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Overland Journeys to the Western United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Christina Smoot diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232502036]
Identifier: MSS 6188
Abstract

Anna Christina Smoot's original handwritten diary and typescript.

Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Anna Christina Smoot diary

Edward J. Starkie autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489887]
Identifier: MSS 598
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Starkie writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah in 1878, and his life in Tooele, Grantsville, and Ashley Valley, Utah. Starkie concentrates on the early years of his life in England. Also included is a two-page typewritten biography of Starkie by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac M. Jones.

Dates: approximately 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward J. Starkie autobiography

Richard Steele journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232512514]
Identifier: MSS 6074
Abstract

Journal of Richard Steele.

Dates: 1840-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Steele journal

Edwin Stott autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311687]
Identifier: MSS SC 1458
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography by Edwin Stott. Stott talks about his journey from England to America, settling in Meadow, Utah, Indian troubles, and his father. Stott was among those who buried the dead following the Gunnison Massacre in 1853. He describes a confrontation with Indian warriors while on the burial detail.

Dates: 1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edwin Stott autobiography

Roy Tea papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6107
Scope and Contents Contains research by Tea on Western trails that includes maps of Mormon, explorer, emigration, and Spanish trails from Colorado to California, booklets of Utah monument trails, and information on the Hastings Cutoff Trail in Utah. Also includes various correspondence, newspapers clippngs, photographs, and research notes related to Roy Tea's work as an engineer. Also includes tour guides and books about the Utah area, UDOT manuals and materials guides, Lincoln Highway Forum magazines,...
Dates: approximately 1958-2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Roy Tea papers

William Reynolds Terry autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487501]
Identifier: MSS 285
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Terry writes about his early life in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Iowa. He joined the Mormon Church in 1842 and moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in January of 1843 and tells of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Terry also writes about the persecutions the Mormons faced in Illinois, tells of the Mormon migration to Utah, and describes his life in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a school teacher. Also...
Dates: 1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Reynolds Terry autobiography

The Royal Gorge on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

 Collection — Item 1: [Barcode: 31197235224802]
Identifier: MSS 8597
Scope and Contents

Materials include one framed black and white photograph of a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad train driving down the track in a gorge. Dated 1912.

Dates: 1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Royal Gorge on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

Thompson family biographical sketches

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237098]
Identifier: MSS SC 269
Scope and Contents

Typewritten sketches of Mormon families that emigrated from England and Scotland on the Ship Ellen in 1851 and their subsequent settlement in Utah.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thompson family biographical sketches

Peter Tice diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 154
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary with photocopies of the item. The manuscript contains an inventory of supplies, an account of Tice's journey across North America in 1850, and a description of his prospecting for gold in California.

Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Peter Tice diary

Tolles family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1576
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence of the Tolles family and James Tolles' overland diary from Rushville, Illinois, to California in 1849. Also included is a handwritten copy of the diary made by Tolles' granddaughter, Doris Beard, in 1933. Tolles traveled to California by ox team with his father and brother, Abraham and William Tolles. Daily entries are detailed and describe the nature of the journey and distances traveled. Tolles' company of 40-odd men traded with a group of 2,000 Dakota...
Dates: 1849-1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Tolles family papers

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