Jayhawker Party Collection of Materials

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Jayhawker Party Collection of Materials, 1849-1938 (bulk 1850-1887)

Title

Jayhawker Party Collection of Materials

Date

1849-1938

Resource Link

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6f59n8gz

Abstract

This collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley in 1849-1850, and their annual reunions held between 1872-1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly (c. 1889). The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party.

Extent

1,105 pieces in 10 boxes, 8 volumes, and 4 oversize folders

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

The Huntington Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6657941

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A. M. Hochholzer

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Wilbur, Mark W.

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Adams, P. O.

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C. W. L.

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Henea, John

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Frans, Harrison B.

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Addison Ballard

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Charles Bert Mecum and Brother Jayhawkers

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Bicknell, George A.

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The Jayhawkers

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Evans, Joseph

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Jones, Gurley

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William R. Usher

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Dunn, H. H. (Harry H.), 1879-1932

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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Dietzel, P. M.

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De Laney, Paul

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Mc Namar, C. W.

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Perkins, Charles Elliott, 1881-1943

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Chapman, Arthur

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Hilles, Charles Dewey, 1867-1949

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Charles D. Hilles: insurance executive and politician; chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1912-1937; secretary to President Taft, 1911-1913; assistant secretary of the Treasury, 1909-1911; administrator of the Ohio Industrial School, 1892-1902, and of the New York Juvenile Asylum, 1902-1909. From the description of Charles Dewey Hilles papers, 1823-1955 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702154071 Charles D. Hilles: insurance executive and p...

Whitney, Horace C.

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Edgerton, Sidney P.

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Gingher, W. L.

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Plummer, John W.

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Rude, William B.

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Mecum, Edwin Welton

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Irvin, Beryl E.

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Lamont, Daniel

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Middlebrook

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Clay, Alonzo Cordell

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Stevens, Lorenzo Dow

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Allen, R. H.

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Manly, William Lewis, 1820-

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Brier, Juliet Wells

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Pagona Carraga, Lazaro

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Simpson, E. S.

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Shannon, Thomas A.

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Davison, Urban P.

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Allen, W. V.

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Sister Helen

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Death Valley Comrades (the Jayhawkers)

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Bachert, Jennie Gritzner

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Logan, Mrs. John A.

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Glover, Mrs. M. C.

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T. Hobbs

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Brother John

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Field, C. A.

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Mecum, Henry LeRoy

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Lawson, George Lorando

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Wiley, William H. (William Halsted), 1842-1925

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Manly, William Lewis, 1820-

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Mullin, S. C.

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Coues, Elliott

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Postmaster of MinerDelight, Wyoming

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Mecum, Henry Le Roy

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Wood, Martin

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Carraga, Lazaro Pagona

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Tage, E. B.

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Hendrix, Joseph C.

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Mc Naughton, A. S.

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Campbell, O. L.

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Brashear, Albert N.

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Cody, William Frederick

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Sanborn, William David

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Needles, Thomas B.

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Brown, L.D. (Leonard Denis)

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Woolsey, Homer

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Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

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Biographical Note Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (1843-1922), the youngest daughter of George and Tamsen Donner, was three years old when her family left their home in Illinois to head out west to California. This group of travelers, who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1846, ultimately became known as the ill-fated Donner Party. In March 1847, after several months of entrapment, Eliza and her sisters were rescued by the third rel...

Brier, John Wells and Brier, E. D.

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Brier, John Wells

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Doty, Edward

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Hobbs, T.

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Olcott, Neilson

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Adams, Edward R.

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Willsie, Fannie Clay

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Davis, Samuel

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur B90-91 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000347 ...

Charles B. Mecum

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Samuel E. Carrell

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Perkins, C. E. (Charles Elliott), 1840-1907

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Thompson, John S.

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Frederic Remington

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W. J. Austin

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Theodore Sherman Palmer

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M. Townsend

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Blodgett, Carrie A.

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Knight, Charles, 1946-

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Colton, John B.

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Wells, Dick

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Stevenson, T. W.

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Bolton, John i. e. Burt Colton

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Colton, John Burt and Comrades of 1849

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Clay, H. H.

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Austin, W. J.

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Wyman, Holmes

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Annie Black

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W. P. Webster

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Frank Burt

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S. V. Stuckey

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Simpson, Smith H.

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McGrew, Miletus S.

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Stephens, L. Dow (Lorenzo Dow), 1827-1921

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Baldwin, W. W.

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Alexander, C. W.

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Young, Sheldon

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Postmaster of Algona, Iowa

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Martin, George W. (George Washington), 1841-1914

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George Washington Martin was born in Pennsylvania to David and Mary Howell Martin on 30 June 1841. In 1855 his father went to Kansas, taking a claim near Lecompton, Douglas County, and two years later brought his family back with him. In the meantime, George had started working in the printing trade. He continued in this line in Kansas and finished his apprenticeship back east in Philadelphia. Returning to Kansas in the early 1860s, he started publishing the Republican newspaper the Union in Jun...

Blodgett, Henry W. (Henry Williams), 1821-1905

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Jewett, E. S.

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Dean, Julia E. West

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Colton, James Burt

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Lath, F. H.

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Leverett, William J.

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Brier, Mercy Ann Sweitzer

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Bowie, A. P.

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Campbell, William L. (William Lynn), 1939-

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Richards, George L.

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Mecum, Frances E. Richards

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Urmy, W. S.

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Price, John, 1933-

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Epithet: of Add MS 45045 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0003bd Epithet: Rector of Water Stratford, county Buckinghamshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0003c4 Epithet: of Add MS 38143 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0003b...

Brown, Lorin W., 1900-

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Lorin Brown was a noted collector and writer of northern New Mexico folklore and was part of the WPA Writers Project. From the description of Lorin Brown Family Papers. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 47958686 ...

Colton, John Burt

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Kerr, John B.

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Ripley, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1845-

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Lane, Charles J.

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Cole, Cal A.

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Warren, J. H.

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Bancroft, A. L. & Co.

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Hunker, Jacob John, 1844-1916

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Mecum, Maud Frances

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Samuel Black

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Paul & Colton De Laney

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Simpson, Smith S.

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Dear Jayhawker Friend

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Spain, Mrs. S.

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Doty, Frank

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Treadwell, George Curtis

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Martin, George W. (George Washington), 1841-1914

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Mann, Sidney

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Applegate, Mrs. M. R.

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Thompson, A. N.

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Temple, J. W.

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Hochholzer, A. M.

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Alonzo Cordell Clay

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Saturday Evening Post

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Fogarty, James

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Russell, Faris R.

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Gadsden, James, 1788-1858

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Negotiator of the Fort Moultrie Treaty with the Seminole Indians, 1823, and the Gadsden Purchase with Mexico, 1853; planter and merchant of Charleston, S.C., and Florida; president of the S.C. Railroad, 1840-1850; graduate, Yale College, 1806; served as 2nd Lt. in the Engineer Corps during War of 1812; served as Andrew Jackson's aide-de-camp; son of Philip Gadsden; grandson of Gen. Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805). From the description of James Gadsden papers, 1820-1858. (University o...

J. C. Brier

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Edgerton, Ida L.

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Edgerton, S. E.

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Loeb, William J.

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Mary W. Goddell

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Woods, William S. (William Stanley), 1917-

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Blodgett, H. W.

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Brier, James Wells

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Stieff, John L.

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Martin, P.O.

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Maitz, Ed G.

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Foster, Cordia M. Stevenson

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Pacific Coast Borax Company

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In 1872, Francis Marion Smith discovered borate near his cabin in Teel's Marsh, Nevada, founding the Pacific Coast Borax Company. In 1891, the focus of the company shifted to Death Valley from Teel's Marsh, as disclosed in correspondence to Teel's Marsh superintendent J.H. Strachan. From the description of Pacific Coast Borax Company letters : TLS, 1891-1892. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 56712941 ...

Brier, James Welch and Brier, Juliet Wells

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Broughton, Mrs. L. V.

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T. F. Prust

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Burney, A. L.

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Walton, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 32812 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00037d Epithet: Canon of Oseney British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00037b ...

Sanders, Burdette S.

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Colton, Emily H. McLanathan

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Barnett, John T.

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Carrington, John W.

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Harris, George B.

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Townsend, M.

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Bartholomew, Cordelia Kellog

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Dear Old Comrades

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To fellow pioneers

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Albert Matthews

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The Jayhawker party

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Historical Note The Jayhawker party (originally composed of 36 single young men) left Illinois in April 1849 to cross the plains in search of gold in California. After joining several other wagon trains and hiring Capt. Jefferson Hunt, a Mormon guide, to lead them over the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles, the Jayhawkers and some of the other wagon owners separated themselves to try a shortcut by way of Walker Pass and got lost in what is now kno...