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1.
Buffalo hunt

Published / Created:
[1970]
Call Number:
BrSide4o Zc10 970bu
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Print reproduces a drawing of Native Americans hunting buffalo on plains; in foreground, center-right, a bison chased by a Native American on horseback who is armed with bow and arrow; mid-ground, left, another Native American on horseback; background, about half of the image, sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and An advertising flier for James Berry Brown's Journal of a Journey across the Plains in 1859. James R. Stewart, editor (San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1970).
Publisher:
Book Club of California
Subject (Geographic):
Great Plains
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Hunting, American bison, and Overland journeys to the Pacific
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Buffalo hunt

2.
A trip to Oregon in 1851: based on accounts by Jane Peeler Powell and S. Hamilton

Creator:
Reeves, Nell W.
Published / Created:
1952
Call Number:
WA MSS S-799 R259
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Nell Reeves describes the 1851 trip from Illinois to Oregon of the wagon train commanded by Captain John A. Powell. She uses extracts from accounts by Jane Powell, daughter-in-law of Captain Powell, and S. Hamilton, a member of the train. Both narratives were taken from "The Powell History," privately printed in 1922.
Description:
Nell W. Reeves, of Madison, Connecticut, was the grandniece of Jane Peeler Powell.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, S., 1833- and Powell, Jane Peeler, 1830-
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1851
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A trip to Oregon in 1851: based on accounts by Jane Peeler Powell and S. Hamilton

3.
The emigrants' guide to Oregon and California / by Lansford W. Hastings ; reproduced in facsimile

Creator:
Hastings, Lansford Warren, 1819-ca. 1870
Published / Created:
1932
Call Number:
Zc72 845hh
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Narratives of the Trans-Mississippi frontier
Description:
Bibliography: p. [xxiii] -xxiv. and Includes index.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, California--History, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--History--To 1859, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Carey, Charles Henry
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The emigrants' guide to Oregon and California / by Lansford W. Hastings ; reproduced in facsimile from the original edition of 1845, with historical note and bibliography by Charles Henry Carey.

6.
Crofutt's trans-continental tourist ... over the Union Pacific railroad, Central Pacific railroad

Published / Created:
1876
Call Number:
Zc10 +C873
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Includes advertising matter. and Title varies slightly.
Publisher:
G.W. Carleton & Co.; and S. Low & Co.[etc., etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Guidebooks.
Subject (Name):
Bross, Robert S., approximately 1831- and Crofutt, George A.
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Crofutt's trans-continental tourist ... over the Union Pacific railroad, Central Pacific railroad of California, their branches and connections by stage and water, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean ...

7.
Emigrants crossing the plains

Creator:
Hall, Henry Bryan, active 1850-1900, artist
Published / Created:
[1869]
Call Number:
BrSide4o Zc10 869ha
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Engraving depicts European Americans in wagon train on hilly trail. Covered wagons are drawn by oxen, while loose cattle and a dog wander between them. One couple is walking past rocks at left, a mounted man in foreground leads the way while another man holding long whip stands alongside front wagon. In background, snowy mountain peaks
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc10 869ha: On sheet 22.3 x 29.4 cm. Hand colored., Title from caption below image., and Printed below image: Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1869, by D. Appleton & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court for the southern district of N.Y.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Wagon trains and Overland journeys to the Pacific
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Emigrants crossing the plains

8.
Cramer's Journal Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains from Kansas to California in 1859

Creator:
Cramer, Thomas J. B
Published / Created:
1859
Call Number:
WA MSS 115
Image Count:
98
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 Valley, Drytown, and Sacramento. The diary describes the country, Indians, and conditions in California, especially politics.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, California--Politics and government--1850-1950, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Cramer, Samuel and Cramer, Thomas J. B
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1859
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cramer's Journal Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains from Kansas to California in 1859

9.
Overland journey : from Kansas to California / by Thomas J. B. Cramer

Creator:
Cramer, Thomas J. B
Published / Created:
1859
Call Number:
WA MSS 115
Image Count:
187
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 Valley, Drytown, and Sacramento. The diary describes the country, Indians, and conditions in California, especially politics.
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 with his wife and brother Samuel., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original boards., and Wanting p. 1-2? Contemporary pagination runs from p. 3-182, of which p. 182 is the back pastedown. Several other errors in pagination noted.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, California--Politics and government--1850-1950, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Cramer, Samuel and Cramer, Thomas J. B
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1859
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey : from Kansas to California / by Thomas J. B. Cramer

10.
[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. Also included are missing sections of the manuscript that were published later in 1858 by the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch.
Alternative Title:
Eddie’s letters
Description:
Cover title: Eddie’s letters., Page numbers have been added in pencil at bottom., Title from spine., and With the exception of pages 2-43 and 45-46, all remaining pages in journal are blank.
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]

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