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
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
Anthony W. Street photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS P 174
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 51 photographs of Salt Lake City, Utah, and carte de visites (some photocopied) and Mormons living in Utah. The shots of Salt Lake are largely of buildings in the downtown area. Some of the visiting cards are of prominent Mormon leaders such as Brigham Young (1801-1877) and Heber C. Kimball. Most of the photographs came from the studios of Savage & Ottinger and George H. Johnson.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1880
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- Subject: Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel X
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- Overland journeys to the Pacific 2
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel 2
- California -- Description and travel 1
- Chinese -- United States 1
- Colorado -- Description and travel 1
- Essays 1
- Immigration and American Expansion 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Material Types 1
- Mineral industries 1
- Oregon -- Description and travel 1
- Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
- Panama -- Description and travel 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Platte River (Neb.) 1
- Polygamy -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
- Railroads -- United States 1
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.) 1
- Reminiscences 1
- Rocky Mountains 1
- Sacramento (Calif.) 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel -- Photographs 1
- San Francisco (Calif.) 1
- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Virginia City (Nev.) 1
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 1
- Yosemite Valley (Calif.) 1 + ∧ less
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