1 Outline of pioneer journal presentation
1986 OCTA Convention – Carson City, NV
1986 OCTA Convention – Loveland, CO 1986 Pre-Convention Tour
1988 OCTA Convention – St. Joseph, MO
1988 OCTA Convention – St. Joseph, MO Trails Guide
1989 OCTA Convention – Boise, ID
1991 OCTA Convention – Sacramento, CA
1991 OCTA Convention – Sacramento, CA Tour Guide Book
1992 OCTA Convention – Rock Springs, WY
1993 OCTA Convention – Baker City, OR
1994 OCTA Convention – Salt Lake City, UT
1994 OCTA Convention – Salt Lake City, UT Post-Convention Tour
1994 OCTA Convention – Salt Lake City, UT – Tour A
1994 OCTA Convention – Salt Lake City, UT – Tour E
1995 OCTA Convention – Grand Island, NE
1997 OCTA Convention – Pocatello, ID
1997 OCTA Convention – Rock Springs, WY Pre-Convention Tour
1998 OCTA – Utah Crossroad Fall Field Trip
1998 OCTA Convention – Pendleton, OR
1999 OCTA Convention – Chico, CA
2000 OCTA Convention – Greater Kansas City, MO
2000 OCTA Convention – Independence Route Tour
2001 OCTA Convention – Casper, WY
2002 OCTA Convention – Reno, NV
2003 OCTA Convention – Manhattan, KS
2004 OCTA Convention – Vancouver, WA
2005 OCTA Convention – Salt Lake City, UT
2006 OCTA Convention – St. Joseph, MO
2007 OCTA Convention – Gering-Scottsbluff, NE
2008 OCTA Convention – Nampa, ID
2009 OCTA Convention – Loveland, CO
2010 OCTA Convention – Elko, NV
2011 OCTA Convention – Rock Springs, WY
2012 OCTA Convention – Lawrence, KS
2012 OCTA Convention – Lawrence, KS Tour Map Booklet
2013 OCTA Convention – Oregon City, OR
2014 OCTA Convention – Kearney, NE
2015 OCTA Convention – State Line, NV Tour C
2015 OCTA Convention – State Line, NV Tour D
2015 OCTA Convention – Stateline, NV
2016 OCTA Convention – Fort Hall, ID
2017 OCTA Convention – Council Bluffs, IA
Abbey, James – California, 1850
Six typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Abbott, Aaron – California No. 2, 1852
Four handwritten pages
Letter “California No. 2” written to friends from California, Sept 18th, 1852
Abbott, Carlisle – 1850 to California
Five typed pages
Recollections of a California Pioneer
Merrill Mattes research notes
Abell, James S. – Diary, 1849 to California
22 typed pages
Ackley, Mary E. – Crossing the Plains and Early Days in California, Memories of Girlhood Days in California’s Golden Age
Printed pages from a book
Ackley, Mary E. Crossing the Plains and Early Days in California, Memories of Girlhood Days in California’s Golden Age. San Francisco, 1928
Ahmanson, John – The Trip to Utah
Typed pages
Alcove Springs, Why it Should be a National Monument
Ames, Peramus Green – Diary, 1850
Typed and handwritten pages
Andrews, D. B. – The Overland Journal, 1852
Typed pages
The Overland Journal of D. B. Andrews Being the Transcontinental Diary of his Trip from Indiana to California
Anonymous – From Lake Erie to the Pacific, 1850
31 typed pages
From Lake Erie to the Pacific, An Overland Trip in 1850-’51, Life on the Great Plains, A Few Weeks Among the Saints
Anonymous (Fayette County Boys) – 1849, Ohio to California
Cover and 19 typed pages
Fayette County Boys enroute to California
Anonymous (Tom Edwardson?) – Journal, 1855
15 printed pages from a publication
Journey from New Orleans to California. Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature. No. 100, December 1, 1855
Anonymous (Tom Edwardson?) – Journal, New Orleans to California
15 printed pages from a publication
“Journey from New Orleans to California.” Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, No. 100, December 1, 1855
Arnold, Joseph Warren – Journal of His Trip to and From Montana, 1864-1866
- Journal of Joseph Warren Arnold
- Excerpt from Nebraska History
Articles in “Saturday Morning Visitor” Warsaw, Missouri – 1849
One typed page
Articles from the Saturday Morning Visitor, Warsaw, Missouri
February 3, 1849
Excerpts, January 8, 1849
Ashley, Angeline Jackson – Diary, 1852 to California
11 typed pages
Crossing the Plains in 1852
and
one typed page
Merrill Mattes research notes
Ashley, Delos R. – Diary, 1849 to California
Handwritten pages
Axton, E. C. – 1850 to California
Five typed pages
England to America
Ayer, Edward Everett – 1860, Illinois to California
Six typed pages
Bailey, Mary Stuart – Journal, 1852
Handwritten pages
Bailey, Washington – 1853 to California
Printed pages from a book
Bailey, Washington. A Trip to California in 1853, Recollections of a gold seeking trip by ox train across the plains and mountains by an old Illinois pioneer. LeRoy Journal Printing Company, 1915
Baker, Charles W. – Diary, 1865-1868, Montana, Idaho and Illinois
39 typed pages
Diary entries
1865, 1866, 1867 – Trip to Montana
1867 – Trip to Montana-Idaho
1867 – Polo, Illinois
1868 – Polo, Illinois
Baker, Joan Rio – Pioneer Journal, 1851, England to the Salt Lake Valley
Printed pages
Baker, Mrs. Joan Rio – Pioneer Journal, 1851
Printed pages from a newspaper article
“Pioneer Journal of Mrs. Joan Rio Baker, from England to the Salt Lake Valley, 1851”
Excerpts printed in Herald Journal, Logan, Utah ca 1937
Baker, William B. – Diary, 1852
Five typed pages
Ball, John – Autobiography
13 typed pages
Barker, Anselm Holcomb – Diary, 1858
Printed pages from a book
Anselm Holcomb Barker 1822-1895 Pioneer Builder and Early Settler of Auraria, His diary of 1858 from Plattsmouth, Nebraska Territory, to Cherry Creek Diggings, the present site of Denver, Colorado With a number of keepsake rarities. Edited by Nolie Mumey. Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press, 1959.
Bartholomew, Jacob – Overland Diary to California, 1850
15 typed pages
Barton, H. D. – Diary, 1865
12 typed pages
Kept by H. D. Barton in crossing the plains in 1865 from Wright Co., Iowa to California
Bell, Captain John R. – Journal, 1820
40 printed pages from a book
The Journal of Captain John R. Bell, Official Journalist for the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. Edited by Harlin M. Full and LeRoy R. Hafen. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1957
and
six typed pages of diary entries [author and date unknown]
Beresford, J. H. – The 1852 Overland Diary
12 typed pages
Bermingham, Twiss – Diary, To Utah By Hand, 1856
Printed pages
Biddle, B. R. and Charles Maltby – 1849
12 typed pages
Series of articles “From the Plains” by B. R. Biddle in the Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois]
Printed June 6, 8 and December 4-7, 1849
and
one typed page
Letter of Charles Maltby in the Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois]
Printed June 25, 1849
Bidwell, John – 1841 to California
15 typed pages
A Journey to California
and
The First Emigrant Train to California
Merrill Mattes research notes
Bird, Edwin J. – Diary, 1859 to California
Handwritten diary and letters to his sister
Blake, Winslow – Diary and Letter
Handwritten pages
Bloemker, Bernard – Letter, 1852
Typed pages
Letter written to his parents, brother, and sister from Fort Laramie, June 29, 1852
Blood, James A. – 1850
Five typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Bloom, Henry S. – Tales of the Pioneers of the Kankakee, 1850
Typed pages
Taken from the diary of Henry S. Bloom, overland trip from Illinois to California in 1850
Bonine, Esq. – Journey to California, 1849
20 typed pages
Bowering, George – Diary, 1852, Iowa to Great Salt Lake Valley
41 typed pages
A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point Pottawatamie County Iowa
From the time of their organization until their arrival Into the Great Salt Lake Valley In the summer of 1852
Box 2.1.2.F1 Preliminary Index for PRRN-F
- Research Index
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F10 Preliminary Index for PRR-P
- Mattes research information
- 4 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F11 Preliminary Index for PRRN Working Chart
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- Notes on Kearney, Lexington Mormon Trail Crossing Sign, Central Platte Valley Markers, Mormon Trail, as well as other markers along the trail.
- 60 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F12 Working Bibliography for PRRN-A
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 7 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F13 Working Bibliography for PRRN-B
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 19 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F14 Working Bibliography for PRRN-C
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 15 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F15 Working Bibliography for PRRN-D
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 7 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F16 Working Bibliography E
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 9 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F17 Working Bibliography for PRRN-R
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F18 Working Bibliography for PRRN-S
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 15 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F19 Working Bibliography for PRRN-T
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 5 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F2 Preliminary Index for PRRN-G
- Mattes research information
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F20 Working Bibliography for PRRN-V
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 2 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F21 Working Bibliography for PRRN-W
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 11 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F22 Working Bibliography for PRRN-Y-Z
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- 2 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F23 Notes from Bancroft Library-UCBL 1-100
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- Includes various journal entries within Mr. Mattes’ research notes
- 61 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F24 Part 1 Notes From Bancroft Library-UCBL 101-End
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- Includes various journal entries within Mr. Mattes’ research notes
- 57 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F24 Part 2 Notes From Bancroft Library 101-End
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- Includes various journal entries within Mr. Mattes’ research notes
- 15 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F24 Part 3 Notes From Bancroft Library-UCBL 101-End
- Mattes research information which includes both typed and handwritten notes
- Includes various journal entries within Mr. Mattes’ research notes
- 38 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F25 Part 1 Notes From California Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 10 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F25 Part 2 Notes From CA. Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 75 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F25 Part 3 Notes From CA. Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F26 – Notes From San Francisco Public Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 4 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F27 Part 1 Notes From Society of California Pioneers
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes, with excerpts from various diaries.
- 59 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F27 Part 2 Notes From Society of CA Pioneers
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 36 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F28 Notes From Beinecke Library-Yale 1-100
- Typed notes from diary excerpts. Handwritten notes on pages 45 and 46.
- 57 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F29 Part 1 Notes From Bienecke Library – Yale 101-End
- Mattes’ typed notes with excerpts from various diaries
- 55 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F29 Part 2 Notes from Bienecke Library-Yale 101-End
- Mattes’ handwritten, typed notes, and diary excerpts
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F29 Part 3 Notes From Bienecke Library-Yale 101-End
- Mattes’ typed notes and emigrant diary excerpts
- 51 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F29 Part 4 Notes from Bienecke Library-Yale 101-End
- Mattes’ typed notes and excerpts from emigrant diaries
- 55 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F29 Part 5 Notes From Bienecke Library-Yale 101-End
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes on pages 1-7.
- Page is the photocopy price schedule from The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F3 Preliminary Index For PRRN-H
- Mattes research information
- 14 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F30 Part 1 – Note From Denver Public Library
- Mattes’ typed notes and various diary entries, pages 1-14
- Mattes’ handwritten notes, pages 15-18
- 18 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F30 Part 2 – Notes From Denver Public Library
- Mattes’ typed notes and handwritten notes. Some include various journal entries from various emigrants.
- 21 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F30 Part 4 – Notes From Denver Public Library
- Mattes’ typed notes and handwritten notes. Some include various journal entries from John Hawkins Clark and John T. Milner
- 91 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F31 Part 1 Notes From Nebraska Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 31 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F31 Part 2 Notes From Nebraska Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 40 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F32 Part 1 – Notes From Colorado Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 31 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F32 Part 2 – Notes From Colorado Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 26 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F33 – Notes From Illinois Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 19 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F34 Notes From Indiana University-Lilly
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 35 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F35 – Notes From Indiana Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 28 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F36 – Notes From Newberry Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 68 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F37 – Notes From Colorado University
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 7 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F38 Part 1 – Notes – Mormon Church Historical Department
- 75 Pages
- Mattes’ typed and handwritten notes
- Excerpts from the journals of Alma Helaman Hale, John Grover, Angelina Farley, Isabella Siddoway Armstrong, J.A. Browning, Lewis S. Hills, Henry J. Harrison, Olaf Holmgren, and William Grant
Box 2.1.2.F38 Part 2 – Notes – Mormon Church Historical Department
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- Excerpts taken from the journals of Samuel Kendall Gifford, Charles Allred Harper, Joseph Harker, Warren Foote, Mosiah L. Hancock, Henry Hobb, William Bryan Pace, William Adams, and Reuben Miller.
- 90 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F39 Part 1 – Notes From Utah Historical Society
- 72 Pages
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
Box 2.1.2.F39 Part 2 – Notes From Utah Historical Society
- 8 Pages
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
Box 2.1.2.F4 Preliminary Index for PRRN-J
- Mattes research information
- 5 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F40 – Notes From Marriott Library University of Utah
- 36 Pages
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
Box 2.1.2.F41 Notes From Brigham Young University Library
- 76 Pages
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
Box 2.1.2.F42 Notes-Kansas Historical Society
- 24 Pages
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
Box 2.1.2.F43 Notes – Kansas University Spencer Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 19 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F44 Notes – KC Public Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes from Kansas State Historical Society, Kansas University, and Kansas City Public Library
- 4 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F45 Notes – Missouri University Historical Collection – State Historical Society of Missouri
- Mattes’ handwritten notes from the State Historical Society of Missouri
- 31 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F46 Notes – Missouri Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes from Missouri Historical Society
- 45 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F47 Iowa State Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes from Iowa State Historical Society
- 30 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F48 Notes Iowa University Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes from Iowa State Historical Society
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F49 Notes – Iowa State Historical Society Division of Historical Museum and Archives
- Mattes’ handwritten notes from Iowa State Historical Society
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F5 Notes – Washington Historical Society
- Mattes research information, handwritten
- 18 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F5 Preliminary Index for PRRN-K
- Mattes research information, handwritten
- 18 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F50 Notes Part 1- Huntington Library 1-100
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts
- 71 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F50 Part 2 Notes – Huntington Library 1-100
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts.
- 70 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F50 Part 3 Notes – Huntington Library 1-100
- Mattes’ typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts.
- 42 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F51 Part 1 Notes – Huntington Library 101-end
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts.
- 70 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F51 Part 2 Notes – Huntington Library 101-End
- Mattes’ typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts.
- 71 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F51 Part 3 Notes – Huntington Library 101-End
- Mattes’ typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts.
- 63 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F51 Part 4 Notes – Huntington Library 101-End
- Mattes’ typed notes from Huntington Library, including various diary excerpts.
- 10 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F52 Part 1 Notes – Calforinia State Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 76 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F52 Part 2 Notes-California State Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 69 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F53 Part 1 Notes-Oregon Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 115 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F53 Part 2 Notes – Oregon Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 115 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F53 Part 3 Notes – Oregon Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 13 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F54 Notes – Washington University Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes, with typed diary excerpts on pages 6-7.
- 20 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F55 Notes – Washington Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 18 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F56 Notes – Oregon University Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 11 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F57 Notes – Whitman College Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 9 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F58 Notes – Eastern Washington Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F59 Notes – Idaho Historical Society
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 86 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F59 Notes – University of Texas Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F6 Preliminary Index for PRRN-L
- Mattes research information, handwritten and typed
- 7 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F61 Notes-Wyoming State Archives
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 10 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F62 – Notes From Indiana State Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 4 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F63 Notes From Claremont Colleges Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 3 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F65 Working Notes-Missouri River
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F66 Working Notes-Ft. Leavenworth
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 2 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F67 Working Notes-Independence Westport
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 1 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F68 Working Notes-Independence to Big Blue
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F69 Working Notes St. Joseph to Big Blue
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F7 Preliminary Index for PRRN-Mc
- Mattes research information, handwritten and typed
- 13 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F70 Working Notes-Little Blue to Ft. Kearney
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 15 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F71 Working Notes-Nebraska City & Vicinity
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 1 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F72 Working Notes-Nebraska City to Ft. Kearney
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 5 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F73 Working Notes-Council Bluffs
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 7 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F74 Working Notes-Council Bluffs to Ft. Kearney
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F74 Working Notes-Courthouse Rock
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F75 Working Notes-North Bank-Ft. Kearney to Ft. Laramie
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 11 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F76 Working Note Ft. Kearney
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 26 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F77 Working Notes Ft. Kearney to California Crossing
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 22 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F78 Working Notes L California Crossing
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- Journal entry page 15
- Excerpts from Adventures in the Far West, pages 16, 17.
- Journal entries from Joseph Hackney, pages 18, 19.
- Transcribed and scanned journal, pages 20-26.
- 26 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F79 Working Notes California Crossing to Ash Hollow
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F8 Preliminary Index for PRRN-N
- Mattes research information, handwritten and typed
- 3 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F80 Working Notes-Ash Hollow
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F81 Working Notes – Julesburg
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 6 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F83 Working Notes-Chimney Rock
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 21 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F85 Working Notes Hiram Scott
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 2 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F86 Working Notes-Scott’s Bluff
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 12 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F87 Working Notes-Scott’s Bluff to Ft. Laramie
- Mattes’ handwritten and typed notes
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F88 Microfilm Purchases
- Mattes’ handwritten notes and microfilm purchase information
- 8 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F89 Misc. Notes
- Mattes’ handwritten notes, pages 1-8
- Correspondence, pages 9-13
- Conditions of Order, page 14
- Note to archivist from Mattes, page 15
- Diary excerpts, pages 16-22
- Invoice, page 23
- Notes, pages 24-33
- 33 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F9 Preliminary Index for PRRN-O
- Mattes research information, handwritten and typed
- 2 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F90 Notes Charles Tinker
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 5 Pages
Box 2.1.2.F91 Part 2, A Listing of Overland Emigrant Manuscripts by Repositories
- Census of Overland Emigrant Documents Program
- 64 Pages
Box 2.1.2F30 Part 1A – Notes From Denver Public Library
- Mattes’ handwritten notes
- 43 Pages
Box 2.1.2F91 Part 1, A Listing of Overland Emigrant Manuscripts by Repositories
- Census of Overland Emigrant Documents Program
- 82 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F2 Part 1 Maps Lewis and Clark Trail – Drawings and Illustrations
- Historical notes on the Missouri River from the mouth of the Marias to Fort Peck Reservoir
- 17 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F2 Part 2 Map – Lewis and Clark Trail – Drawings & Illustrations
- Maps on pages 2-4
- 4 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F3 Part 3 Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Nebraska History book review of Lewis & Clark, Partners in Discovery by John Bakeless
- 12 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Information Map Fort Randall Dam & Lake Francis Case South Dakota
- Pamphlet showing Fort Randall Dam and Lake Francis Case, South Dakota
- 5 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Lewis & Clark – Articles & Pamphlets – Big Bend Dam & Lake Sharpe Reservoir Ft. Thompson South Dakota
- Information on Big Bend Dam and Lake Sharpe Reservoir
- 4 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Lewis & Clark – Articles & Pamphlets – OAHE Dam & Reservoir
- Information on Oahe Dam and Oahe Reservoir
- 4 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Lewis & Clark – Articles & Pamphlets Lewis & Clark Lake Pamphlet
- Information on the Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake
- 4 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Lewis & Clark – Articles & Pamphlets New Town, North Dakota Pamphlet
- Information on New Town, North Dakota
- 3 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Lewis & Clark Celebrating 150 Years of the Louisiana Purchase
- Article about the Louisiana Purchase
- 12 Pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Meriwether Lewis in Blackfeet Country
- A 1964, 33 page book written by Helen B. West
- Page 3 is a map of the route of Lewis’ travels on what is now the Blackfeet Reservation
- Pages 10-11 contain photos of the area
Box 2.2.1.F4 Part 1 Lewis & Clark-Articles & Pamphlets – American Adventure Story of the Lewis &Clark Expedition 1804-1806
- 32 pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Part 2 Lewis and Clark Trail Through The National Forests
- 15 pages
Box 2.2.1.F4 Part 3 Lewis & Clark Articles & Pamphlets – US Dept of The Interior News Release
- 35 pages
- Pages 1-5 contain a United States Department of the Interior news release
- Pages 6-8 contain documentation establishing the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission
Box 2.2.1.F5 Part 1 Lewis & Clark Special Study
- 40 pages
- This includes a historical summary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, by William C. Everhart, Memorandums from the 1958 Acting Chief Historian, Acting Chief Division of Interpretation (Merrill J. Mattes), United States Department of the Interior/National Parks Service letters, and Regional Chief of Interpretation.
Box 2.2.1.F5 Part 3 Lewis & Clark Special Study
- 59 pages
- This file contains memorandums regarding a Lewis and Clark study, Letters from the Region Two Office in Omaha, NE, documentation of the survey of sites along the Lewis and Clark Route, recommended sites, and notes to accompany the map of Lolo Trail campsites of Lewis and Clark.
Bradway, Dr. J. R. – Diary, 1853, Wisconsin to California
Typed pages
Brainard, David – Journal of the Walworth County Mutual Mining Company, 1849
Typed pages
Journal of the Walworth County Mutual Mining Company Commencing March the 20th, 1849
by David Brainard, Delavan, Wisconsin
Brooks, Elisha – A Pioneer Mother of California, 1922
Printed pages from a book
Brooks, Elisha. A Pioneer Mother of California. San Francisco, California: Harr Wagner Publishing Co. 1922
Brooks, Noah – The Boy Emigrants
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Broughton, Aaron – Letter, 1850
Two typed pages
Letter written to his wife June 8, 1850
Merrill Mattes research notes
Brown, John – Journal, 1852 to Oregon
56 typed pages
A Journal of travels Across the Plains, Made in 1852
Brown, John E. – Memoirs of a Forty Niner
Seven typed and printed pages from a book
Brown, John E. “Memoirs of a Forty Niner” by his daughter Mrs. Katie E. Blood
Brown, William Richard – An Authentic Wagon Train Journal of 1853
Typed pages
An Authentic Wagon Train Journal of 1853 from Indiana to California
Brundage, Thomas J. – Journal, 1864, Ohio to Montana
10 typed pages
Also contains journal from 1865 trip to California via Nicaragua
Brush, Mary E. – Letter, 1850
Four typed pages
Letter written to her parents from Stockton, San Joaquin River, California on January 27, 1850
Bryant, Edwin – Trail Diaries, 1849
Typed research notes
Bryant, Edwin – What I Saw in California,1846-1847
Printed pages from a book
Bryant, Edwin. “What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour . . . in the Years 1846, 1847” New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848
cover, pp 18-25
Bryant, Isaiah William – Diary, 1853
27 typed pages
Bryant, Luvina Creighbaum – Diary, 1862 to Oregon
One handwritten and 10 typed pages
Buffum, Jos. C. – Diary, 1847
21 typed pages
Buffum, Jos. C. – Diary, 1849
Seven typed pages
Pittsburgh, PA to California, 1849
Burgess, Perry A. – From Illinois to Montana in 1866
24 printed pages of an article
From Illinois to Montana in 1866: The Diary of Perry A. Burgess. Edited by Robert G. Athearn. The Pacfic Northwest Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1950, pp 43-65
Burr, David Hughes – Biography
Two typed pages
Burrall, George P. – A Trip Across the Plains in 1849
Typed pages
and Merrill Mattes research notes
Burrows, Rufus and Cyrus Hull – A Long Road to Stony Creek, 1848-1858
Printed pages from a book
A Long Road to Stony Creek, Being the Narratives by Rufus Burrows& Cyrus Hull, of their Eventful Lives, in the Wilderness West of 1848-1858. Introduction & Annotation by Richard Dillon. Lewis Osborne: Ashland, 1971
Bushnell, George E. – Diary, 1864 to California
Typed pages
Butterfield Jr, Ira H. – Michigan to California in 1861
Printed pages from an article
Cagwin, Hamden Aubrey – Diary, 1850, Illinois to California
37 typed pages
Cagwin, N. A. – Diary, 1850
37 types pages
California Emigrant – Letters, 1849 and 1850
Typed and printed pages from a book
Wyman, Walker. California Emigrant Letters. New York: Bookman Associates Publishers, 1952
California Pioneer – Reminiscences, 1852
Cover and two printed pages
Article appearing in a newspaper, author unknown
“Crossing the Plains in 1852, Reminiscences of a California Pioneer.” The Argonaut, [San Francisco, California], April 25 and May 2, 1925
Campbell, Albert H. – Report Upon the Pacific Wagon Roads
Printed pages from an official report
Campbell, Albert H. Report Upon the Pacific Wagon Roads constructed under the direction of the Hon. Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, in 1857-’58-’59
Caples, Mrs. James – Overland Journey to California, 1911
Three typed pages
Carpenter, Helen McCowen – A Trip Across the Plains in an Ox Wagon, 1857
121 typed pages
Carr, Debney T. – Letter, 1850
11 handwritten pages
Letter written to his cousin from Platte River near Chimney Rock, May 31, 1850
Carr, John – Pioneer Days in California, 1850
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Carrington, Albert – Diary
Printed pages from a book
Diary of Albert Carrington. Compiled by Kate B. Carter. Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Central Company, January 1947
Carter, E. S. – Life and Adventures, 1852
Four typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Cartwright, David W. – Natural History of Western Wild Animals and Guide for Hunters, Trappers, and Sportsmen, 1875
17 typed pages from a book
Chapter VI – A Tramp to California in 1852
Cave Spring – National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
25 typed pages and maps
Cave Spring [Raytown and Kansas City, Missouri]
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
Chadwick, Samuel – Diary, 1852 to California
42 typed pages
Chamberlain, William E. – Diary, 1849
15 typed pages
Chillson, L. D. – Journal, 1859
handwritten pages
Clapp, John T. – 1850 to California
Three printed pages
Clark, John H. – A Trip Across the Plains in 1852
Typed pages
Connor, T. J. – Diary, 1853 to Oregon
13 typed pages
Cook, Walker – Emigrant Accounts of Well Known Campsites
Nine typed pages
Walter L. Cook research on “Emigrant Accounts of Well Known Campsites on the Blue Prairie Along the Independence to Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri 1845 to 1853”
Cook, Walter – References to Trail Campsites in Jackson County, Missouri
Two typed pages
List of campsites on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri
Cornell, William – Description of the Route to Oregon, 1852
Six typed pages
Cornwall, Pierre Barlow – Life Sketch, Crossing the Plains, 1848
Printed pages from a book
Cornwall, Bruce. Life Sketch of Pierre Barlow Cornwall. San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1906
Chapter II: Crossing the Plains
Cramer, Thomas – Journal, 1859 to California
82 typed pages
Cramer’s Journal Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains from Kansas to California in 1859, by Thomas Cramer
Crawford, Medorem – Diary, 1842 to Oregon
13 typed pages
Currier, Cyrus – Diary, 1849
10 handwritten pages
Currier, Cyrus – Journal to California, 1849
10 handwritten pages
Cyrus Currier’s Journal to California by the Northern Overland Route from Newark, State of New Jersey
Curtis, Waters – Letters, 1849
Three typed pages
Excerpts of letters
“Life on the Plains.” Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois], August 8, 1849
Daigh, James – Diary, Nuggets From ’49: An Account of Pike County Men in the Gold Rush
Printed pages from a book
Hannant, Owen. Nuggets From ’49: An Account of Pike County Men in the Gold Rush Condensed from the diary of James Daigh. Fairfield, Washington: Fairfield Press, 1985
Dale, Matthew H. – Life in the Pike’s Peak Region: Letters, 1859
Printed pages from an article
Life in the Pike’s Peak Region: Letters of Matthew H. Dale. Edited by Robert G. Athearn. The Colorado Magazine of the State Historical Society. Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1955, Denver, Colorado.
Dalton, John E. – Diary, 1852 to California
54 typed pages
Darby & Miller – History of California, 1850
One typed page
Merrill Mattes research notes
Davidson, J. N. – Letters, 1850
10 typed pages
Letters to his wife Mary and to his father John Nelson
Davis, Rev. Henry T. – Solitary Places Made Glad, Observations and Experiences for Thirty-Two Years in Nebraska,1890
Printed pages from a book
Davis, Rev. Henry T. Solitary Places Made Glad, Observations and Experiences for Thirty-Two Years in Nebraska. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe, 1890
Day, Elizabeth – 1846
25 printed pages from a book
Chapter X – Off for the Farthest West
Chapter XI – Across the Plains
Dean, F. S. – Journey on the Plains, 1849
Two typed pages
Extracts from a letter printed in the Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois] August 7, 1849
Dennis, Bryan – Diary, Overland Journey to California, 1850
63 typed pages
Diary kept by Bryan Dennis of his Overland Journey to California in 1850
Denny, A. A. – Journal of the Route to Oregon, 1851
13 typed pages
Dinwiddie, David or John – Overland from Indiana to Oregon, the Dinwiddie Journal, 1853
Printed pages
Historical Reprints, Overland from Indiana to Oregon, the Dinwiddie Journal, Edited by Margaret Booth
Sources of Northwest History No. 2
State University of Montana, Missoula
Dougherty, John – Letters
15 typed and handwritten pages
Early Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri
Typed Research Notes
Early Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri
Bibliography
Archival Material
Apparent Trail Remnants in Jackson County, Mo. to our Knowledge, 1995
Elliott Coues, Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Coues, Lewis, & Clark Expedition, Vol. I, 1893, pg. 261-264
- Four Pages
- Garrison Reservoir to Fort Stevenson
Emigrant Journal
- Two journal pages recording a journey from the Platte River to Chimney Rock over the period of four days.
Emigrant survey
Enos, James E. – Recollections of the Plains, 1855
Four typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Ewers, Anton – Account, 1856 to California
Typed pages
Farnham, Elijah – California Here I Come, 1849
Printed pages from a magazine article
California Here I Come-1849. Omaha World Herald Magazine, June 17, 1951
Farnsworth, William C. – From Virginia to California During the Gold Rush, 1868
Four typed pages
Fayette County [Ohio] Boys – Enroute to California, 1849
Typed pages
Ferris, Joel E. – Hiram Gano Ferris of Illinois and California
- Excerpt from the California Historical Society Quarterly
- Five pages
Feyette County Boys – 1850
- “This diary records some of the events of a wagon train in which left Ohio to go to California in the 1849 Gold Rush.”
- 20 pages
Field, Matt – On the Santa Fe Trail, 1839
Three pages of typed notes
Fish, Juliette G. – Crossing the Plains in 1862
Six typed pages
Fonda, Charles Ira – Across the Plains in 1850
21 typed pages
Forsdick, Stephen – Recollections, 1856
43 typed pages
Fort Mitchell and Indian Warfare
- 1 page describing events at Scott’s Bluff
Forty-Niners – Letters
Printed pages from a publication
Letters by Forty-Niners. The Western Humanities Review. April 1949
Forty-Niners – Letters, 1849
printed pages
“Letters By Forty-Niners Written From Great Salt Lake City in 1849.” Edited by Dale L. Morgan. The Western Humanities Review.
Forty-Niners – Letters, 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Printed pages
“Letters by Forty Niners” in The Western Humanities Review, edited by Dale Morgan
Written from Great Salt Lake City in 1849
Letters by John B. Hazlip, James E. Squire, Beeson Townsend and others
Fosdick, Lucy H. – Across the Plains in ’61
24 typed pages
Foster, Isaac G. and Mary Burrell – 1854, Illinois to California
Three typed pages
The Foster Family
Text describes travel by Isaac G. Foster and family, and by Mary Burrell and her family, including daughter Mary. Diary excerpts are from Mary Burrell, the daughter.
Merrill Mattes research notes
Fouts, William – Diary, 1850
Two typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Fox, Jared – Memorandum, 1852
28 typed pages
Memorandum of a trip from Delton, Sauk County, Wisconsin to Oregon and California, April 12, 1852 – Aug. 12, 1854
Frizzell, Lodisa – Across the Plains, 1852
Nine typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Furlong, Mary 1843 and Robert Gardner 1846-1847
12 typed pages
This PDF has items by two authors
Two typed pages – Mary Furlong, When I Cross the Plains to Oregon, 1843
10 typed pages – Biography of Robert Gardner, 1846-1847
Gatton, Benjamin H. – From the Plains, 1849
Three typed pages
Letter written on the Road to California, 20 miles east of the South Pass, July 1st, 1849
Printed as “From the Plains” in the Illinois Daily Journal, September 28, 1849
Gibson, John T. – Journal of Western Travel, 1859
36 typed pages
Gilbert, William W. – Diary, 1850
Seven typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Gilmore, Andrew Hall – Overland Journey to California, 1850
35 typed pages
Goldsmith, Oliver – Overland in Forty-Nine, 1849
Seven typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Gordon, William A. – Diary, 1850 to California
30 typed pages
Grahams, Calvin H. – Journal, 1853 to California
30 typed pages
Gray, William H. – Journal, 1836-1837
Printed pages from a published article
“The Unpublished Journal of William H. Gray, from December, 1836 to October, 1837.” The Whitman College Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 2, June 1913
Green, Edmund – Reminiscence of a Pioneer, 1849
13 typed and printed pages
Greenslit, George H. – A Day with the Indians, 1864
Six typed pages
A Day with the Indians. Remarkable Escape of George H. Greenslit from the Indians in 1864. He Personally Relates His Experiences with the Sioux While Crossing the Wide Plains
Gridley, John T. and Geo Gridley – Letters, 1850
14 typed pages
Letters to family written from Iowa and California
Grindell, John – Diary, 1850
20 typed pages
The Diary of John Grindell
His trip from Platteville, Wisconsin to California in 1850
Gros, Christian – Letters, 1850
10 typed pages
Guill, Mary Jane – Diary, 1860
Nine typed pages
The Overland Diary of a Journey from Livingston County, Missouri, to Butte County, California
Hagelstein, George Michel – The Hagelstein Diary, 1850
16 typed pages
Hale, Israel F. – Diary of Trip to California, 1849
Printed pages
Hall, O. J. – Diary of a Forty Niner, 1849
Nine typed pages
Hamilton, Henry S. – Reminiscences of a Veteran
Printed pages from a book
Hamilton, Henry S. Reminiscences of a Veteran. Concord, New Hampshire: Republican Press Association, 1897.
Hampton, William H. – Diary, 1852
Nine typed pages
Hancock, Samuel – Narrative, 1845-1860
Printed pages from a book
The Narrative of Samuel Hancock, 1845-1860. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1927
Hardin, Martin D. – Trip Across the Continent, in 1860
25 typed pages
Harney, W. S. – Harney Letters, 1855
19 typed pages
Correspondence from U.S. Army, Department of the West, Sioux Expedition, 1855-1856
Brvt. Brig. Gen. William S. Harney
Harris, Marcellus J. and Marcus H. Barnett – Letters, 1850
Five typed pages
Harris letters written to his brother
Barnett letter written to his mother
Harrison, J. M. – 1846
18 typed pages
Harter, George – Crossing the Plains, 1864
10 typed pages
Harvey, Isaac Julian – To California in 1850
Nine typed pages
Hayden, Mary Jane – Pioneer Days, 1850
Printed pages from a book
Hayden, Mary Jane. Pioneer Days. San Jose, California: Murgotten’s Press, 1915
Henry, Edward – Letters, 1850-1853
21 typed pages
Letters written on the trail and from California to family in Illinois
Hewitt, R. H. – Memoranda of a Journey Across the Plains, 1862
Printed pages from a book
Hewitt, R. H. Memoranda of a Journey Across the Plains from Dundee, Ill. to Olympia, W. T. May 7, to November, 3, 1862. Olympia [Washington], 1863
Hickman, Peter L. – Diary, 1852 to California
29 typed pages
Hilman, John C. – Letter, 1862 from Snake River
Two typed pages
Letter written to Mrs. Bronson, My Dear Friend
Snake River, August 11, 1862
Hinde, Edmund Cavileer – Journal, 1850
One page typed notes from a book
“Journal of Edward Cavileer Hinde” Edited by Jerome Peltier, Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, n.y.
Hinds, Rev. T. W. – Diary, Crossing the Plains in 1850
41 typed pages
History of Farmersville, California – 1979
Two typed pages of article
“An account of Thomas J Brundage travels to Montana in 1864 and California in 1865, and subsequent life in Farmersville, California.” Exeter Sun 7 Feb 1979
Hite, Abraham & Mary Fetter Hite Sanford – 1853, Illinois to California
27 typed pages
Family history and partial diary by Mary Fetter Hite Sanford
Partial diary by Abraham Hite
Hite, Joseph – Diary, 1853 Illinois to Oregon
Six typed pages
Hittell, John S. – Reminiscences of the Plains and Mines in ’49 and ’50
Printed pages from an article
John S. Hittell. “Reminiscences of the Plains and Mines in ’49 and ’50.” The Overland Monthly, 1887
Hixson, I. W. – Letters, 1849
Typed and handwritten pages
Letters written to Robert H. Miller
Holliday, Geo. H. – On the Plains in ’65
Printed pages from a book
Holliday, Geo. H. On the Plains in ’65. [Washington D.C., 1883]
Holliday, J. S. – The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience
Four printed pages from a book
Holliday, J. S. “The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience” New York: Simon and Schuster, n.y.
Horton, Emily M. – Our Family, 1857
Four typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Howlett, John – Letters, 1850 to California
Seven typed pages
Letters written by John Howlett to his wife and children
Howlett Family Letters, 1831-1873
Hubbard, Chauncey B. – Diary, 1850 to California
Printed pages
Huntington, O. B. – Pioneer Journal, 1848
18 typed pages
Ingalls, E. S. – Journal, 1850
Five typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Ivins, Virgina Wilcox – 1853
Printed pages from a book
Ivins, Virginia Wilcox. Pen Pictures of Early Western Days. 1905
and
Four typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Jackman, Levi – Journal, 1847
17 typed pages
Jackson County Surveyors Notes – 1843
Handwritten notes and maps
Jackson County Trail Campsites Speech
Four typed pages
“Speech 7/95 with Walter Cook at 3 Trails”
Jackson, William H. – Letter. 1866 from G. S. L. City
20 handwritten and typed pages
Letter written October 30,1866 to his Father and Mother from Great Salt Lake City
Jackson, William Henry – Diary, 1866
Excerpt from diary, handwritten pages
pp 90-159
Jacob, Norton – Record, 1846 to Utah
48 typed pages
Jaehnig, Ernst W. – A Trip to California in A. D. 1852
Four printed pages
Articles printed in the West Bend News, West Bend, Wisconsin
March 7, 14, and 21, 1928
Jagger, D. – 1849 to California
45 handwritten pages
James, Edwin – 1819-20 from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
67 printed pages from a book
James, Edwin. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the years 1819, 1820. By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Vol. 1, Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905
James, Edwin – Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Maj. S. H. Long, 1819-1820
68 printed pages from a book
James, Edwin. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819, 1820. By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U. S. Top. Engineers. Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Vols. 1 and 2. Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905.
Johnson, J. L. – 1851, Illinois to Oregon
Overland to Oregon, 1851 – J. L. Johnson
99 pages of handwritten diary
Overland to Oregon in 1851
Johnson, Joseph Ellis – 1860
Four typed pages
Johnston, Dr. John Franklin – A Trip to the Gold Fields of California, 1852
28 typed pages
Johnston, John Franklin 1852 and Joseph A. Johnson 1849
One typed page
Dr. John Franklin Johnston, “A Trip to the Gold Fields of California in 1852”
and
handwritten pages with notation “Joseph A. Johnson ’49”
[These pages are barely legible and/or illegible.]
Johnston, William G. – 1849 Trail Diaries
17 typed pages
“Overland to California” in the Memorable Year 1849, William G. Johnston, 1948
1849 Trail Diaries
Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1849 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area
Johnston, William G. – 1849, Pennsylvania to California
Printed pages from a book
Johnston, Wm. G. Experiences of a Forty-Niner. Pittsburgh, 1892
and
13 typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Johnston, Wm. G. – Overland to California, 1849
33 pages of typed research notes, including excerpts from a book
Johnston, Wm. G. “Overland to California: A Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California . . . in the Memorable Year 1849” Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1949
Jones, Harvey H. – Diary, 1854 to Washington Territory
15 typed pages
Jones, Mary A. – Recollections, 1846 to California
Five typed pages
Josselyn, Amos Piatt – Diary, 1849
22 typed pages
Josselyn, Charles – Santa Fe Trail Tourist Pauses Here, 1964
Two typed pages
Newspaper article by Charles Josselyn, “Santa Fe Trail Tourist Pauses Here,” Raytown [Missouri] News, August 13, 1966
Keck, J. A. – Journal, 1850 to California
24 typed pages
Kelly, William A. and Maurice L. Howe – Miles Goodyear, First Citizen of Utah
Printed pages from a book
Kelly, Charles and Maurice L. Howe. Miles Goodyear, First Citizen of Utah, Trapper, Trader, and California Pioneer. Salt Lake City: Western Printing Company, 1937
Kelsey, Mrs. Benjamin – 1841 to California
Three printed pages from a publication
Kelsey, Mrs. Benjamin. “A California Heroine.” The Grizzly Bear
Kilgore, William H. – Journal, 1850 to California
Printed pages from a book
The Kilgore Journal of an Overland Journey to California in the Year 1850. Edited by Joyce Woodrock Muench. New York: Hastings House, 1949
Kiser, Joseph Cline – Diary, 1850
11 typed pages of a diary fragment
Knight, William Henry – Letters, 1859
Printed pages from a book
Power, Bertha Knight. William Henry Knight, California Pioneer.
Chapter II: Emigrant Train Enroute to California
Kreps, S. P. – A Journal for the Overland Route to California in 1852
15 typed pages
Lambourne, Alfred – The Pioneer Trail
10 typed pages
No date
Lane, Samuel A. – 1850
12 printed pages of handwritten diary entries
Diary of a Trip Overland from Akron to Sacramento
Laub, George – Pioneer Journal, 1852 to Utah
21 typed pages
Entries dated1852 April May to 1852 August
Lee, D. and J. H. Frost – Ten Years in Oregon, 1834
Two typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Lee, Williams – 1858-1859 to Utah
150 typed and handwritten pages
A copy of my notes taken while on a journey across the plains from Washington to Genoa, Carson Valley, Utah.
From April 11th 1858 to Oct. 25th 1859
Lempton, Stewart and Wm. – Diaries, 1850
Handwritten pages from Stewart’s Diary 1850
Typed pages from Wm. Lempton’s Diary on Trip to California – 1850
Lenoir, Slater E. – Letters, 1850
Six handwritten pages
Three letters written to his mother
Letter and diary entries – 1850 from Sacramento City, California
Handwritten letter to “Greenville” with diary entries
Author not identified
Letter written September 27, 1850
Lewelling, Seth – Excerpts from Journal, 1850
10 typed pages
Lewis, B. P. – 1863 to California
One typed page and 36 handwritten pages
Memorandum of Our Trip Across the Plains to California
April 13 – July 20, 1863
Lewis, Elisha B. – Diary of Overland Trip to California, 1849
69 typed pages
Lewis, John N. – Diary, 1852
Handwritten diary entries
Littleton, M. – Journal of a Trip Across the Plains from Independence, Missouri to California, 1850
37 typed pages
Lobenstine, William C. – Diary, 1851 [or 52]
Four typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Lockwood, James D. – Life and Adventures of a Drummer Boy, Seven Years a Soldier
Printed pages from a book
Lockwood, James D. Life and Adventures of a Drummer Boy, Seven Years a Soldier. Albany, N.Y.: John Skinner, 1893
Loomis, Leander V. – 1850, Iowa to California
13 typed pages
A Journal of the Birmingham Emigrating Company
The record of the trip from Birmingham, Iowa, to Sacramento, California, in 1850
Lord, Isaac S. P. – Journal, 1849
31 printed and handwritten pages
Lotts, Judge Charles Fayette – Diary, 1849, Illinois to California
Seven typed pages
Loughary, Mrs. W. A. – Journal, 1864, Iowa to Oregon
31 typed pages
A brief journal of the travels and incidents of an emigrant ox train across the plains and mountains from Burlington, Iowa, on the Mississippi River, to the Willamette Valley on the Columbia and the Pacific Ocean in the year of 1864
Love, Alexander – Overland Journal, 1849, Pennsylvania to California
Typed pages
Journal 1849
Entries dated March 20, 1849 to September 3, 1849
California 1849-1852
Entries dated September 4, 1849 to March 5, 1852
Lowell, Nancy Campbell – 1857, Arkansas to California
Four typed pages
Across the Plains in ’57
The story of the family of Peter Campbell and a train of immigrants as told by Nancy Campbell Lowell, a member of the party
Lowry, M.D., James L. – Journal, 1860, Nebraska to Nevada
53 typed pages
Lyman, Amasa M. – Journal, 1847
62 typed pages
Lyon, James D. – Letters, 1849 and 1850
Five pages
Letters appearing in The Daily Advertiser Detroit, Michigan
September 10, 1849 and February 22, 1850
Mahan, Garland Jefferson – Diary, 1864, Missouri to Montana and 1866 return from Montana to Missouri
39 typed pages
Trip to Montana by Oxen Train from Cole County Missouri – 1864
Return Trip from Montana to Missouri – 1866
Malcolm, James G. – Letters, 1849, Ft. Smith to San Diego
11 handwritten pages
Five letters written to his wife
Manlove,Mark D. – 1849 to California
Two typed pages
Personal Experiences of a Forty-Niner
Markle, John – Diary, 1849 to California & Letter to the Donner Trail Marking Expedition from Wendell Robie 1940
Eight typed pages
Markle, John – Portion of 1849 Diary and Trail Marking Expedition Letter of 1940
- A letter regarding the Donner Trail Marking Expedition of the USFS and the Auburn Chapter of the Native Sons of the Golden West, written by Wendell Robie
- A portion of the 1849 trail diary, written by John Markle
- 8 Pages
Markle, John A. – 1849 to California
49 typed pages
John A. Markle’s Diary
April 18th, 1849 to January 5, 1850
The Travels of a Gold Digger Enroute to California
[very poor quality copy]
Mattes, Merrill J. – Platte River Road Narratives
Nine printed pages from a book
Mattes, Merrill J. “Platte River Road Narratives” Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988
Maule, Charles – Letter, 1849
One typed page
Letter written on June 16th, 1849, Two miles from Fort Laramie
Letter printed in Richmond Palladium [Richmond, Indiana] August 15, 1849
McBride, John Holden – Letters, 1850, Iowa to Utah
Typed letter to his wife from Kanesville, Iowa, May 12th, 1850
Typed letter to his wife from Fort Larrimie, June 9th 1850
Typed letter to his wife from six miles west of Independence Rock, June 23rd
Typed letter to his wife from Great Salt Lake City, July 13th
[Pages are out of order]
McBride, W. S. – Journal, 1850, Indiana to Salt Lake City, Utah
Copy of handwritten journal excerpt
McBride, W. S., Journal of an Overland Trip from Goshen, Ind. to Salt Lake City
1850, Mar. 31 – June 26
McClung, James S. – Diary, 1862 to Oregon
Six typed pages
Excerpts from diary dated June 30, 1862 to September 9, 1862
McCowen, George – 1854
Five typed pages
“Notes of a Journey” and “Mining Experiences”
Merrill Mattes research notes
McCoy, Samuel F. – 1849, Ohio to California
Printed pages from a book
Pioneering on the Plains, Journey to Mexico 1848, The Overland Trip to California
Preparation for the Overland Journey to California in 1849
The Diary of Samuel F. McCoy of Chillicothe, Ohio, Outlining the Overland Journey to California by the Death Route in 1849
McDonald, J. H. – Letter, 1852, Platte River below Ft. Laramie
Four handwritten pages
Letter written to his father on May 26, 1852
McKee, A. S. – Letter, 1852 from California
Three handwritten pages
Letter written to his brother and sister on August 15, 1852
McKeeby, Lemuel Clarke – Memoirs, 1850 to California
Printed pages of an article
:”Memoirs of Lemuel Clarke McKeeby” in California Historical Society Quarterly
McQueen, Angus – Diary, 1852, Ontario [Canada] to Fort Kearney
26 typed pages
Transcription of entries April 5 – May 23, 1852
Meline, James F. – Two Thousand Miles on Horseback, Santa Fe and Back, 1866
Printed pages from a book
Meline, James F. Two Thousand Miles on Horseback, Santa Fe and Back: A Summer Tour Through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico in the Year 1866. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867
Merrill, Joseph Henry – Diary, 1849, Massachusetts to California
31 typed pages
A Trip To California With His Father When He Was About Eighteen Years Old
[pages 1-11 are repeated]
Miller, Alfred J. – Captions of the Watercolors
185 typed pages
Contains list and description of 165 watercolors by the artist
Miller, Rueben – Journal, 1849
14 typed pages
Mini lesson-2
Mini Lesson-3 The role of independence
Mini lesson-4 Who Went West
Mini lesson-5 When did the trails begin and end
Montgomery, William – Diary, 1850, Missouri to California
Copy of handwritten journal, cover and pp 1-43, 76
Morgan, Martha M. – 1849, Missouri to California
Five typed pages
A Trip Across the Plains
Merrill Mattes research notes
Morris, John – Letter, 1849 from Fort Kearney Oregon Route
Two handwritten pages
Letter written March 30, 1849
Mose, Buckskin – Life From the Lakes to the Pacific, 1855
Two typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Moss, William Cartier – 1861 to California
Four printed pages from a magazine
Moss, William Cartier. “Overland to California in the Early 1860s.” Pony Express Courier, November 1938, pp 6, 11-12, 14
Murphy, Patrick Henry – Diary, 1854, Missouri to California
Four typed pages
Diary entries “Across the Plains” from April 11, 1854 to June 18, 1854
Murrell, George McKinley – Letters, 1849
One handwritten page
Nash, Marie – Diary, 1861, Michigan to California
14 typed pages
Diary entries 29 April, 1861 – 31 May 1861 and from 22 July, 1861 – 12 August 1861
Neff, John – Diary, 1854
15 typed pages
Negley, Felix – Diary, 1849, Pennsylvania to California and Return to Pittsburgh by Water
18 typed pages
Newcomb, Alphonso B. – Diary, 1850, Iowa to Utah
17 typed and handwritten pages
News From The Plains, Spring 2024
News From The Plains, Fall 1987
News From The Plains, Fall 1988
News From The Plains, Fall 1989
News From The Plains, Fall 1990
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Nichols, B. F. – 1844 to Oregon
19 printed pages of newspaper articles printed in 1906
Nichols, B. F., “Across the Plains in 1844: Reminiscences of Oregon”
Laidlaw Chronicle, Laidlaw, Crook County, Oregon
Nixon, Alexander B. – 1849, Ohio to California
Four copied pages, only two pages of typed diary entries
Journal to the Pacific Ocean
Norton, Col. L. A. – 1852 to California
Eight printed pages of an article in a magazine
Norton, Col. L. A. “My Overland Trip to California in 1852.” Pony Express Courier, September-October1934
Printed pages from a book
Norton, Col. L. A. Life and Adventures of Col. L. A. Norton. Oakland, California: Pacific Press Publishing House, 1887
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Nott, Manford Allen – “Across the Plains in ’54”
Printed pages from a book
Nott, Manford Allen. Across the Plains in ’54, A Story for Young People of Early Emmigration to California
NPS Auto Tour Guide for Western Missouri & Northeastern Kansas
Pack, John – Letters 1847
- Letters written by John Pack.
- A receipt from Brigham Young for “house logs.”
- 9 Pages
Palladium, Richmond – A Letter from California 1850
- A letter from John Prichet to Richmond Palladium, April 3, 1850.
- 5 Pages
Parker, Wilbur Fiske, October 1858-1859
- A Diary of the Smoky Hill Route to Pike’s Peak, 1858, edited by Norman Lavers
- 7 Pages
Parkinson, John B. – Memories of Early Wisconsin and the Gold Mines
- A short retelling of events while heading to the gold fields.
- 11 Pages
Patterson, E. H. – My Impressions of the Overland Route to Califonia 1850
- Published in the Oquawka Spectator, 1850
- An overland journey from Missouri to Placerville (Hangtown), CA
- 28 Pages
Peabody, Sylvania – Diary
- A 1906 recollection from Sylvania Peabody to her granddaughter, Ethel Peabody, regarding her journey to California
- 30 Pages
Pearce, William Edmund – Letter to William Baker Pearce 1851
- Letter to William Baker Pearce from his sister, 1851
- 5 Pages
Peck, Washington – Diary 1850
- “Copied from the Tarkio Avalanche Article written by Dick Altman, Thursday, March 18, 1965, “Canadian-Born Pioneer Keeps a Frontier Diary.”
- Washington Peck traveled with his family from Eastern Canada to California.
- 40 Pages
Pettijohn, Isaac – Diary 1847-1848
- The diary excerpt begins on April 30, 1847, at Caples Landing on the Missouri River, just North of St. Joseph, MO., to Oregon City, OR
- This diary also contains the entries of the 1848 Eastbound trip ending in Missouri
- 29 Pages
Phelps, Edwin – Letter to His Father, August 11, 1850
- Article from the Pontiac Jacksonian (Pontiac, Michigan) October 16, 1850 v. 13, #13, p. 1
- A letter sent from Hanysville, California, telling Edwin’s father about his trip west.
- 3 Pages
Pickett, Belinda Cooley – Journal 1853
- The travels of Belinda Cooley, her husband and three sons, leaving Van Buren County, Iowa on April 12, 1853, and arriving in Union City, California on September 14, 1853.
- 20 Pages
Plummer, Craig Samuel -Letters Written Between 1821-1900
- Letters written by Samuel C. Plummer, of Pennsylvania, in 1850, as he traveled west to California.
- He left Muscatine, Iowa on March 16, 1850, headed for Placerville, California.
- 11 Pages
Pomeroy, Henry Martyn – Daily Journal 1859
- Henry Martyn Pomeroy left from Nebraska, headed for Placerville, California, in 1859.
- Partially transcribed, as noted at the end of page 28.
- 28 Pages
Pond, Ananias Rogers – 1849 Diary
- This diary contains the route taken.
- 18 Pages
Porter, Joseph E. – Journal of the Route from Council Bluffs to California
- The Gazette, Waukegan, Lake CO., Illinois, November 30 and December 7, 1850.
- Excerpts from the the journal of Joseph Porter regarding his trip from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to California.
- 13 Pages
Powell, M. – Overland Journal 1849
- Excerpts from Overland Journey to California
- 5 Pages
Price, Hugh Morgan – Diary of a Forty-Niner, 1849
Diary of a Forty-Niner
The Price Family History
Prickett, George W. – Letters 1849
- Two letters (two pages each) describing Prickett’s journey to California.
- 5 Pages
Prime, Edwin M. – 1850 Journal
- This journal describes the route taken from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to California, heading to the gold fields.
- On March 18, 1850, Edwin Prime headed to Council Bluffs from Walworth Co., Wisconsin, with the intention of traveling to the California gold fields.
- The last entry ends on October 12, 1850.
- 28 Pages
Pringle, Catherine Sager – Letter 1854
- A letter from Catherine Pringle to her uncle, which includes a retelling of events regarding the Whitman Massacre.
- 4 Pages
Pringle, Virgil and George McKinstry – Overland in 1846
Nine typed pages
“Overland in 1846” Diaries of Virgil Pringle and George McKinstry
Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1846 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area [duplicate of “Trail Diaries – 1846]
Pritchard, James A. – The Overland Diary, from Kentucky to California, 1849
Six printed pages
Four pages from a book “The Overland Diary of James A. Pritchard of Kentucky to California in 1849” Edited by Dale L.Morgan, [Denver] Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, 1959
Two pages of newspaper clippings about the Pritchard diary
Pulsipher, John – Pioneer Journal 1848
- One page is a letter from Rob S. Campbell to John Pulsipher announcing that Pulsipher will preside over branches of the Latter Day Saints.
- The remainder of the journal details his travels west.
- 20 Pages
R. L. M. – Letter September 12, 1849
- Written for the American Citizen, Jackson, MI, September 12, 1849
- An extract from a letter received from one of the Jackson company on the road to California
- 3 Pages
Read, Georgia Willis – Women and Children on the Oregon-California Trail in the Gold-Rush Years
Printed pages of a published article
Read, Georgia Willis ” Women and Children on the Oregon-California Trail in the Gold-Rush Years” Missouri Historical Review, Volume XXXIX, Number One, October 1944, pp 1-23
Recollections by Ellison Orr
- 54 Pages
Rees, William H. – Ancestry and Journal
- Genealogy of William H. Rees, along with descendants
- Photos on pages 21, 22, and 24
- 1850 Census p. 34
- 1860 Census p. 28
- 1870 Census p. 29
- 1880 Census p. 30
- Transcribed letter from William Rees to his mother p. 35, 36
- Transcribed letter p. 37
- Pages 38-44 consist of copies of original letters.
- 44 Pages
Reeve Jr., Robert Warne – An Early Journal and Diaries
- Excerpt from Chronicles of Courage: An Early Journal and Diaries
- Photo of Robert Warne Reeve, Jr. pg. 2
- Photo and diary entry of John Reeve, pg. 8
- Photo of Emma Hamon Reeve, pg. 16
- Photo of Mary Lyman Reeve, pg. 21
- 23 Pages
Reid, Bernard J. – Overland to California with the Pioneer Line
Printed pages from a book
“Overland to California with the Pioneer Line: The Gold Rush Diary of Bernard J. Reid” Edited by Mary McDougall Gordon, Stanford [California]: Stanford University Press, 1983
Reid, Bernard J. – Overland to California with the Pioneer Line, The Gold Rush Diary
Five pages typed notes
Reynolds, Edgar – Journal of Travels from Iowa to California, 1852
- Left Iowa on April 18, 1852, headed for the gold fields.
- 30 Pages
Richards, Silas – Pioneer 1849
- 5 Pages
Richey, James H. – A Trip Across the Plains in 1854
- 5 Pages
Ririe, James and McFarland, Archibald – Our Pioneer Heritage
- Excerpt from Our Pioneer Heritage, compiled by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
- Photos p. 3, 13, 15, 22, 25
- 28 Pages
Rockwood, Albert Perry – Compiled and Assembled History
- This file contains a newspaper clipping, A Hundred Years Ago Today, retelling events at Winter Quarters on February 8, 1847.
- Page 3 begins a list of emigrants traveling to Zion.
- Page 5 shows the number of emigrants and their names, 148 in total.
- “Editor’s Note: This is a series of articles about the Latter-day Saints and their westward migration.”
- Page 10 begins the Journal of Albert P. Rockwood
- 43 Pages
Rodolf, Jacob Caspar Frederick – Diary 1850
- Partial diary
- 20 Pages
Rollins, James Henry – 1816-1899
- 5 Pages
Roper, Henry – Two Letters
- 5 Pages
Ruggles, Benjamin Franklin – Diary 1859
- 20 Pages
Rush, John N. – Journal, Crossing the Plains 1864
- This journal takes the reader from Iowa to the gold fields of California.
- 12 Pages
Sanders, Joseph B. – Diary 1865
- Joseph Sanders’ travels from Illinois to Walla Walla, WA and points beyond.
- Sanders discusses his bout of typhoid on page 26.
- 26 Pages
Savage, Charles Roscoe
Printed pages
Biographical information for Charles Roscoe Savage, a British-born 19th century portrait and landscape photographer
Printed pages from a book “The Philadelphia Photographer” edited by Edward L Wilson, vol. IV, Philadelphia: Benerman and Wilson, 1867, pp 287-289, 313-316
Sawyer, Lorenzo – 1850 Missouri to California
Printed pages from a book
Sawyer, Lorenzo. Way Sketches Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains from St. Joseph to California in 1850. New York: Edward Eberstadt, 1926
Diary entries dated 6 May 1850 to 8 June 1850
Scarbrough [Scarborough], Richard Abraham – Diary, 1852, Indiana to California
45 typed pages
Scharmann, Hermann B. – Overland Journey to California
Printed pages from a book
Scharmann’s Overland Journey to California. pp 9-27
Scheller, J. J. – 1849, Louisiana to California
Four typed pages
Partial entries from autobiography, 21 December 1848 to 7 July, 1849
Schneider, Charles G. – 1852, Wisconsin to California
13 typed pages
Scholl, Septimus and Nelson Scholl and Eliza Wallace – Letters, 1849-1850 from Jackson County, Missouri
14 typed pages
Letters to family in Nicholas County, Kentucky
Scofield, Joseph S. – Diary
Nine typed pages
Partial diary entries from Nauvoo, Illinois to Fort Laramie area
Scofield, Joseph S. – Diary
- 9 Pages
Scott, H.T. – Memorandum of the Trip to California Across the Plains in 1852
- 13 Pages
Scott, Hamilton – Diary, 1862, Iowa to Walla Walla, Washington Territory
22 typed pages
Scott, John A. to Wilson Scott – June 22, 1849
- This file contains a handwritten letter from John A. Scott to Wilson Scott that was recovered from the wreck of the steamer Algoma, burned at a wharf St. Louis on July 1849.
- 5 Pages
Searls, Niles – The Diary of a Pioneer, 1849
Nine printed and typed pages
Seven printed pages from a book
“The Diary of a Pioneer and Other Papers: Being the Diary Kept by Niles Searls on his journey from Independence, Missouri, to California, between May 9th and October 1st, 1849”
Two typed pages of research notes “Autobiography of Niles Searls”
Shaffer, Charles Joseph – Letter to his sisters, 1852
- 5 Pages
Sharp, Cornelia A. – Crossing the Plains from Missouri to Oregon in 1852
- The diary of Cornelia Sharp’s account of her travels from Missouri to Oregon.
- 10 Pages
Sharp, James Meikle – Brief Account of Experiences 1852
- Photos on pages 5, 6, & 7
- This document is a recollection of the author, which includes the life of his father, John Sharp of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and his mother, Cornelia Ann Hesser, of Loudon County, Virginia.
- 39 Pages
Shedd, Solon – 1852 Journal
- This journal details the journey of Solon Shedd on his way to Oregon.
- Pages 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, & 27 contain dates and expenses.
- 27 Pages
Shoemaker, Overland Diary 1850
- Sketches of landmarks, pages 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14
- 23 Pages
Shombre, Henry – Diary, 1849
12 typed pages
Short, Robert Valentine – Autobiography Excerpt
- 2 Pages
Shurtliff, Luman Andros – My Grandfather 1807
- 4 Pages
Simonson, David Nevius – A 49er’s Diary
- Copied from the original diary owned by the daughter of David Nevius Simonson
- Includes a trip via ship from New York City to the California goldfields, eventually purchasing a ship to transport passengers.
- 25 Pages
Sleight, Morris – 1850 Letters
- Letters along the trail from St. Joseph, MO to Hangtown/Placerville, CA.
- 35 Pages
Sleight, Thomas – Journal 1833-1918 A Pioneer of Bear Lake Valley
- This is a retelling of the adventures of Thomas Sleight, which includes direct quotes from his personal diary.
- 5 Pages
Somers, Belle Redman and Charles J. Cummings – Diaries, Guide by John Clark
Typed pages by different authors. Many pages out of numerical order.
Belle Redmond Somers, Crossing the Plains in a Covered Wagon in 1849
Charles J. Cummings Diary, Journal of the Trip Across the Plains from Iowa to Oregon in 1859
John Clark of Virginia, The California Guide, 1852-1826
Spalding, Reverend H. H. – Letter, 2 October, 1836, from Fort Walla Walla
Four typed pages
Springer, A. M. – 1851(?), Indiana to California
13 handwritten pages
Squire, James E. – Letter, 1849 from Salt Lake City
Printed pages
“Letters by Forty-Niners” in The Western Humanities Review
Letter written July 18, 1849
Stabaek, Tosten Kittelsen – 1852 to California
Printed pages from a publication
“Studies and Records. A Journey to California in 1852”
Stansbury, Captain Howard – Journal, 1849
Eight typed pages
Partial journal entries dated 6 July, 1849 to 15 July, 1849 and 15 October, 1850 to 19 October, 1850
Staples, David – Diary, 1849
Printed pages from a book
Chapter 6 – Independence to the Little Blue
Starr, Franklin – Diary, 1849 to California
29 pages
Handwritten diary entries 22 March, 1849 to 23 August, 1849
Starr, Henry W. – Diary, 1850, Indiana to California
63 typed pages
Stauder, John A. – Diary, 1850, Missouri to California
51 typed pages
Steck, Amos – Diary, 1849, Nebraska to California
66 typed and handwritten pages
Steele, John – 1850
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Stephens, L. Dow – Life Sketches, 1849
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Stewart, George R. – The California Trail, An Epic with Many Heroes
Printed and typed pages of research notes, including several from a book
Stewart, George R. “The California Trail: An Epic with Many Heroes” McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Stewart, George R. – The California Trail, An Epic with Many Heroes, 1849
Five typed and printed pages
Stocker, Eleazer Wheelock – Gold Rush Diary, 1864
Six printed pages
E. W. Stocker traveled from Benton Co., Iowa to Montana and Idaho
Stout, Hosea – Pioneer Journal, 1848
25 typed pages
Partial diary entries – 16 May 1848 to 25 August 1848
Stout, Samuel – Diary, 1851, Missouri to Oregon
17 typed pages
Stover, Samuel Murray – Diary, 1849, Missouri to California
Printed pages from a book
Diary of Samuel Murray Stover, Enroute to California, 1849
Street, Franklin – Diary, 1850 from St. Joseph to Placerville
13 typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Stuart, Joseph A. – 1849, Massachusetts to California
Printed pages from a book
Stuart, Joseph A. My Roving Life, A Diary of Travels and Adventures by Sea and Land During Peace and War. vol. I, Auburn, California, n.y.
Suffrins, Samuel – Letter, 1849 from Upper California
Seven typed pages
Letter that appeared in the Richmond Palladium [Richmond, Indiana] October 31, 1849
Letter written August 4, 1849
Supplement to Archibald Rice’s Plantation Campground – July 1995
Three typed pages
Research notes “July 1995 Supplement to Archibald Rice’s Plantation Campground, 8 Miles from Independence on the Santa Fe, California, Oregon Pioneer Trails in the Spring of 1849”
Swain, William – Letter, 1849
Two printed pages from an unknown book
Chapter III: “The Great California Caravan”
Letter of William Swain to his wife “Sabrina,” Sabbath May 20 [1849]
Swasey, W. F. – 1843 to California
Four pages typed notes titled “Early Days and Men of California”
Merrill Mattes research notes
Sweetland, Louisa M. – 1863, Wisconsin to California
Three typed pages
Partial memoir titled “Across the Plains,” written in 1930
Tate, Colonel James – Diary, 1849 to California
Typed pages
Taylor or Thomas [?], Dr. – 1849 to California
Handwritten pages
The names of Dr. Taylor or Thomas as the author of the journal have strikethroughs
Taylor, George N. – Diary, 1853, Iowa to Oregon
33 typed pages
Terrell, Joseph C. – 1852, Missouri to California
16 printed pages of article “Overland Trip To California In ’52 With Extracts From My Old Diary”
The Boston Newton Company Venture – 1849
Printed pages from a book
“The Boston Newton Company Venture From Massachusetts to California in 1849” by Jesse Gould Hannon, Charles Gould, and David Jackson Staples
Chapter 6: Independence to the Little Blue
Thissell, G. W. – Journal, 1850 to California
Five typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Thomas, Dr. William – Diary, 1849 to California
62 typed pages
Thomas, Nancy Russell – Story Written in 1890 for Tacoma Ledger
- Pages 10-12 list the names of each person mentioned within the story.
- 12 Pages
Thomasson, Dr. A. H. – Diary, 1850, Missouri to California
10 typed pages
Thompson, Harlow Chittenden – 1859, Illinois to California
74 typed pages titled “Across the Continent on Foot in 1859”
Thornton,J. Quinn – Diary, 1846
13 typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Tompkins, Mrs. E. O. – Interesting Account of a Trip Across the Plains in 1853
One page printed article with narrative of trip from Wisconsin to Nevada
Townsend, Beeson – Letter, 1849 from Salt Lake City
Printed pages
“Letters by Forty-Niners” in The Western Humanities Review
Letter written August 7, 1849
Trail Diaries – 1846
Six typed pages
Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1846 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area
Tramble, Louis – Letters, 1849 in California
Nine typed pages
Notices and letters that appeared in the Illinois Republican, Belleville, Illinois
Notices are of a letter received from J. Murray Morrison, and the deaths of John Boismenue and Louis Tramble in 1849 in California
Letters of Louis Tramble were written August 6, August 18, and September 8, 1849
Turner, Allen & Co. – St. Louis and William Ray’s Blacksmith Shop
Five typed pages
Four pages with research on the Turner, Allen & Company (or Turner & Allen) of St. Louis
One page with research on William Ray’s Blacksmith Shop
Turner, William – Diary, 1850, Wisconsin to California
21 typed pages
Tuttle, Charles – Letters, 1849-1850
12 typed and handwritten pages
Letters to his wife Maria from Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, and California
Tuttle, Charles A. – Letters, 1849 travelling to California
14 typed and handwritten pages, letters from Charles Tuttle to “Maria” from Fort Kearny, Fort Laramie, and Sacramento
Tuttle, Ziba Smith – Letter, 23 April 1850, at Kanesville/Council Bluffs, Iowa
Three typed pages
Letter addressed to Smith Tuttle, Elmira, Stark County, Illinois
Udall, John – 1850, Iowa to California
Two typed pages, “Incidents of Travel”
Merrill Mattes research notes
Unknown – Diary
Two typed pages
Van Schaick, Holmes D. – Diary, 1852, New York to California
29 typed pages
Vanbuskirk, Andrew – 1852, Ohio to Oregon
Six typed pages
Vanbuskirk, William and Mary – 1852, Ohio to Oregon
Six typed pages
This is an account of William and Mary Vanbuskirk and their sons and daughters and families, 23 people in the company. Diary is that of son Andrew Vanbuskirk.
Variel, Joshua Hutchins – Journal, 1852, Indiana to California
41 typed pages
Variel, Mary Alexander Ada – 1852, Indiana to California
Series of printed articles “A Romance of the Plains” by William J. Variel, from notes given by his pioneer mother Mary Alexander Variel
Various Diary Entries from 1852-1859
- Pages 1-4 contain various pieces of diary
- Pages 6-8 contain maps
- 8 Pages
Varner, Allen – Letter, 1849, Independence, Missouri
79 pages, typed transcript of handwritten letter
Letter written on 29 April,1849 by Allen Varner in Independence, Missouri, to his brother Elias Varner and his sisters in Indianapolis, Indiana
Later handwritten letters are included.
Varner, Elias – Letter, 1849
Seven typed and handwritten pages
Violette, M. A. – Diary, 1849, Missouri to California
23 typed pages
Vodges, Ada – Journal, 1868-1870
174 typed pages
Travel from Fort Sedgwick, Colorado to Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Life at Fort Laramie
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- The First Overland Letter to California – William A. Barnett
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Wechselberg, Peter – Letters, 1850, Iowa to California
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Letters are in German and translated into English
Wheelock Stocker, Eleazer 1864
- Page 1 states that E.W. Stocker traveled from Benton Co., Iowa to Montana and Idaho. Stocker kept a diary during his trip, of which the family has the original.
- Page 6 contains record of supplies and costs. The notation at the bottom states that it is assumed that James Waton accompanied Stocker, and the figures indicate there may have been a third person traveling with them.
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Wistar, Isaac Jones – Autobiography, 1827-1905
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Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar, 1827-1905, Half a Century in War and Peace” New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers [1938]
Woolley, Lell Hawley – California, 1849
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Merrill Mattes research notes
Wyman, Walker D. – California Emigrant Letters
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Wyman, Walker D. “California Emigrant Letters”