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
Foster, Isaac G. and Mary Burrell – 1854, Illinois to California
Fouts, William – Diary, 1850
Two typed pages
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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
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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
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Gilmore, Andrew Hall – Overland Journey to California, 1850
35 typed pages
Goldsmith, Oliver – Overland in Forty-Nine, 1849
Seven typed pages
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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“The Unpublished Journal of William H. Gray, from December, 1836 to October, 1837.”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