Buffum, Jos. C. – Diary, 1847

Burgess, Perry A. – From Illinois to Montana in 1866

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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

Burrall, George P. – A Trip Across the Plains in 1849

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and Merrill Mattes research notes

Burrows, Rufus and Cyrus Hull – A Long Road to Stony Creek, 1848-1858

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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

Butterfield Jr, Ira H. – Michigan to California in 1861

Cagwin, Hamden Aubrey – Diary, 1850, Illinois to California

Cagwin, N. A. – Diary, 1850

California Emigrant – Letters, 1849 and 1850

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Wyman, Walker. California Emigrant Letters. New York: Bookman Associates Publishers, 1952

California Pioneer – Reminiscences, 1852

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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

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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

Carpenter, Helen McCowen – A Trip Across the Plains in an Ox Wagon, 1857

Carr, Debney T. – Letter, 1850

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Letter written to his cousin from Platte River near Chimney Rock, May 31, 1850