Diary transcripts [microform], 1852-1864.

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Kitchell, Edward, 1829-1869. Diary transcripts [microform], 1852-1864.

Diary transcripts [microform], 1852-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122449479

Diaries, 1852-1853, of an Illinois man's journey across the Great Plains in a wagon train, his gold prospecting on Rabbit Creek, California, and his school teaching and hog driving in Oregon; including descriptions of terrain and scenery, Pawnees and other Indians encountered, Mormons and their settlements in Utah, and comments on food, water, livestock, prices, and diseases. Also includes diaries, 1862-1864, of Kitchell's Civil War service as a Lt. Col. in the 98th Illinois Infantry, mainly in Tennessee, and obituaries for Mrs. John W. Kitchell and Mrs. William R. Kitchell.

1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project