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Account of a trip from Missouri to California
Manuscripts
Written to his father and mother by T.J. Ables, this manuscript is an account of Ables' overland journey from Boonville, Missouri to California by way of the Oregon Trail. He arrived with friends after a journey of five months and two days, having departed Boonville on May 7. He writes of his slavery discussions with locals while in Kansas, his travels through Nebraska, and how he inscribed his name on Independence Rock. In Utah, his party's cattle were driven off by hostile Indians, and Ables and his companions pursued the Indians, eventually recovering thirty-six head. This was the only direct encounter Ables had with the Indians, but he heard of many others, including one woman who survived a scalping. Typescript copy.
mssHM 16763
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Jottings from overland trip to Arizona and California 1908 : to my beloved nieces Minnie L. and Mabel H. Cole
Rare Books
Recounts a cross-country journey, primarily by rail, from Newburgh, New York to California undertaken from February to April 1908. The author pays particular attention to her time in Arizona and California. Photographs include mines, miners, agriculture, lumber yards and scenic highlights. In Oakland, California, she recounts encountering people displaced by the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906. M. Elizabeth Cole and her traveling companions arrived home April 22, 1908.
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Joseph Allan Nevins diary of a trip from Illinois to California
Manuscripts
This manuscript is Nevins' account of his journey from Illinois to California via the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, and then by steamboat through the Panama Canal to New York. Much of it is description of the countryside, towns, and inhabitants he visits en route. He arrived in San Diego, CA, on February 21, 1874, and prospected for three weeks without success, then boarded the boat. Upon reaching Panama, there was a delay, as the ship Nevins was to take was being repaired; he writes "The waiting here is very irksome. I fear the folks at home will be anxious about us." Dated January 10 through April 1. Also included is 15-page typescript of the original.
mssHM 26339
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Madison Berryman Moorman journal of an overland trip from Tennessee to California
Manuscripts
This is the manuscript journal kept by Madison Berryman Moorman during his travels from Tennessee to California during 1850-1851. Upon reaching California, Moorman and his companions find the mining conditions to be rather poor, and they meet with little success. Outside Sacramento, they negotiate a trade with a squatter, receiving a deed for a small piece of land, upon which they built a house. The final entry of the journal is dated 1851, February 4.
mssHM 26348
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Benjamin Baxter journal of a trip from New York to California
Manuscripts
This unsigned journal, attributed to Benjamin Baxter, describes a journey from New York to California via Panama, as well as his experiences in the California gold mines and his voyage back home. Dated March 25 through September 22, 1850. Many pages damaged.
mssHM 19823
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Journal [of an overland journey to California by way of the Oregon and Lassen trails]
Manuscripts
The diary contains Bruff's descriptions of his overland journey across the plains in 1849 with the Washington City and California Mining Association and his activities in California after their arrival
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