Christina Woodward Turner 1864 diary : typescript, [1952?].

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Christina Woodward Turner 1864 diary : typescript, [1952?].

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Diary describing an overland journey in 1864 from London, Ontario to the Rocky Mountains. The folder also includes genealogical information on Emily C. Smith and James Nickel and their family, and a letter dated May 16, 1952 from Frances C. McBeth to Mrs. William G. Paden concerning the transcript of the diary.

7 p.

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Paden, Irene Dakin, 1888-1974

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Historian, traveller. Her two books "The Wake of the Prairie Schooner" (1943) and "Prairie Schooner Detours" (1949) describe overland trails for those who wish to follow them in twentieth century automobiles. Her "Big Oak Flat Road" (1955) is a history of route from Stockton to Yosemite. From 1931 through 1952, Mrs. Paden and her husband, William, each year travelled some portion of overland trails for a month or two. She kept daily journals of these travels and collected substantial files of ac...

Smith, Emily C., d. 1852.

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McBeth, Frances C.

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Nickel, James, d. 1852.

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Turner, Christina Woodward, 1843-1916.

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