Mississippi River
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gordon C. Cone diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 661
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary of Cone's overland journey by ox team from Waukesha, Wisconsin to California in 1849. Cone is a descriptive writer and proud to record "only facts." Diary describes traveling conditions, encounters with Indians, cholera outbreaks, fellow travelers, and government assistance at the end of the trail. Cone also spent time in Salt Lake City and wrote about his unfavorable impressions. After arriving at California, Cone made several trips to Sacramento. Life in California was...
Dates:
1849-1850
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Gordon C. Cone diary
Missouri and Illinois, 1990 June 21-29
Item — Oversize 112: Series 14, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS P 661 Series 14 Item item 58904
Scope and Contents
This album includes photographs taken by J and Fae Heslop between June 21-29 1990 trip in Missouri and Illinois. There are photographs of the clouds between Salt Lake City, UT and St. Louis, MO. From Missouri there are photographs of: the Daniel Boone home (Defiance Missouri); Herman, Missouri; the Missouri River; Mark Twain's shrine in Hannibal, Missouri; the Mississippi River; the Missouri Botanical Garden; the St. Louis Arch; and the state capitol. From Illinois there are photographs of...
Dates:
1990 June 21-29