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Overland journeys to the Pacific

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

The diary of George Belshaw : (Oregon Trail-1853)

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 224] 1: [Barcode: i22337143]
Identifier: SFM 224
Abstract

Includes genealogical information on the Belshaw family, and a photograph of George Belshaw.

Dates: 1853

The diary of John Joseph Callison : Oregon Trail-1852

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 219] 1: [Barcode: i22983417]
Identifier: SFM 219
Abstract

Diary kept by John Joseph Callison during his journey, Apr. 6-June 25, 1852. Includes reproduction of one page of the original diary and genealogical information on the Callison family. Callison died of cholera during the journey, on August 23, 1852.

Dates: 1852

Esther and Joseph Lyman letters about 1853 lost wagon train

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 228] 1: [Barcode: i22983491]
Identifier: SFM 228
Abstract

Collections consists of copies of letters written by Esther and Joseph Lyman about their 1853 journey on the Oregon Trail.

Dates: after 1853

How we came to Oregon : narrative poem / by John Hamilton McClure. History of the Bruce family / written by Major Wm Bruce in his 75th year / reproduced from the Vincennes (Indiana) capitol

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 221] 1: [Barcode: i22983648]
Identifier: SFM 221
Abstract

Narrative poem written by McClure which describes his family's journey from Indiana to Oregon in 1853. Contains photograph of McClure and his two siblings. Also includes History of the Bruce Family, written by Major William Bruce. Includes information on.

Dates: undated

My trip across the plains, March 31, 1853-October 28, 1853 / by Benjamin Franklin Owen

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 223] 1: [Barcode: i22337167]
Identifier: SFM 223

The organizational journal of an emigrant train of 1845

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 220] 1: [Barcode: i22983363]
Identifier: SFM 220
Abstract

Copy of the (Savannah) Oregon Emigrating Society Constitution, minutes and proceedings, and census. Includes essay titled An Account of the Wagon Train mastered by Solomon Tetherow, written by Fidelia March Bowers, which gives information on the wagon tra.

Dates: 1845-1869