Accounts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Joseph Young diary and accounts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 23
Scope and Contents
Handwritten account book and diary. Accounts date from 1848 to 1855. Pages 67 to 104 of the diary relate Young's overland journey to Utah in 1850 by ox team. Young writes about general travelling conditions and trail landmarks, several deaths from accident and disease, encounters with Indian tribes, the condition of neighboring companies on the trail, and his duties as captain.
Dates:
1848-1855