Walker, William, 1824-1860
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1824 - 1860
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
William Henry Hart diaries
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232483005]
Identifier: MSS 1411
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with typescripts in four volumes. Volume 1 concerns Hart's overland journey by ox team from Quincy, Illinois to the Humboldt Valley, Nevada, in 1852. Hart is an insightful and descriptive diarist. He writes about cooking and commerce on the plains, encounters with Indians, and dissatisfaction in his company. Hart mentions a handful of deaths from cholera and includes a moving description of one funeral. He also gives a festive account of his company's celebration of the...
Dates:
1852-1888
Additional filters:
- Subject
- California -- History -- 19th century 1
- Correspondence 1
- Donner Party 1
- Expeditions and Adventure 1
- Gold miners -- California -- Diaries 1
- Gold mines and mining 1
- Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century 1
- Illinois -- History -- 19th century 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
- Material Types 1
- Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel 1 + ∧ less
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