Name/Title
Bidwell-Bartleson Party, 1841 California Emigrant AdventureEntry/Object ID
L1996.16.110Description
Bidwell-Bartleson Party contains documents and memoirs of this first wagon train from the Missouri River to California in 1841. The party included Nancy Kelsey, the first white woman to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains and Jesuit priests including Father DeSmet. The book includes memoirs/narratives/diaries/letters from John Bidwell, Josiah Belden, Eliza M. Bowers, Col. J. B. Chiles, Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson, Charles Hopper, John James, Nancy Kelsey, James P. Springer, Robert H. Thomas, Father Pierre Jean DeSmet, Father Gregory Mengarini, Father Nicholas Point, and Joseph Williams. Appendix A is the Census Summary of the 1841 Overland Caravan. Appendix B includes biographical sketches of the 1841 Overland pioneers. Appendix C includes miscellaneous letters and reports.
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Diary, Trails, California Trail, Bidwell-Bartleson PartyBook Details
Author
Nunis, Dr. Doyce B., Jr., EditorPlace Published
City
Santa CruzState/Province
CaliforniaDate Published
1991Call No.
Western NUISBN
0-934136-32-7LCCN
88-51900Notes
Copy No.: 1Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Nancy Kelsey