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To California by covered wagon

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Description: Relates the hardships encountered by the Stevens party, a group of pioneers, traveling by covered wagon from Iowa to California in 1844.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1954]
Call number: 660835
Creator: Stewart, George R (1895-1980)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the library of Kim Stanley Robinson.
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Associated people: Moyers, William,; Robinson, Kim Stanley,
Associated organizations: Random House (Firm),; Kim Stanley Robinson Library (Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens).

Southern California Wagon Trails and Roads

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, documents, manuscripts, maps, clippings and photographs related to California history, especially that of the San Bernardino County region. There are also materials related to Mormon pioneers in the San Bernardino Valley and education in the Philippine Islands. Most of the items in the collection are secondary source materials gathered by the Beatties in the course of their research on California history.

mssBeattie papers

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United States Department of the Interior, Pacific Wagon Road Office. Survey

Manuscripts

This volume contains astronomical observations made in the Sierra Nevada mountains and western Nevada by a survey party on the western division of the Ft. Kearney-South Pass-Honey Lake Wagon Road.

mssEl Dorado County

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Reminiscences and experiences on my trip across the plains to California sixty-one years ago when I drove four mules to a covered wagon

Manuscripts

The reminiscences of J.T. Redman driving a four mule covered wagon across the plains from St. Louis, Missouri to Sacramento, California in 1863. Redman at age 20 first traveled by boat from St. Louis to Hannibal, then by rail to St. Joseph and most of the way on the Butterfield Overland Trail.

mssHM 20462

A journal of Captain Jonathan P. Smith's train to California [microform] : 1862

Manuscripts

Diary kept by an unknown member of the Jonathan P. Smith party, which traveled from Iowa to Utah from May-September 1862. The brief journal recalls daily progress, camping along the Platte River, the "horrible scene of one of our wagons turning over with women and children in it" (no one was injured), passing Mormon pioneers, passing by Fort Laramie, traveling through the Black Hills, following the Sweetwater River, passing pioneer graves along the Snake River, and being robbed by Indians at the Raft River, after which "some [of the company] gave up to die on the plain" until relief arrived from Salt Lake City. The writer notes that the party arrived in Salt Lake, where they spent the winter. This version was copied from the original diary in 1908.

MSS MFilm 00244

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McPhee, Annie Leininger. Overland with Covered Wagon: [essay] [193?]. 1 item

Manuscripts

The collection is semi-cataloged and consists of 987 items in 6 boxes with the manuscripts and correspondence arranged alphabetically by author and the ephemera arranged alphabetically by type. The manuscripts number 54 items. The manuscripts consist of some original poetry, reminiscences regarding the founding and settling of Woodland, Idaho, and various manuscripts related to the city. The memoirs relate the trip to Woodland and the family relations of the people who settled it. Correspondence numbers 413 items. The majority of the correspondence is to or from the Austin S. and Sarah Haskins George Family. There are many postcards to Estella Haskins George, mostly regarding birthday wishes. The letters mostly deal with the concerns of farmers in Nebraska, Kentucky and Idaho. Many detail everyday life of these farmers and their families in the 1890s. The Ephemera consists of 522 items. This section includes unsent postcards representing a variety of types from the turn of the 20th century. The research material related to the book Tales from Sarah's shoebox includes photocopies of photographs, articles and documents. There are also photographs of Sarah Haskins George's family and that of her husband. Other material includes items relating to Woodland, Idaho founding and early years. Many of the items in the collection have been published in Tale's from Sarah's shoebox by Donna Utter.

mssGeorge family papers

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Bacon, Ora George. Roll Along Covered Wagon: [essay] (1943). 1 item. Transcript

Manuscripts

mssGeorge family papers

To California by covered wagon

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McPhee, Annie Leininger. Overland with Covered Wagon: [essay] [193?]. 1 item

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