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San Marino, CA 91108
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Twice across the plains, 1849 ... 1856
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
![William Flinn's trip across the plains [microform]: 1849](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4DRDUP4%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
Microfilm of a typescript of William Flinn's account of crossing the plains to California in 1849. His family started from Pine, Indiana, and sailed to the Ohio River. They then took a steamer up the Mississippi River to Kansas City. Shortly after being their journey, Flinn's brother and mother died from cholera. Flinn also describes camping near Sioux Indians, crossing the South Platte River, crossing the Rocky Mountains along the Green River, passing through Salt Lake City, seeing Chimney Rock and Court House Rock, traveling near the Sweet Water River, his grandmother's attempt at finding a cut off (she was later brought back to camp by a local Indian), and finally arriving in Yuba County and camping for the winter on the Feather River. Flinn notes that he then took a boat to Sacramento, where he remained until 1850.
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Manuscripts
A collection of 362 items which contains letters, documents, and one map (1849-1884) related to the various enterprises of John Center. These include his gardening business, real estate, mining transactions, and civic enterprises in San Francisco from 1849 to 1884. Also included are papers regarding the Center Company, water rights, and mining in the Owens Valley in 1863.
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