Searls, Niles – The Diary of a Pioneer, 1849

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“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”

Brown, John E. – Memoirs of a Forty Niner

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Brown, John E. “Memoirs of a Forty Niner” by his daughter Mrs. Katie E. Blood

 

Holliday, J. S. – The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience

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Holliday, J. S. “The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience” New York: Simon and Schuster, n.y.

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]

The Boston Newton Company Venture – 1849

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“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

Currier, Cyrus – Journal to California, 1849

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Cyrus Currier’s Journal to California by the Northern Overland Route from Newark, State of New Jersey

Buffum, Jos. C. – Diary, 1849

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Pittsburgh, PA to California, 1849

 

Early Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri

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Early Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri

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Apparent Trail Remnants in Jackson County, Mo. to our Knowledge, 1995

Shombre, Henry – Diary, 1849

Wyman, Walker D. – California Emigrant Letters

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Wyman, Walker D. “California Emigrant Letters”

 

Varner, Elias – Letter, 1849

Stewart, George R. – The California Trail, An Epic with Many Heroes, 1849

Bryant, Edwin – Trail Diaries, 1849

Jackson County Surveyors Notes – 1843

Reid, Bernard J. – Overland to California with the Pioneer Line, The Gold Rush Diary