS 50
Image Count:: 844
Abstract:: The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sk...
Description:: Bruff was a draftsman in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers. He organized and led an 1849 expedition by Washington City and California Mining Association.
Subject (Geographic):: California and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889. and Washington City and California Mining Association.
Subject (Topic):: Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diaries, journals, and notebooks, 1849-1850

4. Harvey Clark correspondence concerning missionaries in Oregon, 1840-1852

Creator:: Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858
Call Number:: WA MSS S-3252
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 12
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harvey Clark correspondence concerning missionaries in Oregon, 1840-1852

5. Overland journey : from Kansas to California / 1859

Creator:: Cramer, Thomas J. B.
Call Number:: WA MSS 115
Image Count:: 285
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey : from Kansas to California / 1859

6. Diary of an overland journey to California, 1849-1850

Creator:: Davis, Sarah Green
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1320 D298
Image Count:: 78
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: 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...
Description:: Available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier Women microfilm set.
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):: Davis, Sarah Green.
Subject (Topic):: Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of an overland journey to California, 1849-1850

7. Journals and letters, 1849-1856

Creator:: Doyle, Simon
Call Number:: WA MSS 144
Container / Volume:: Originals
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: 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.)
Subject (Name):: Doyle, Edward., Doyle, James, fl.1846-1852., Doyle, Manville., Doyle, Sam., and Doyle, Simon.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life, Mines and mineral resources, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journals and letters, 1849-1856

8. Overland journey : to Oregon and a return trip, 1845-1847

Creator:: Findley, William
Call Number:: WA MSS S-33
Image Count:: 87
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Findley's journal describes an 1845 trip to Oregon including a list of the company. Part of a return trip in 1847 is recorded
Description:: Typed transcript housed with journal.
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):: Findley, William.
Subject (Topic):: Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey : to Oregon and a return trip, 1845-1847

9. Journal of life in Vermont : travels in the midwest and Illinois, and a trip across the Plains and life in Oregon / 1841-1862

Creator:: Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891
Call Number:: WA MSS 203
Image Count:: 120
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of life in Vermont : travels in the midwest and Illinois, and a trip across the Plains and life in Oregon / 1841-1862

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