Author: George W. Cox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Reminiscences of an Overland Journey from Ohio to California in 1852 and Experiences in the Mines
Author: George W. Cox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings
Author: Alonzo Delano
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings
Author: Alonzo Delano
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Born in Aurora, New York, Alonzo Delano (1806-1874) moved on to the Midwest as a teenager. July 1848 found him a consumptive Ottawa, Illinois, storekeeper, and he joined a local California Company. He remained in the West after the Gold Rush, winning fame as an early California humorist. Life on the plains and among the diggings (1857) is based largely on letters from Delano published in Ottawa and New Orleans newspapers of the day (see Alonzo Delano's California correspondence [1952]). Covering the period April 1849-August 1852, he discusses his voyage to St. Joseph and an overland journey to California; sojourns in Sacramento, Marysville, and San Francisco; and experiences as a storekeeper at Mud Hill, Stingtown, Gold Lake, and Grass Valley. Other topics include quartz mining, crime and vigilantism, and real estate investment.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Born in Aurora, New York, Alonzo Delano (1806-1874) moved on to the Midwest as a teenager. July 1848 found him a consumptive Ottawa, Illinois, storekeeper, and he joined a local California Company. He remained in the West after the Gold Rush, winning fame as an early California humorist. Life on the plains and among the diggings (1857) is based largely on letters from Delano published in Ottawa and New Orleans newspapers of the day (see Alonzo Delano's California correspondence [1952]). Covering the period April 1849-August 1852, he discusses his voyage to St. Joseph and an overland journey to California; sojourns in Sacramento, Marysville, and San Francisco; and experiences as a storekeeper at Mud Hill, Stingtown, Gold Lake, and Grass Valley. Other topics include quartz mining, crime and vigilantism, and real estate investment.
Statement of James H. Widber ... a Pioneer of 1849
Author: James H. Widber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Description of overland journey to California, 1849; experiences in the mines, 1849-1852; his several businesses in San Francisco, 1852-1854.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Description of overland journey to California, 1849; experiences in the mines, 1849-1852; his several businesses in San Francisco, 1852-1854.
A Journal of the Overland Route to California! and the Gold Mines
Author: Lorenzo D. Aldrich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Anson Clark Reminiscences
Author: Anson Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Recollections of his journey from Ohio to California in 1850 via South Pass and the Humboldt River and his experiences in the mines.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Recollections of his journey from Ohio to California in 1850 via South Pass and the Humboldt River and his experiences in the mines.
Northern Ohio and the Gold Rush, 1849-1852
Author: Eric M. Greenly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Across the Plains to California in 1852
Author: Lodisa Frizzell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Paid $100 to Walk from Illinois to California an Interview
Author: Stephen H. Mann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Copy, by Mattie V. Reynolds, of interview, published in the Stockton (Calif.) Evening Mail, Oct. 28, 1909 with pioneer, Stephen H. Mann. Notes on his overland journey, 1852; experiences in California and Oregon mines; life in Stockton.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Copy, by Mattie V. Reynolds, of interview, published in the Stockton (Calif.) Evening Mail, Oct. 28, 1909 with pioneer, Stephen H. Mann. Notes on his overland journey, 1852; experiences in California and Oregon mines; life in Stockton.
Sweet Freedom's Plains
Author: Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806156864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual—and far more complex—reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers—men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet Freedom’s Plains is a powerful retelling of the migration story from their perspective. Tracing the journeys of black overlanders who traveled the Mormon, California, Oregon, and other trails, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore describes in vivid detail what they left behind, what they encountered along the way, and what they expected to find in their new, western homes. She argues that African Americans understood advancement and prosperity in ways unique to their situation as an enslaved and racially persecuted people, even as they shared many of the same hopes and dreams held by their white contemporaries. For African Americans, the journey westward marked the beginning of liberation and transformation. At the same time, black emigrants’ aspirations often came into sharp conflict with real-world conditions in the West. Although many scholars have focused on African Americans who settled in the urban West, their early trailblazing voyages into the Oregon Country, Utah Territory, New Mexico Territory, and California deserve greater attention. Having combed censuses, maps, government documents, and white overlanders’ diaries, along with the few accounts written by black overlanders or passed down orally to their living descendants, Moore gives voice to the countless, mostly anonymous black men and women who trekked the plains and mountains. Sweet Freedom’s Plains places African American overlanders where they belong—at the center of the western migration narrative. Their experiences and perspectives enhance our understanding of this formative period in American history.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806156864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual—and far more complex—reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers—men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet Freedom’s Plains is a powerful retelling of the migration story from their perspective. Tracing the journeys of black overlanders who traveled the Mormon, California, Oregon, and other trails, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore describes in vivid detail what they left behind, what they encountered along the way, and what they expected to find in their new, western homes. She argues that African Americans understood advancement and prosperity in ways unique to their situation as an enslaved and racially persecuted people, even as they shared many of the same hopes and dreams held by their white contemporaries. For African Americans, the journey westward marked the beginning of liberation and transformation. At the same time, black emigrants’ aspirations often came into sharp conflict with real-world conditions in the West. Although many scholars have focused on African Americans who settled in the urban West, their early trailblazing voyages into the Oregon Country, Utah Territory, New Mexico Territory, and California deserve greater attention. Having combed censuses, maps, government documents, and white overlanders’ diaries, along with the few accounts written by black overlanders or passed down orally to their living descendants, Moore gives voice to the countless, mostly anonymous black men and women who trekked the plains and mountains. Sweet Freedom’s Plains places African American overlanders where they belong—at the center of the western migration narrative. Their experiences and perspectives enhance our understanding of this formative period in American history.