The Osborne Russell papers include a manuscript draft and galley proof of "Journal of a Trapper." The journal describes the country, climate, animals, and Indians of the Rocky Mountains, as well as the life of a hunter. An appendix contains further in...
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Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
Rocky Mountains--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Read, Eleanor., Russell, Martha A., Russell, Osborne,--1814-1892., and Russell, Rebecca A.
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Rocky Mountains--19th century. and Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Rothwell's diary of his homeward trip begins with an account of his travel expenses and a summary of his California experience. He describes the trip by stage and steamer from the mines to San Francisco, his stay in town and the local steamship busine...
Description:
Purchased from John Howell, 1972.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel., California--Gold discoveries., Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel., Panama--Description and travel., and San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
North America (Steamer), Rothwell, William Renfro., and West Point (Steamer)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--California. and Steamboats--California.
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 ...
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Accompanied by a daguerreotype of Krill & Bamber's grocery and provision store near Hangtown.
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.
Thompson's diary describes his 1850 journey from St. Joseph to Sacramento and a trip home in 1851 from Nevada City by the Isthmus. Notes on the westward trip include distances and camps. He went overland to South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, t...
Description:
Diary and transcript are stored in one case.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail. and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
North America (Ship), Olive Branch (Ship), and Thompson, William P.,--fl. 1850-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850.
The journal records the 1849 trip from Iowa to California by a company under Presley Saunders. They went by boat from Burlington to St. Louis, St. Joseph, and overland by Sublette's Cutoff, Fort Hall, the Humboldt, Carson River, Hangtown, and the mine...
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Tiffany with his wife and father-in-law, Pennel Cheney, migrated to Iowa from Massachusetts, settling in Mount Pleasant in 1838. Tiffany opened a tavern, was engaged in the jewelry business, and served as justice of the peace and postmaster. He was on...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Falcon (Ship), Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887., Saunders, Presley., and Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809-
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--California--El Dorado County., Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.
