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2.
- Call Number:
- Zc72 +890mj
- Collection Title:
- [Miscellaneous overland accounts to California and Oregon in the 1840s and 50s, compiled by Eugene
- Image Count:
- 31
- Subject (Geographic):
- California --History --To 1846 and Oregon Territory --History
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Collection Created:
- [1890-1936]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Recollections of the Rickreall
3.
- 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
4.
- 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
5.
- 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
6.
- 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.
- Creator:
- Goulding, William R.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 225
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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, a...
- Description:
- Goulding joined the Knickerbocker Exploring Company which traveled from New York to California in 1849. He was engaged in the manufacture of surgical instruments in New York and he was appointed by the Surgeon General to McClennon Hospital near Phila...
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.) and California
- Subject (Name):
- Goulding, William R., Hoyt, John P., and Knickerbocker Exploring Company (New York, N.Y.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company of the City of New York : from Fort Smith to California / 1849-1865
8.
- Creator:
- Mason, John T., b. 1822
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2173
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 8
- Abstract:
- Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
- Description:
- John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John T. Mason diaries, 1849-1888
9.
- Creator:
- Orvis, Andrew M., 1819-1895
- Published / Created:
- 1849-1858
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 367
- Image Count:
- 34
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- The journal records an 1849 journey from Wisconsin to California, crossing Illinois and Iowa and continuing by way of Council Bluffs, the Platte and Sweetwater, South Pass, Fort Bridger, and Salt Lake City. There is a gap but the account continues on ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- California--Description and travel, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Sacramento (Calif.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Orvis, Caroline
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture--Wisconsin, Mines and mineral resources--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Transcript] Overland journey : from Lake Maria, Marquette County, Wisconsin, to California, and life in the mines
10.
- Creator:
- Mason, John T., b. 1822
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2173
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 89
- Abstract:
- Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
- Description:
- John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John T. Mason diaries, 1849-1888
