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Overland Journeys to the Western United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Leland Heywood diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 179
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries for the years 1856 and 1857. In volume 1, Heywood traveled to California on government business. He left Salt Lake City for Washington, D.C. on 22 April 1866 and gives a short description of the overland journey to Atchison, Kansas. The remainder of the volume discusses political troubles in Washington, D.C. In volume 2, after resolving his affairs in Washington, D.C. and visiting family in Massachusetts, Heywood returned to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri....
Dates: 1855-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Leland Heywood diaries

Lyman Hinman letter to "Brother and Sister Taylor"

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241462]
Identifier: MSS SC 464
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a letter which tells of his experiences with the Emmett Company of Mormon immigrants.

Dates: 1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lyman Hinman letter to "Brother and Sister Taylor"

History of John Langston

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329705]
Identifier: MSS SC 3102
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of John Langston "in the 55 year of my Life." Langston was born in England and migrated to the United States when he was 16 years old. He worked in the iron industry in several states and joined the Mormon Church. Langston migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, and campaigned against the United States Army during the Utah Expedition of 1857-1858. He was also involved in the Black Hawk War. Also included is an index...
Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of John Langston

History of Joseph Curtis, son of Nahum and Millicent Curtis

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244813]
Identifier: MSS SC 589
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a personal history which gives data of the Curtis family in Michigan and their exodus to the West. Dated journal entries, 1831-1881, detail Curtis' Illinois and Utah missions, including minutes of organization of a Latter-day Saint Church branch in Poteetneet (Payson), Utah and area pioneer life.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of Joseph Curtis, son of Nahum and Millicent Curtis

Joseph Holbrook papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 486
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which contains genealogical data, patriarchal blessings of relatives, details of Mormon difficulties in Missouri, temporary pioneer settlements, crossing the plains and life in Utah, 1848-1871. Also includes receipts, certificates of religious, political and military offices, rules for the Utah constitutional convention, a divorce certificate and memos.

Dates: 1806-1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Holbrook papers

Edward Jackson diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2493
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary and typewritten transcript. The diary was transcribed by Jackson's sister, Marion Jackson Gilbert, in 1855. Jackson made the overland journey with mules from Independence, Missouri to Sacramento, California in 1849. Long and descriptive daily entries focus on the nature of the California trail, encounters with Indians, and the condition of forts along the way. Several outbreaks of cholera also occurred. Jackson stopped at Salt Lake City and attended Pioneer Day festivities....
Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward Jackson diary

Calvin K. Jacob collection of the Johannes Gerber family history and papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5969
Abstract

Genealogy charts and stories of the Johannes (John) Gerber family, which came west in 1854. Includes correspondence of John T. Gerber, circa 1827-1877, and 14 books of family history.

Dates: 1827-1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Calvin K. Jacob collection of the Johannes Gerber family history and papers

Martin Jacobson certificate of naturalization

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045078]
Identifier: MSS 1020
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed certificate of naturalization. The item certifies that Jacobson is a citizen of the United States.

Dates: 1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martin Jacobson certificate of naturalization

Laura Moench Jenkins biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307487]
Identifier: MSS SC 960
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of biographies of Louis Frederick Moench by Laura Moench Jenkins and Howard C. Moench. Laura's account has some fanciful conversation in it as well as copies of letters. Howard's record contains some brief memories he has of his father. Lewis was born in 1846 in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1852. He settled in Ogden, Utah where he was an educator.

Dates: 1920-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Laura Moench Jenkins biographies

Niels Christian Jensen autobiography and day book

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1005
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten autobiography and a day book. Jensen writes about his life in Denmark including his participation in the war with Prussia in 1864. Jensen also relates his migration to the United States; his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; his settling in Manti and Richmond, Utah; and his later move to the Rexburg, Idaho, area.

Dates: 1876-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Niels Christian Jensen autobiography and day book

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