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Young, Sheldon. Diary of the Jayhawker's journey from Joliet, Ill. to Rancho San Francisquito, Calif. [typescript]

Description: The collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley, and their annual reunions held between 1872 to 1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young of the Jayhawkers' route and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly, approximately 1889. The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party. Participants in the collection include: John Wells Brier, Reverend James Brier, William Frederick Dody, Jessie Benton Fremont, John Groscup, Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, Charles Fletcher Lummis, William Lewis Manley, Charles B. Mecum, and Lorenzo Dow Stephens. The collection also includes items related to Mary Hunter Austin, Frederic Remington, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1849 - 1850 Mar. 18 - Feb. 5
Call number: JA 555

Haines, Asa. Diary of Jayhawkers' route from Knoxville, Ill. to Rancho San Francisquito, Calif. and return east by way of Panama, and other personal notes

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley, and their annual reunions held between 1872 to 1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young of the Jayhawkers' route and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly, approximately 1889. The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party. Participants in the collection include: John Wells Brier, Reverend James Brier, William Frederick Dody, Jessie Benton Fremont, John Groscup, Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, Charles Fletcher Lummis, William Lewis Manley, Charles B. Mecum, and Lorenzo Dow Stephens. The collection also includes items related to Mary Hunter Austin, Frederic Remington, and Theodore Roosevelt.

JA 1051 [Original]

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Haines, Asa. Diary of Jayhawkers' route from Knoxville, Ill. to Rancho San Francisquito, Calif. and return east by way of Panama, and other personal notes [facsimile]

Manuscripts

JA 1051 [Reference copy]

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Manly, William Lewis. Jayhawkers' route south of Salt Lake to San Francisquito Rancho [map]

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JA 1050

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Hobbs, T. To John Burt Colton. Joliet, Ill

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JA 537

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Colton, John Burt. Account of the discovery of gold at the Rancho San Francisquito in 1842. Los Angeles, Calif. [2 pages]

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JA 332

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Haines, Asa. To Richards, Luther A. & Brother Jayhawkers. Burchard, Ill

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JA 514

Young, Sheldon. Diary of the Jayhawker's journey from Joliet, Ill. to Rancho San Francisquito, Calif. [typescript]

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Haines, Asa. Diary of Jayhawkers' route from Knoxville, Ill. to Rancho San Francisquito, Calif. and return east by way of Panama, and other personal notes [facsimile]

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