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.
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, the California Trail, the Humboldt and Truckee, and Nevada City. Returning, Thompson sailed from San Francisco on the Olive Branch for Panama, and from Chagres on the North America for New Orleans, reaching Lagrange, [Missouri ?].
Description:
Diary and transcript are stored in one case., Gift of William Robertson Coe., and Original binding.
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.
