Recollections by Ellison Orr

Rees, William H. – Ancestry and Journal

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  • 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

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  • 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

Reynolds, Edgar – Journal of Travels from Iowa to California, 1852

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  • Left Iowa on April 18, 1852, headed for the gold fields.
  • 30 Pages

Richards, Silas – Pioneer 1849

Richey, James H. – A Trip Across the Plains in 1854

Ririe, James and McFarland, Archibald – Our Pioneer Heritage

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  • 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

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  • 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

Rogers, Barsina – Diary

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  • Scanned copy of the original handwritten diary of Barsina Rogers
  • 56 Pages

Rollins, James Henry – 1816-1899

Roper, Henry – Two Letters

Ruggles, Benjamin Franklin – Diary 1859

Rush, John N. – Journal, Crossing the Plains 1864

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  • This journal takes the reader from Iowa to the gold fields of California.
  • 12 Pages

Sanders, Joseph B. – Diary 1865

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  • Joseph Sanders’ travels from Illinois to Walla Walla, WA and points beyond.
  • Sanders discusses his bout of typhoid on page 26.
  • 26 Pages