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Overland Journeys to the Western United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

The gold rush in 1849

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234665]
Identifier: MSS SC 138
Scope and Contents

Typewritten retrospective account of Brady's overland journey from St. Louis, Missouri to Sacramento, California with his father and brother, John, his experiences with gold mining, and his steamship trip back to Missouri via Nicaraqua. He includes comments about the Donner Party and William Walker in Nicaragua.

Dates: 1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The gold rush in 1849

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