- Creator:
- Krill, Abram.
- Published / Created:
- 1850-1851
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 288
- Image Count:
- 204
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- The diary records the trip from Missouri to California by way of the Platte, the Sweetwater, Sublette's Cut-off, the Humboldt, the Carson, Pleasant Valley, and Weaverville. It also contains expenditures, accounts of gold mining and Krill & Bamber's grocery trade in California.
- Description:
- Accompanied by a daguerreotype of Krill & Bamber's grocery and provision store near Hangtown., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Krill, who lived in Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio, traveled to California in 1850., Original binding., and Two diaries and daguerreotype stored in a case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California--Gold discoveries--Personal narratives. and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- Subject (Name):
- Krill & Bamber and Krill, Abram.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining--California., Grocery trade--California., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey : from Independence, Missouri to Weaverville, California
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