[Journal and letters, 1854-1855], 1941.

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[Journal and letters, 1854-1855], 1941.

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Typescripts of Edwin R. Bird's journal of a trip overland from Naperville, Ill., to the Bear River near the Utah-Wyoming border, Apr. 10 - July 4, 1854, and six letters to his sister, Julia Talbot, Feb. 4 - Nov. 18, rf twenty-six day mountain crossing via the South Pass to the Bear River on July 4. Included are meticulous notes on the weather, trailside graves, Indians, natural features such as Independence Rock, and settlements, forts, and trading posts encountered along the way. A Feb. 4-11, 1855, letter from Montezuma describes Bird's gold mining with three partners, including a Byron, with whom Bird later opened a store in Columbia in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Letters from Columbia discuss the store, conflicts with Mexicans, and local party politics.

[1], 64 leaves ; 28 cm.

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