Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1801 - 1868
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates:
1865
Levi Jackman diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 79
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Jackman made the overland journey from Illinois to Utah in 1847 with the first company of Mormon pioneers. He writes about travelling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company was led by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Jackman records disagreements, occasional poor behavior in the company, and Young's instructions as well as rebukes. He also writes about early life in Salt Lake City, Utah: the influx...
Dates:
1847-1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Levi Jackman diary
An overland journey from San Francisco to New York by way of the Salt Lake City
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2217
Scope and Contents
Handwritten copy of an article published in the "Good Words and Sunday Magazine" on 1 June 1866 (vol. 7, pp. 380-393). After serving as a gunboat captain in British Columbia, Verney made the overland journey by stage coach from San Francisco, California to New York City in 1865. Verney was a well-educated traveler and his description of the overland route is extensive. Stage coach traveling was exhausting and Verney describes both the rough conditions and his fellow travelers. Trouble with...
Dates:
1866
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- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Diaries 1
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- Oregon -- Description and travel 1
- Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
- Panama -- Description and travel 1
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- Polygamy -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
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- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 1
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