Box 1
Container
Contains 89 Results:
Typescript copies of several articles from the St. Louis Weekly Reveille:, 1849
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849
1. Article titled “Going to California,” which enumerates the expenses for supplies and provisions necessary for an overland trip to California. (2 pages), 1849 Jan 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Jan 8
2. Article titled “Interesting from the Prairies,” which comprises a letter of Chas. S. Sackett dated Fort Kearney, June 19, 1849 (3 pages). Sackett mentions the hospitality of Col. Bonneville at Fort Kearney; estimates of the numbers of emigrants who have passed the fort; hardships of the journey; prairie storms; prairie flowers; emigrant parties named the Mount Washington company and the Granite State company, under the command of Capt. Thing; Pawnee Indians; graves along the route; food; and Mr. Ashambo., 1849 July 16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 July 16
3. Article titled “Abstract of Letters from (alta) California,” includes letter written by Louis Dent, formerly of St. Louis (7 pages). Dent describes California during the gold rush, mentioning the high prices for goods, provisions, and labor, and the selling of goods with his Irish business partner Mr. Wen., 1849 July 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 July 2
4. Article titled “Gila Route–‘Solitaire’,” includes letter of “Solitaire” dated San Diego, California, July 11, 1849 (5 pages). The letter describes the hardships of his journey with Capt. Fairchild from Chihuahau, Mexico, to San Diego, including accounts of their suffering from thirst and encounters with Indians. Mentions the drowning of Lieutenant James Allen of St. Louis., 1849 Oct 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Oct 8
5. Article titled “Letters from ‘Solitaire’,” includes letter of “Solitaire” dated San Diego, California, July 9, 1849 (4 pages). “Solitaire” describes the work of the American commissioners appointed to run the boundary line near San Diego. Also mentions the drowning of Lieutenant James Allen of St. Louis., 1849 Oct 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Oct 8
6. Article titled “Letters from ‘Solitaire’,” includes letter of “Solitaire” dated San Francisco, California, July 18, 1849 (4 pages). “Solitaire” describes San Francisco; mentions prices of goods and labor; mentions goods arriving from China; and discusses the reaction in the city to a group of “New York rowdies,” referred to as “Hounds,” who committed several outrages upon the local Chilean population., 1849 Oct 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Oct 8
7. Article titled “Letters from ‘Solitaire’,” includes letter of “Solitaire” dated San Francisco, July 20, 1849 (4 pages). “Solitaire” mentions the following St. Louisans in San Francisco: Dr. Fergeaud (or Dr. Fourgeaud), Mr. Grayson, Mr. Curry, Mr. Guild, Mr. W.S. McKnight, and Mr. Dent. Discusses that many gold diggers have not had success and many have become sick. Also discusses the trial of the “Hounds.”, 1849 Oct 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Oct 8
8. Article titled “Letters from ‘Solitaire’,” includes letter of “Solitaire” dated Wood’s Diggings, San Joaquin District, California, August 10, 1849 (4 pages). Accompanied by St. Louis native Lewis Dent and Dr. Ord, formerly of the army, “Solitaire” gives his impressions of the gold mines and miners, and mentions that McKnight, formerly marshal of St. Louis County, is mining in the region., 1849 Oct 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Oct 22
9. Article titled “Letters from ‘Solitaire.’ Gold Digging and the Mining Region,” includes letter of “Solitaire” dated Wood’s Diggings, San Joaquin, California, August 17, 1849 (4 pages). “Solitaire” describes the diggings. Mentions Indians; the price of goods and provisions; and the miners from foreign countries, particularly Chile and Mexico., 1849 Oct 28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1849 Oct 28