Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in !850-51
Entry/Object ID
L1996.16.9
Description
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 is Eleazar Stillman Ingalls' story of his journey to California through Iowa to St. Joseph, Mo where he crossed the Missouri River and passed through Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming meeting Indians on the way. This book is one of the rarest books pertaining to the history of the American west. Six copies are known to exist.
88/Hardbound/Illustrations/Photograph
Collection
Morris Werner
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Overland Journeys to the Pacific, The West-Description and Travel-1848-1860, Ingalls, Eleazer Stillman, 1820-1879, Diary, California Trail, Overland Trail
