Bell, Captain John R. – Journal, 1820

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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

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six typed pages of diary entries [author and date unknown]

Beresford, J. H. – The 1852 Overland Diary

Bermingham, Twiss – Diary, To Utah By Hand, 1856

Biddle, B. R. and Charles Maltby – 1849

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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

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one typed page

Letter of Charles Maltby in the Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois]

Printed June 25, 1849

 

Bidwell, John – 1841 to California

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15 typed pages

A Journey to California

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The First Emigrant Train to California

Merrill Mattes research notes

Bird, Edwin J. – Diary, 1859 to California

Blake, Winslow – Diary and Letter

Bloemker, Bernard – Letter, 1852

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Letter written to his parents, brother, and sister from Fort Laramie, June 29, 1852

Blood, James A. – 1850

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Five typed pages

Merrill Mattes research notes

Bloom, Henry S. – Tales of the Pioneers of the Kankakee, 1850

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Typed pages

Taken from the diary of Henry S. Bloom, overland trip from Illinois to California in 1850

Bonine, Esq. – Journey to California, 1849

Bowering, George – Diary, 1852, Iowa to Great Salt Lake Valley

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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

Box 2.1.2.F10 Preliminary Index for PRR-P

Box 2.1.2.F11 Preliminary Index for PRRN Working Chart

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  • 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