The Overland Travels to California of Solomon Kingery in 1852. A Day-by-Day Journal [Transcript]

Found In:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Overland Travels to California of Solomon Kingery in 1852. A Day-by-Day Journal [Transcript]

16697317

Description

Title: The Overland Travels to California of Solomon Kingery in 1852. A Day-by-Day Journal [Transcript]
Creator: Kingery, Solomon
Abstract: Kingerly's letters to his parents and friends describe the 1852 journey from Illinois to California by way of Iowa, Kanesville, the Platte and Sweetwater, Kinney's and Hudspeth's Cut-offs, the Shasta and Nobles Pass route, Sierra Nevadas, and Shasta City. The letters note camping places, the cost of ferriage and food, encounters with Indians, sickness, and deaths. Kingerly traveled with a group from Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois. One letter describes storekeeping in Shasta City.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Overland journals
Typescripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Shasta (Calif.)
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic): Overland journeys to the Pacific
Overland journeys to the Pacific--1852

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Solomon Kingery Overland Letters. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts 286.